Dr Jane Ferguson

• PhD in Social Pharmacy, University of Manchester, 2012 
• MSc Applied Psychology, Liverpool Hope University, 2005
• BSc (Hons) Psychology, Liverpool Hope University, 2003

Jane was previously at the University of Manchester from 2007 when she joined as a PhD student. She completed her PhD in the Centre for Pharmacy Workforce Studies before working on a number of healthcare workforce related research projects. Before joining HSMC in May 2023, Jane worked in the Health Management Group where she was a cohort director on the ‘Elizabeth Garrett Anderson’ NHS Leadership Academy programme and a co-applicant on NIHR funded projects.

Jane is the programme director for the Health and Care System Leadership Level 7 Apprenticeship.

Jane is interested in supervising projects relating to the healthcare workforce.

Jane has an interest in the healthcare workforce and the sociology of the healthcare professions. Jane’s research focusses on the nature of modern professionalism in healthcare organisations, and its interaction with contemporary issues such as professional governance and regulation, the changing nature of the professional workforce, and the impact of workforce reforms and other changes on the quality and safety of care. Jane collaborates with health economists, health policy specialists, doctors and other healthcare professionals on a number of research projects related to the healthcare workforce. 

Current projects 

January 2023 - August 2025
Co-I: Quality, safety and clinical governance in NHS and independent hospitals: lessons from the interface
National Institute for Health and Care Research £990,988.55