The NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC) is inviting applications for a full time PhD opportunity to start in 2024, based at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds. The PhD project is part of the Safer Systems, Cultures and Practices theme of work within the PSRC.

Title:

What is the role of non-executive directors in patient safety oversight in the NHS in England?

Overview:

The PhD studentship will focus on understanding the influences of those working in non-executive director roles within the NHS in relation to patient safety. The studentship may include a scoping, systematic or narrative review to understand the evidence surrounding the role of non-executive directors, followed by a mixed-methods survey of those working in non-executive director roles. Further work may then involve an ethnographic phase, in which the PhD candidate will observe and interview non-executive directors in their working environments to deepen understanding of their influence.

Supervision team:

Dr Gemma Louch (University of Leeds)
Dr Laura Sheard (University of York)
Dr Lauren Ramsey (NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration)
Dr Charlotte Overton (NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration)