Blythe Wilkinson

Senior Clinical Safety Officer, Digital Health Consultant at Safehand Consulting Limited

Blythe Wilkinson is a seasoned healthcare professional with extensive experience in clinical safety and governance. Currently serving as a Senior Clinical Safety Officer and Digital Health Consultant at Safehand Consulting Limited since September 2022 and a member of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics since July 2022, Blythe has a proven track record in ensuring software compliance with relevant safety standards, having previously worked as a Clinical Safety Officer at Doctor Care Anywhere and Nye Health Ltd. Blythe co-founded BK Health Ltd, focusing on healthcare service delivery in underserved areas, and has held significant roles in clinical governance as a GP Partner at Bury Knowle Health Centre. With initial medical training beginning as a Junior Doctor in the NHS, Blythe's educational background includes a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Newcastle University and additional qualifications from the Oxford GP Vocational Training Scheme.

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Safehand Consulting Limited

Safehand offers specialist consultancy services to manage risk in the manufacture and implementation of health IT systems. We enable organisations to benefit from healthcare technology without compromising patient safety. Our expertise helps organisations to comply with mandatory standards DCB 0129 and DCB 0160 - driving quality, gaining clinician engagement and improving project success. We work with both manufacturers of health IT systems and healthcare organisations. Our services include Clinical Safety Officer training, Hazard Log, Safety Case and CRM Process development, DCB 0129/0160 audit and bespoke help and advice on clinical risk management. Our Managing Partner Dr Adrian Stavert-Dobson is a leading expert on the safe implementation of health technology. Formerly Head of Clinical Risk Management at BT Global Services, Adrian has operated as a Clinical Safety Officer for ten years overseeing the risk assessment of local and national health IT systems. In 2016 he published the world’s first book on the subject. Adrian is a medical doctor, computer programmer and health informatician and speaks regularly at conferences, seminars and workshops. He was pivotal in the development of the DCB 0129 and DCB 0160 standards.


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