Niall Downey
@nialldowney
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Airline Captain, Doctor, FRCSI, TEDx Speaker, Error Management Training. Former, and hopefully future cyclist. And now author too..!!
Newry, Northern Ireland
Joined December 2010
To celebrate #WorldPilotsDay 2024, I’m delighted to announce that: 1. Frameworkhealth has evolved into Framework Safety Group Ltd. 2. Our new website is now live on and 3. ‘Oops! Why Things Go Wrong’ is now available on all usual platforms as an ebook.
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Thanks to @AislingORourke for having me on the show.🙏 Delighted to share how our aviation safety framework is transferable to other industries and indeed society generally. Hope people find it useful. 🤞
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Looks like a great day Bijen. Sorry to have missed it-it very nearly worked out. Next time. 🙏
Day 3 @ #SSSICON Society of Surgical Simulation & Innovation International Conference 2025 in partnership with @blsurgical Welcoming @MarinaYLeft Presenting now on #Human factors in surgery @Paul_Barach @nialldowney @laptan1 @CRSelvasekar
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Thank you to all the team at @st_colmans for all the opportunities you gave Daire during his seven years with you and especially for honouring him with the Principal’s Award yesterday. He’s carrying the lessons learnt into his new life in @QUBelfast
@officialgaa @ArmaghGAA
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Leaving New York behind then six hours later from 38,000 feet looking out at Dundalk (in 3 o’clock position), Newry just beyond it with Warrenpoint and Rostrevor to it’s right and Belfast in the distance. @AerLingus @Newryie @nmdcouncil @st_colmans @newryreporter @NewryDemo
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@percy_denise @Vickic2008Vicki All good Denise. I’m Chicago speaking at #RSNA2024 again. Sharing our aviation approach with healthcare. Accepting our fallibility and designing systems accordingly will transform healthcare.
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@docdok @RSNA @TGrantcharovMD @DrGrainne @BrennanSurgeon @ClinicalHF @ptsafetylearn @P1nsights @materprivate @BBCTalkback @RCSI_Irl @TrinityMed1 Fab..!! Name wasn’t Cunningham was it..?? 🤔
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@docdok @RSNA @TGrantcharovMD @DrGrainne @BrennanSurgeon @ClinicalHF @ptsafetylearn @P1nsights @materprivate @BBCTalkback @RCSI_Irl @TrinityMed1 Thanks David. Hope you found it useful. 👍
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RT @BrennanSurgeon: Never events incl wrong site surgery, retained instruments etc are fortunately quite rare but keep happening despite sy…
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From sunrise in Manchester to sunset in New York. Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends. @manairport @JFKairport @AerLingus @P1nsights
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@Vaughters Many Safety Critical industries including @F1 have tackled this thorny issue of risk using a Human Factors based Error Management framework as developed with spectacular success by the aviation industry following the 1977 Tenerife Disaster. @UCI_cycling
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@Vaughters Many Safety Critical industries including @F1 have tackled this thorny issue of risk using a Human Factors based Error Management framework as developed with spectacular success by the aviation industry following the 1977 Tenerife Disaster. @UCI_cycling
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@JP_Biz And that hard earned learning is now being shared with other industries John. Our aviation framework model is now being integrated into healthcare, construction, finance etc with many more in the pipeline. Errors are a learning opportunity, not something to be ashamed of.
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RT @dmcsurg: Interesting project by @SanjanaBiju01 and @sinead_lydon of @uniofgalway to assess Medicine & Motherhood in Ireland. Open to al…
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Thanks to @DecNewry for this interesting exploration of my circuitous route to where I am today and my Error Management work sharing how we can apply our aviation safety framework to many other industries and society generally. @SportsOrla @tcdalumni
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