Martin Bromiley OBE FRCSEd (ad hom), Founder of the Clinical Human Factors Group, UK

Martin Bromiley is “Dad” to his family living in Buckinghamshire. Professionally he is a Training Captain for a major UK airline and has a background specialising in human performance and safety.

In 2005 his then wife died as a result of human error during routine surgery. He subsequently founded the Clinical Human Factors Group, www.chfg.org a charity which has not only had a major influence on healthcare policy and practice but has also directly saved lives around the world. As part of his role he has worked in an advisory capacity at senior levels in healthcare in the UK and internationally. Martin has also worked with an increasing number of organisations outside of healthcare who want to understand how we can “make it easy to get it right”.

Martin has contributed to TV and Radio news in the UK and abroad, as well as documentaries such as the BBC Horizon science series and has featured in a number of articles on the topic of culture change, safety and human performance ranging from the New Scientist and the Times to Private Eye