Mary Dixon-Woods

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The Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

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Mary Dixon-Woods is the Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her research focuses on healthcare improvement, patient and public involvement in healthcare co-design, and quality issues in maternity care. She has published extensively on topics such as access to general practice, intrapartum monitoring practices, and the management of complex clinical scenarios in obstetrics. Her recent work also emphasizes the significance of workforce dynamics within the National Health Service (NHS).

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Ethics of patient safety and quality in healthcare.

Open Date: 2012-09-01

Close Date: 2017-08-31

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Commercial use of tissue samples in the 1958 birth cohort: A study of participants' views

Open Date: 2011-06-01

Close Date: 2012-11-30

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Regulating doctors: between performance and practice

Open Date: 2008-01-01

Close Date: 2009-03-30

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Trust, confidence and the regulation of risk: examining the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care

Open Date: 2007-03-01

Close Date: 2008-08-30

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Clare Oliver-Williams

University of Leicester

UNITED KINGDOM

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Imelda McCarthy

Aston University

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Guillaume Lamé

Lecturer / Assistant Professor

CentraleSupélec

FRANCE

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Carol Sinnott

NIHR Clinical Lecturer

University of Cambridge

UNITED KINGDOM

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Carolyn Tarrant

University of Leicester

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Katherine Morley

King’s College London

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Jenni Burt

UNITED KINGDOM

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Lisa Hinton

University of Oxford

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patrick redmond

Associate Professor

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

IRELAND

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Integrating patient and public involvement into co-design of healthcare improvement: a case study in maternity care

What’s been tried: a curated catalogue of efforts to improve access to general practice

Management of impacted fetal head at cesarean birth: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Operational failures in general practice: a consensus-building study on the priorities for improvement

How to co-design a prototype of a clinical practice tool: a framework with practical guidance and a case study

The future of the NHS depends on its workforce.

Why is safety in intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring so hard? A qualitative study combining human factors/ergonomics and social science analysis.

What can Safety Cases offer for patient safety? A multisite case study.

Influences on safety of intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate monitoring practices: a scoping review

Understanding access to general practice through the lens of candidacy: a critical review of the literature

Definition, management, and training in impacted fetal head at cesarean birth: a national survey of maternity professionals

Encouraging openness in health care: Policy and practice implications of a mixed-methods study in the English National Health Service

What are the features of high-performing quality improvement collaboratives? A qualitative case study of a state-wide collaboratives programme

Quality and reporting of large-scale improvement programmes: a review of maternity initiatives in the English NHS, 2010–2023

The state of care in England's maternity services.

What counts as a voiceable concern in decisions about speaking out in hospitals: A qualitative study

Qualitative study of candidacy and access to secondary mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic

Identifying how GPs spend their time and the obstacles they face: a mixed-methods study

Quality framework for remote antenatal care: qualitative study with women, healthcare professionals and system-level stakeholders

A qualitative study of experiences of NHS mental healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic

How to specify healthcare process improvements collaboratively using rapid, remote consensus-building: a framework and a case study of its application

Re: Training in the use of intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring with cardiotocography: systematic review and meta‐analysis

Why do systems for responding to concerns and complaints so often fail patients, families and healthcare staff? A qualitative study

Training in the use of intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring with cardiotocography: systematic review and meta‐analysis

Collaborators (9)

Clare Oliver-Williams

Imelda McCarthy

Guillaume Lamé

Carol Sinnott

Carolyn Tarrant

Katherine Morley

Jenni Burt

Lisa Hinton

patrick redmond

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