External inspection approaches and involvement of stakeholders' views in inspection following serious incidents - a qualitative mixed methods study from the perspectives of regulatory inspectors.

"Declarations Ethics approvalThe study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (DOH), and all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The study did not collect specific patient information. The study protocol was approved by the Norwegian Center for Research Data (NSD) in 2021, ref. nr: 443658. NSD was renamed “Sikt” (Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research) in 2022 and ensures that the research project adheres to ethical guidelines and regulations and provides the approval for ethics, information security and privacy services, as part of the HK-dir (Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills). All participants included in the study signed informed consent ahead of the interview, with information about the study’s aim, method and data protection, and the researchers’ interest in the research topic. Consent for publicationNot required. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Provenance and peer reviewNot commissioned; external peer review. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by University of Stavanger & Stavanger University Hospital. This work was funded by the University of Stavanger, SHARE- Centre for Resilience in Healthcare, and supported by Stavanger University Hospital. This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. Author SW is supported by the Resilience in Healthcare Program, project number 275367. The RiH research program has received funding from the Research FIGURE Council of Norway from the FRIPRO TOPPFORSK program, grant agreement no. 275367, The University of Stavanger, Norway, and NTNU Gjøvik, Norway; The Norwegian Air Ambulance support the study with in-kind funding."