Dean Mawson has supported the Clinical Risk Management movement in the NHS working in collaboration with NHS Digital and prominent Clinical leaders within the digital health sector for over 18 years. Dean has contributed his clinical experience and knowledge base to NHS Clinical Safety & Risk Management Systems and worked at the highest level to ensure core clinical safety principles are embedded in the practice of all organisational team members. These will be the foundational principles in which health informatics will be led throughout the next ten years or more. Dean is now the Clinical Director of his own company providing ethical advisory services to the health industry. DPM Digital Health Consultancy Ltd was formed in 2018.

For 11 years of this Dean worked for a leading digital health manufacturer as a Clinical Safety Officer/Clinical Specialist accredited through NHS Digital. His NHS clinical experience spans roles as a Staff Nurse in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Charge Nurse, Ward Manager, Admissions Coordinator, and Care Pathway Facilitator. Dean has an in-depth understanding first-hand of the clinical pressures and risk management requirements of working in the NHS. The focus of his work on the digital health manufacturer side has been making sure all systems are riskaverse and comply with the national safety standards DCB0129/DCB0160. He is passionate about patient safety and an expert in his domain.

Dean is currently a Fellow of the British Computer Society (Institute of Chartered IT Professionals) and is a member of the Clinical Safety Special Interest Group Leadership Committee. He has recently undertaken a post graduate course in Artificial Intelligence Concepts: Practical Applications at the University of Oxford to further his competencies and compound his existing AI knowledge and skill sets in relation to Risk Management.