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Profile summary
Aled Jones is Professor of Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality and Head of School Nursing and Midwifery. He is an international expert on patient safety and healthcare quality, implementation science and leading research exploring the interface between workforce deployment, workplace culture, patient safety and staff wellbeing. Aled is also a Non Executive Director at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
Current research projects include
Enhancing voice in healthcare organisations - ENVOI (Funder: NIHR Ref: NIHR167501) led by Prof. Graham Martin, Uni of Cambridge
Evaluating implementation of midwifery continuity of carer in England - SIMCA study - Chief Investigator (Funder: NIHR151802)
Mapping the 10 year NHS Plan to future NMAHP curricula: gaps and opportunities around the '3 shifts' in Further and Higher Education in England (Funder: NHS England South West) with John Downey and Marius Varga
Roles on external bodies
Expert Advisor and contributor to the United Nations (ODC) Guidance on Speaking Up in Healthcare see here
Advisor to Welsh Government Speak Up safely working group
Oversight group member - Listen2Baby - Improving monitoring of the baby during uncomplicated labour: a study using experience-based co-design see here
External positions
Non Executive Director, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
31 May 2001 → …
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Comparing community-based monitoring to hospital-based care of patients with quiescent age-related macular degeneration: a qualitative study of patient and practitioner perspectives on acceptability and access
Vougioukalou, S., Read, S. M., Csontos, J. K., Jones, A., Jaber, A., Sharma, A. & Balaskas, K., 4 Feb 2026, In: BMJ Open. 16, 2, e101379.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing a novel typology of unprofessional behaviours between healthcare staff: a best fit framework synthesis
Aunger, J., Abrams, R., Mannion, R., Jones, A., Wright, J. M., Westbrook, J. I., Pearson, M. & Maben, J., 24 Jan 2026, In: BMC Health Services Research. 26, 1, 262.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Explaining the medical record: A research agenda for non-medical practitioners.
Jones, R., Jones, A., Abey, S., Schofield, P., Shawe, J., Paton, J., Freeman, J., Collinson, A., Peres, N., Downey, J. & Asthana, S., 26 Oct 2025, p. 34-37. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper (not formally published) › peer-review
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Exploring the role of Patient and Public Involvement in Implementation Research using the Study of Implementation of Midwifery Continuity of Carer (SIMCA)
Channon, S., Choudary-Salter, L., Davies, K., Prendeville, T., Barry, S., Strange, H., Middlemiss, A., Milton, R., Sanders, J., Kenyon, S. & Jones, A., 3 Oct 2025, In: NIHR Open Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Management responses to staff speaking up in the NHS: A scoping review
Ghorbankhani, M., Jones, A., James, A., Hannigan, B. & Roche, D., 2 Aug 2025, In: British Journal of Health Care Management. 31, 8, p. 1-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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