Voices for safety podcast. Patient safety from the start: caring for pre-term babies (16 September 2025)

Summary

Voices for Safety is a patient safety podcast brought to you by the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration. It delves into the latest issues and breakthroughs in patient safety research in England, UK. Each episode explores key topics ranging from medication safety and safety culture, to designing safer health and care systems and preventing suicide and self-harm.

Content

To mark World Patient Safety Day 2025, this special episode of Voices for Safety explores the how NIHR-funded research is helping improve care for pre-term babies through the PremPath study. The conversation highlights the optimisation pathway, ethnographic insights into neonatal care, and the challenges of coordination, communication, and equity. It also shares practical recommendations to improve care experiences for families and staff, emphasising the emotional and relational aspects of patient safety.

Host Dr Louise Gorman is joined by:

• Prof Nicola Mackintosh, Professor in Social Science applied to Health at the University of Leicester and research co-lead at the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (GM PSRC).
• Dr Julie Roberts – Research Fellow at the SAPPHIRE group (Social science, APPlied Healthcare and Improvement Research), University of Leicester.