Speakers, trainers and consultants from a patient/family perspective
Patients and their loved ones with lived experience of avoidable harm can play an invaluable and powerful role in supporting or leading work on patient safety. We have created this listing to make it easier for healthcare providers, regulators, or event organisers to identify suitable people to involve in their work.
The people listed here are known to, but independent of, AvMA. All of them have signed up to our Memorandum of Understanding. Have a browse through their respective experiences and what they offer, which ranges from speaking slots to providing training or consultancy. Contact them via the online contact form provided.
All arrangements or undertakings are made directly with the individuals concerned. AvMA is simply providing a platform to enable promotion of patients/family members’ role in patient safety work. Please note that AvMA can also provide training and consultancy itself, drawing on our experience of working with people affected by avoidable harm in healthcare and involving others as appropriate. Visit our Training & Consultancy section.
If you are interested in being included in this listing please contact us.
Please note these contacts are only for enquiries about training and consultancy. If you require advice regarding avoidable harm in healthcare, please see our help and advice section.
 Joanne Hughes |
Offers talks sharing her family’s story and/or her expertise from experience – with lessons for patient engagement in safety for avoiding harm and for learning from it, paediatric medication safety, serious incident investigation, just culture, and the need for a package of care for harmed patients and their families; training and consultancy. |
 Carolyn Cleveland |
Offers half or full day training to empower healthcare and legal organisations and professionals to develop their empathy, emotional awareness and a compassionate culture; talks and presentations. |
| James Titcombe OBE |
Offers talks sharing Joshua’s story and the lessons of the Morecambe Bay scandal |
 Julie Bailey CBE |
Offers talks on how to improve patient safety and care within the NHS; staff training; and consultancy |
 Lisa Richards-Everton |
Offers presentations on patient safety; raising awareness for correct procedures for high risk drugs; educating junior doctors regarding patient safety and errors; and her story about Paul |
 Paula McGowan OBE |
Offers talks sharing Oliver’s story and on reasonable adjustments and better healthcare outcomes for people with autism and learning disabilities, available in person or via Skype |
 Tom Bell |
Offers talks, training and consultancy about ethical fading & wilful-blindness, how they come about and their impact on all stakeholders. |