We are delighted to welcome the first cohort of six Patient Safety Development Award holders to the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (GM PSRC). These outstanding individuals demonstrated their commitment to improving patient safety through their research and professional roles. Their work spans across various healthcare settings, from clinical practice to research and innovation.

“Offering the Award scheme highlights our commitment to identifying and em powering individuals to pursue their interest in patient safety research and to develop their careers. By embedding Award holders within our GMPSRC research themes with supervision from our experts, we aim to support development of their research skills and help them meet their goal of preparing NIHR Career Development funding applications addressing important patient safety challenges. Our six Award holders are spread across the East Midlands and North West regions and have diverse backgrounds including nursing and pharmacy, which reflects our mission to support professions under-represented in patient safety research careers. We wish the Award holders every success during their placements with us!”

 

Richard Keers, Academic Career Development Lead at the NIHR GM PSRC

We congratulate all our awardees and look forward to the impact of their research in advancing patient safety!

Meet the Awardees

John Sainsbury, an Innovation Manager at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, will focus on psychological safety in healthcare. He is supervised by Professors Maria Panagioti and Caroline Sanders.

Neetu Bansal, an NIHR-funded Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, will investigate medicines optimisation, improving patient outcomes for opioid prescribing and persistent pain management. She is supervised by Professor Darren Ashcroft.

Omolade Allen, a Lecturer at The University of Manchester, will be developing research in health and patient safety with a focus on workplace safety in VCFSE organisations. She is supervised by Professor Maria Panagioti.

Rachel Daly, a Lead Nurse at Manchester Foundation Trust, will be looking into improving medication safety for upper airway conditions by reducing unnecessary prescribing and enhancing clinical decision-making. She is supervised by Professor Darren Ashcroft.

Rachel Lewis, an experienced pharmacist from The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and The University of Derby, will be working on a pilot study on patient perceptions of safety linked to pharmacist credentialing. She is supervised by Professor Carolyn Tarrant.

Shaun Morgan, a Critical Care Pharmacist at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and the Lancashire and South Cumbria Critical Care Network, will research medication safety in critical care, particularly Drug Error Reduction Software (DERS). He is supervised by Professor Darren Ashcroft and Richard Bourne.

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