Ruth O’Dowd is a Consultant Anaesthetist at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, with additional roles for the Trust as Patient Safety Specialist and Clinical lead for digital safety and for end of life care.
With longstanding patient safety roles she has developed an interest in application and promotion of a Human Factors and Ergonomics approach both to understand and learn from patient safety events and importantly as an integral part of designing safer healthcare with staff and patients.