Daniel Nethercott FRCA, DICM, FFICM

Daniel Nethercott is a Consultant at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, England, United Kingdom. Dr. Dan Nethercott, Clinical Lead for Critical Care at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust: “It will be very reassuring for patients to know that the staff’s attitude to safety is so good at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Dr. Nethercott cited the example of pneumonia, to which patients on ventilators in critical care units can be particularly susceptible. At Bolton, efforts by staff to tighten procedures have reduced the number of cases of ventilated-associated pneumonia by one-third in the last 18 months.