Deterioration, Safety, and Equity: Addressing racialised disparities in the assessment and management of deterioration in English maternity settings
Our fully funded PhD studentship in the School of Psychology for 2026/27 offers an exciting opportunity to use an equity lens to explore how deterioration is recognised, assessed, and managed in English maternity settings.
This project will investigate how deterioration assessment tools, escalation pathways, and clinical decision-making may be influenced by bias, structural racism, and systemic inequities. It will explore lived experiences of deterioration and safety-critical interactions and identify opportunities to co-design solutions embedding equity into clinical protocols and training.
For more information and to apply: Deterioration, Safety, and Equity: Addressing racialised disparities in the assessment and management of deterioration in English maternity settings | Project Opportunities | PhD | University of Leeds
