Expertise
Governance leadership across clinical quality, patient safety, risk management, audit programmes and information governance — with clear assurance and practical follow-through.
Medical & Public Health Professional • Governance • Quality • Patient Safety
Evidence-led healthcare leadership from frontline nursing to system-wide governance.
I work across clinical quality, safety, risk and service improvement, building practical systems that help teams deliver safer care consistently, transparently, and with a learning culture. I currently serve as Governance Lead (CHIC) at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, bringing a public health perspective to frontline realities.
Clinical governance
Assurance, reporting and compliance that can be understood quickly and evidenced confidently.
Quality & safety
Incident and complaints learning, risk registers, audit plans and measurable improvement.
Workforce support
Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA): restorative practice that supports resilience and safe care.
About Pauline
A short introduction, professional focus and what I bring to governance-led improvement.
Career timeline
A grounded progression from frontline nursing to Trust-wide quality improvement and governance leadership — focused on measurable safety, reliability and learning.
Articles
Writing and reflection on quality, safety, digital health and workforce support — translating complex governance into practical steps for clinical teams.
Latest writing
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Starting with Safety: how to build a learning culture that clinicians trust
Category: Patient safety • 2–3 min read
How to move from “reporting” to improvement with feedback loops that clinicians actually feel.
Telemedicine governance basics: triage, escalation, auditability and confidentiality
Category: Digital health • 1–2 min read
Remote care magnifies risk and documentation needs — here’s how to keep pathways safe and defensible.