Clinical Psychologist, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford; England

Charles Vincent trained as a Clinical Psychologist and worked in the British NHS for several years. Since 1985 he has carried out research on the causes of harm to patients, the consequences for patients and staff and methods of improving the safety of healthcare.

With Rene Amalberti he published ‘Safer healthcare: strategies for the real world’ Springer, Open Access (2016). In 2014 he took up a new post as Health Foundation professorial fellow in the Department of Psychology, University of Oxford where he continues his work on safety in healthcare and led the Oxford Region NHS Patient Safety Collaborative and was Director of Oxford Healthcare Improvement.