Michael McCooe

Dr. Michael McCooe is the Clinical Director of the Yorkshire and Humber Improvement Academy and has an excellent track record of translating research into policy and practice with national impact.

Through his work with the Improvement Academy, Michael has led the development of Structured Judgement Review as an evidence-based approach to learning from deaths in hospital. In partnership with the Royal College of Physicians, he has supported national implementation of the NHS ‘learning from deaths’ policy and he is a national trainer for the National Mortality Care Record Review Programme.

Michael is a member of the Independent Advisory Group for the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre and a Consultant in Critical Care and Anaesthesia at Bradford Teaching Hospitals.