Ambassador, Baby Lifeline; Associate Editor, Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management; Member of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Expert Advisory Panel.

James Titcombe OBE is Chief Executive of Patient Safety Watch, a UK charity working to improve patient safety and reduce avoidable harm, and Vice President at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF), an international non-profit committed to eliminating preventable harm in healthcare. He is also a proud Ambassador for Baby Lifeline, supporting its work to improve maternity safety.

James’s involvement in patient safety began following the death of his son Joshua as a result of failures in his hospital care in 2008. Over the past fifteen years, he has worked across patient safety improvement, policy, research and advocacy, including roles with the Care Quality Commission, Healthcare Service Safety Investigation Body and Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

He is the author of Joshua’s Story, which is currently being adapted into a feature-length film.

James is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University and a regular national and international speaker. He holds a PGCert in Patient Safety from Imperial College London and was awarded an OBE for services to patient safety in 2015.