Table 3 Linear regression coefficients for predicting reporting rates from 2004 Staff Survey responses

Questions on fairness and effectiveness of reporting	Regression coefficients (95% CI)	p Values
Knows how to report errors, near misses and incidents	0.06 (−0.01 to 0.12)	0.080
Employer treats fairly staff involved in an error, near miss or incident	0.03 (0.005 to 0.06)	0.021*
Employer encourages staff to report errors, near misses or incidents	0.05 (0.02 to 0.09)	0.004*
Employer treat reports of errors, near misses or incidents confidentially	0.03 (0.01 to 0.06)	0.014*
Employer does not blame or punish people who make errors	0.03 (0.005 to 0.05)	0.017*
When errors are reported, employer takes action to ensure that they do not happen again	0.02 (−0.01 to 0.04)	0.145