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Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) training
Clinical Safety Officer training that gives the practical skills and confidence to implement clinical risk management principles in real-world digital health environments.
AI in the NHS: Governance, Not Hype, Will Determine Its Future
As AI moves from theoretical to “invisible” infrastructure within the NHS, shifting from technical performance to clinical accountability becomes a challenge. Dean Mawson explores why professional skepticism is a sign of maturity, the risks of automation bias, and why the NHS must move from conceptual oversight to operational governance to ensure patient safety at scale.
Innovation, Ethics and What Comes Next: Reflections from The Only Way Is Ethics Podcast
As we step into 2026, we’re reflecting on the past year of The Only Way Is Ethics podcast. In 2025 we’ve hosted conversations with a range of leaders from the NHS, digital health startups, policy, academia… and one theme has consistently emerged: innovation. From AI and emerging technologies to system reform and leadership, our guests […]
The NHS AVT Registry isn’t a safety stamp – and treating it like it is puts patients at risk
Many of us were hoping the new NHS AVT Registry would be list of assured technologies ready for rollout. But we were disappointed. Dean Mawson explains why treating it like a clinical safety assurance mechanism risks creating a dangerous false sense of security.
AI in GP Practices: What’s Changing on Clinical Safety and How to Prepare
– By Dean Mawson, Clinical Director and Founder, DPM Digital Health Consultancy “There is a clear and growing expectation that practices adopting digital and AI solutions will need to have a named, trained Clinical Safety Officer… In my view, this is utter madness.” Without meaning to sound cliché, 2025 was a pivotal year for the […]
Fractional vs Consultancy in Clinical Safety: Why They’re Essentially the Same, DPM’s Perspective
In the digital health sector, “fractional” roles are increasingly marketed as a flexible way for organisations to access specialist expertise, such as a Fractional Clinical Safety Officer (CSO). However, when examined closely, fractional models are simply a modern rebrand of what Clinical Safety consultancies like DPM Digital Health have delivered for years. DPM has long supported organisations with: […]
Navigating the NHS Reform Turbulence: A Crucible for Digital Transformation
The current upheaval around Labour’s abolition of NHS England, now compounded by an unexpected £600 million to £1 billion redundancy bill, has thrown core NHS reform plans into disarray. NHS England and ICBs were told redundancies would be centrally funded, yet no such fund exists, leaving boards scrambling and morale plummeting. As one senior director grimly acknowledged, […]