Working to support cultures of safety in maternity and neonatal services: a qualitative interview study with service leaders and unit/safety leads
PROBLEM: problematic cultures/sub-cultures are acknowledged as a contributing factor to failures within healthcare services What is already known: research has highlighted the benefits of shifting attention away from safety incidents and 'extraordinary events', and towards learning how the mundane, 'normal' accomplishments of safety are shaped by local cultures What this paper adds: this paper highlights the important boundary work that staff in middle-management positions undertake to create the conditions that nurture and sustain local safety cultures.
Authors
- Natalie Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4046-0119)
- Nicola Mackintosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0137-6432)
- Anthony Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4664-8585)
- Carolyn Tarrant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7356-5342)
- Matt Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1469-6470)
- Liz Sutton
- Janet Willars (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7886-3223)
- Phil Duncan
- Sarah Chew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1932-2819)
Institutions
- University of Leicester (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- The Wellington Hospital (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Midwifery
- Published
- 2025-05-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104461
- Primary Topic
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00