Are you a Primary Care clinician who feels comfortable discussing patient safety incidents in your practice? If so, please take part in our study!

As part of our Developing Safer Health & Care Systems research theme, we are seeking to interview Primary Care clinicians to understand the impacts of significant patient safety events (incidents that could have or did lead to patient harm) on staff. We are particularly interested in the behaviours and support systems they use to cope.

If you would like to take part, or know someone who might be interested, please fill out the quick form below or get in touch with James Tawse at james.tawse@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk.

About the study

The high levels of burnout and turnover among healthcare practitioners is one of the most important challenges that UK primary care faces in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. International research shows that practitioners involved in significant events (patient safety incidents) are particularly vulnerable to low morale, burnout, sickness and leaving posts. However, our understanding of the impacts of significant events on primary care practitioners in the UK is limited, and the experience of many clinicians is that they do not feel adequately supported in the aftermath of patient safety events.

Given the immense pressures facing primary care staff in the UK, research is warranted to better understand staff experiences of significant events, as well as the impacts on their professional lives, and the behaviours and support systems that they use to cope. In doing so, more effective interventions may be designed, which are appropriate to address the needs of affected clinicians and to promote safer patient care.

This is study is led by James Tawse, PhD Candidate at University of Manchester, funded by NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration and NIHR School for Primary Care Research. Supervisors: Professor Maria Panagioti, Professor Christopher J Armitage and Professor Carolyn Chew Graham.

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