Clinical Safety Officer · England

A named CSO
for NHS digital health.

Dr Chiho Song is a practising NHS clinician and contracted Clinical Safety Officer in England. He supports digital health, SaMD and health IT teams with the clinical risk management evidence needed for NHS go-live.

DCB 0129Manufacturer clinical safety
DCB 0160Deployment clinical safety
NHSPractising clinician in England

Why the role matters

The CSO is not just a signature.

A Clinical Safety Officer is the clinician accountable for clinical risk management decisions in a health IT system. For NHS suppliers, the CSO makes sure the safety case is not just a procurement document but a defensible clinical argument.

Dr Chiho Song combines NHS clinical work, DCB clinical safety practice and healthcare AI implementation. That matters when the product involves AI, triage, prioritisation, automation, clinical documentation or workflow change. For model-driven products, see AI clinical safety and SaMD DCB 0129 support.


Where a CSO helps

Clinical risk management across the product lifecycle.

Manufacture

DCB 0129 evidence

Hazard log, clinical risk management file, clinical safety case report and safety requirements for the manufacturer.

Deployment

DCB 0160 support

Help align product safety evidence with the local deploying organisation's workflow, configuration and controls.

AI / SaMD

Clinical AI hazards

Map risks such as automation bias, dataset shift, unsafe escalation, missing context and over-reliance on model output. AI clinical safety support →

Procurement

DTAC clinical safety

Prepare evidence that fits the clinical safety section of DTAC and avoids late procurement delays.

Release

Go-live sign-off

Review residual risk and produce the signed release memo your NHS buyer expects before deployment.

After go-live

Change and incident review

Support post-go-live safety reviews, hazard log updates and sign-off of major changes as separate work. For ongoing supplier-side support, see the contract CSO / named retainer page.

Need a Clinical Safety Officer in England?

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