Dr Josephine Ocloo
Josephine Ocloo is a Research Fellow for the Organisational Governance programme. Her background is in social work where she was both a qualified practice teacher supervising trainee social workers, and a senior social work lecturer for a number of years at London Metropolitan University. Now specialising in patient and public involvement in patient safety, Josephine has been involved in a range of patient safety activities, both as an academic, activist and patient representative. Her PhD is entitled ‘Medical Harm and Patient empowerment: Some Critical Perspectives’. In 2007 Josephine was chosen to become a Patients for Patient Safety Champion, part of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety.
Before taking up her current post Josephine was project manager of the Patients for Patient Safety (PfPS) Project, run by the charity Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) and funded by the National Patient Safety Agency. The two-year initiative was set up to develop strategies for achieving patient and public involvement in patient safety. She also chaired a Patient and Public Involvement Forum (PPIF) for a national specialist hospital trust for a number of years and sat on the Department of Health's Information and Clinical Governance Subgroups of the Tackling Concerns Locally Working Group as a patient's representative. More recently she has been a member of the Reference Group for the National Evaluation Study into Patient and Public Involvement published by the Healthcare Commission (2009) and gave evidence to the Parliamentary Health Committee on Patient Safety in 2009.
Publications:
Ocloo, J. Fulop, N. (2011) Developing a 'Critical' Approach to Patient and Public Involvement in Patient Safety in the NHS: Learning Lessons from other parts of the Public Sector? Health Expectations, 2011: doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00695.x. PubMed
Ocloo, J. (2010) ‘Harmed patients gaining voice: Challenging dominant perspectives in the construction of medical harm and patient safety reforms’. Social Science & Medicine. 71, 510-516. PubMed
Ocloo, J, (2001) ‘Racism in Europe: A Rising Tide’. Social Work in Europe: Vol 8(2):45-49.
Working Papers
‘Developing a Patient and Public Involvement Agenda in Patient Safety and Quality: Learning Lessons from other Sectors’. Published PSSQ Website.
Book Chapters
Martin Bulmer and Josephine Ocloo (2010), "Ethical issues in social measurement", chapter 19 in G Walford, V Viswanathan and E Tucker (eds) The SAGE Handbook of Measurement. London: Sage. Pages 377-388.
Bulmer, M. & Ocloo, J. (2008) "Looking Forward – The Researcher’s Perspective". In Strain, J.; Barnett, R.; & Jarvis, P.; (eds) Universities, Ethics and Professions. London: Routledge. Pages 127-138.
National Reports
Crawford, L. & Ocloo, J. (1995) Promoting New Partnerships' Valuing the Voluntary Sector Contribution to Social Work Education. London: CCETSW.
Ocloo J, (2002) (lead writer), Challenging Racism: Further Education Leading the Way. London: Commission for Black Staff in FE.
Policy Journals
Ocloo, J. (2007) 'The Patient's Tale'. Health Matters Journal. 67: 16-17.
Ocloo, J (2008) 'Towards partnership: patient and public involvement in patient safety'. Health Care Risk Report vol 14 no 5: 15-17.
Ocloo, J. (2009)'Listening to harmed patients will broaden the patient safety movement'. Health Care Risk Report vol 15 no 9: 14-15.
Crawford, L. & Ocloo, J. (1995) Promoting New Partnerships' Valuing the Voluntary Sector Contribution to Social Work Education. London: CCETSW.
Ocloo, J, (2001) ‘Racism in Europe: A Rising Tide’. Social Work in Europe: Vol 8, No2.
Ocloo J, (2002) (lead writer), Challenging Racism: Further Education Leading The Way. London: Commission for Black staff in FE.
Ocloo, J. (2007) 'The Patient's Tale'. Health Matters Journal. 67: 16-17.
Bulmer, M. & Ocloo, J. (2008) 'Ethical Review and Freedom of Inquiry in the Modern University'. In Strain, J.; Barnett, R.; & Jarvis, P.; (eds) Universities, Ethics and Professions. London: Routledge. (Forthcoming).
Ocloo, J (2008) 'Towards partnership: patient and public involvement in patient safety'. Health Care Risk Report vol 14 no 5: 15-17.
