Conclusion
As the first of its kind, designed to enhance healthcare staff preparedness for error, this intervention effectively addressed a crucial, longstanding gap in healthcare staff development. In line with previous studies, the findings indicate that individual resilience is inextricably linked to health system and service context. Thus, whilst interventions to develop individual staff resilience are important, they are not a panacea. The positive outcomes participants attributed to the intervention tested here will merely be temporary if system and cultural change regarding the organisational response to error, better recognition of the need to design systems to take account of human fallibility and the emotional impact of clinical work is not forthcoming.