Exposés of bad and negligent practice have been prominent across the media, the most recent being the allegations made about unnecessary endometriosis surgeries by Dr Simon Gordon.

Associate Professor Vinay Rane argues that the medical profession obsessing about rare failures carries the risk of distortion.

Open any newspaper or digital feed and it is all bad news.

Not one story in isolation, but a steady procession of conflict, economic unease, institutional strain and personal scandal, each presented less as an event than as confirmation that things are getting worse.