Mind the Clinical Safety Gap. With Dr Adrian Stavert-Dobson and Dr Youssof Oskrochi

About this episode

The episode discusses the lack of clinical safety assurance in NHS digital tools and explores ways to close the clinical safety gap.

In this episode, we explore a startling reality: many NHS digital tools lack the mandatory clinical safety assurance required by law. Hosts Annabelle and guests Adrian and Youssof unpack this origins of clinical safety standards, why compliance has been so patchy, the myths and challenges around clinical safety, and what needs to change to protect patients as technology — and AI — scale across the NHS. They discuss how the clinical safety gap can be closed through visibility, accountability, professionalisation. Link to paper on adherence referenced in the episode: https://www.jmir.org/2025/1/e80076

People in this episode

Host: Annabelle

Guests: Dr Adrian Stavert-Dobson, Dr Youssof Oskrochi

Topics covered

• clinical safety
• NHS digital tools
• AI in healthcare
• patient protection
• compliance challenges

Keywords

• clinical safety
• NHS
• digital health
• AI
• patient safety
• compliance
• health technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHS, Royal Society of Medicine, JMIR

Books & works: paper on adherence

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