Opinion: Overburdening clinical safety officers puts NHS patients at risk

In his latest article for Digital Health, DPM Digital Health Consultancy’s Clinical Director Dean Mawson argues that we need to move beyond compliance on paper and build clinical safety into the way healthcare organisations operate in reality.
The next DCB standards need to regulate the whole digital health ecosystem, not just individual technologies

The next DCB standards need to regulate the whole digital health ecosystem, not just individual technologies, writes Dean Mawson in response to NHS England’s CDB standards consultation.
Ten modules, one day: does NHS England’s new Clinical Safety Officer curriculum add up?

DPM’s Clinical Director Dean Mawson reviews NHS England’s revised Digital Clinical Safety Practitioner curriculum module by module — weighing what it gets right against gaps in governance, procurement, decommissioning and training time.
Safe, fast and trusted, but who is checking the “safe”?

Dean Mawson, Founder & Clinical Director, DPM Digital Health Consultancy, reviews the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare and asks what its recommendations mean for organisations developing and deploying AI in practice.
Comment: How tick-box compliance risks patients’ lives

Dean Mawson writes in Healthcare Today, about how “tick box compliance” is putting patients at risk. He outlines how organisations should demonstrate that their systems are safe and well governed.
DPM is on G-Cloud 15

This means public sector organisations can find and procure our services through the framework, covering areas including clinical safety, AI governance, regulatory compliance, and implementation support.