Hudson’s Model [2,9,10] has been used to describe the safety maturity in many industries including
oil, aviation and healthcare. Hudson’s model illustrates a five step progression from a “pathological”
stage where there is a “no care” culture and “no systems” through to a “generative” stage where
managing risks is a way of life and fully integrated systems are effectively in place. The descriptions
of each stage of safety culture are given below [7,9].