Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Colin Hewson wants to see a more open and transparent culture that will help reduce avoidable harm.
Why did you want to work in healthcare? I was inspired by a patient safety champion who had struggled to reconcile the amazing work the NHS undertakes with the level of avoidable harm. He wanted to make a difference and, together with a small team of dedicated patient safety champions, we strive to bring the lessons we have learned in reducing harm in high-risk sectors of industry to the NHS.
Describe your role in one sentence: My role ranges from being a spokesperson for our vision of communicating to prevent avoidable harm to working with teams in our partner trusts.
http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/oct/04/five-minutes-patient-safety-champion
Why did you want to work in healthcare? I was inspired by a patient safety champion who had struggled to reconcile the amazing work the NHS undertakes with the level of avoidable harm. He wanted to make a difference and, together with a small team of dedicated patient safety champions, we strive to bring the lessons we have learned in reducing harm in high-risk sectors of industry to the NHS.
Describe your role in one sentence: My role ranges from being a spokesperson for our vision of communicating to prevent avoidable harm to working with teams in our partner trusts.
http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/oct/04/five-minutes-patient-safety-champion