Safe space: the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch

Cassandra is head of policy and strategy at HSIB since January 2019, building the organisation's external relationships and influence in England and internationally. She has extensive health policy experience from previous work at NHS Providers, and broader policy and international relations roles in the Australian diplomatic missions to London and Ottawa.

Sean splits his time between being a consultant gastroenterologist at University Hospitals Dorset and being deputy medical director at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch - HSIB. He trained in Oxford, Cambridge, Sydney and Bath where he obtained a PhD in molecular pharmacology. He has been clinical director and subsequently associate medical director for safety and quality, and was national lead for the Royal College of Physicians Inflammatory Bowel Disease Quality Improvement programme. At HSIB he has co-authored the national learning report on Never Events, published on systems approach to patient safety investigation and has a particular interest in safety management systems.