Claire Cox

Claire Cox

Clinical Patient Safety Lead at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Claire is an experienced nurse of over 25 years. She has worked in numerous specialities in the NHS and in different places around the world, from being a repatriation nurse to volunteering in refugee camps and striking up collaborations with nurses in America. Claire’s most recent clinical role was as a Critical Care Outreach Sister 2011– 2020, where her desire for patient safety was ignited. After winning the Kent Surrey and Sussex Patient Safety Prize in 2016 for her work in cardiac arrest and medical emergency teams, Claire went on to complete the Darzi fellowship (clinical leadership) in April 2019. Following this fellowship, Claire started working with the charity, Patient Safety Learning. This gave Claire insight and contacts with leaders from inside and outside of the NHS. In September 2020, Claire began an exciting new career in patient safety at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This gave Claire a great foundation of how patient safety is managed within the largest NHS trust in the UK. Claire currently works at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust where she is currently a Clinical Patient Safety Lead. This is an exciting role as she is helping to shape and embed the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework within the Trust. Claire co-founded and chairs the Patient Safety Management Network in June 2021. This network has grown to nearly 1000 members nationwide and meets weekly to discuss the evolving management of patient safety. The purpose of this network is to collaborate, learn together, share and provide peer support.