. 2019 Jun 25;19:232. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1655-2

Table 2.

Reporting behaviour of junior doctors

	Reporting Behaviour	To whom do junior doctors (interns and SHOs) report incidents **
Hospital A	Out of the 148 Questionnaires on Safety Concerns gathered in Hospital A from interns, 38 (25.7%) witnessed a safety concern or incident in the previous week with only 4 of these respondents reporting the incident (10.5%). SHOs – 32 SHOs (41.6%) witnessed a safety concern or incident in the previous week with 19 stating they reported the incident (59.4%)	In Hospital A, of the 4 interns that formally reported incidents 75% (n = 3) reported to nursing staff. One participant reported to an SHO and one used the formal reporting system. In contrast for SHOs, out of the 19 that formally reported incidents, 42.1% (n = 8) reported their concerns to a registrar, followed by 36.8% (n = 7) to consultants with nursing staff at 31.6% (n = 6).
Hospital B	In Hospital B out of 195 questionnaires gathered (all interns), 65 (33.3%) stated they witnessed a safety concern or incident in the previous week with 20 stating they reported the incident (30.8%)	Of the 20 that formally reported incidents 55% (n = 11) reported to a registrar; 25% (n = 5) to SHOs; 20% (n = 4) to consultants; and 10% (n = 2) to intern; 15% (n = 3) personally submitted incident form; 5% (n = 1) ensured that someone else filled the incident form.

Reporting Behaviour

To whom do junior doctors (interns and SHOs) report incidents **

Hospital A

Out of the 148 Questionnaires on Safety Concerns gathered in Hospital A from interns, 38 (25.7%) witnessed a safety concern or incident in the previous week with only 4 of these respondents reporting the incident (10.5%).

SHOs – 32 SHOs (41.6%) witnessed a safety concern or incident in the previous week with 19 stating they reported the incident (59.4%)

In Hospital A, of the 4 interns that formally reported incidents 75% (n = 3) reported to nursing staff. One participant reported to an SHO and one used the formal reporting system.

In contrast for SHOs, out of the 19 that formally reported incidents, 42.1% (n = 8) reported their concerns to a registrar, followed by 36.8% (n = 7) to consultants with nursing staff at 31.6% (n = 6).

Hospital B

In Hospital B out of 195 questionnaires gathered (all interns), 65 (33.3%) stated they witnessed a safety concern or incident in the previous week with 20 stating they reported the incident (30.8%)

Of the 20 that formally reported incidents 55% (n = 11) reported to a registrar; 25% (n = 5) to SHOs; 20% (n = 4) to consultants; and 10% (n = 2) to intern; 15% (n = 3) personally submitted incident form; 5% (n = 1) ensured that someone else filled the incident form.

Note: ** Participants may have formally reported one incident to more than one individual or using more than one reporting mechanism