Yearly Archives: 2016

There has been a lot of talk about leadership recently in the healthcare service. One definitely needs leaders to change the way we do business. And it is thought that the development of both clinical and managerial leadership should be done in partnership – it is not one or the other. It is regrettable that often the relationship between management and clinicians has been adversarial. Perhaps now is the time for a new partnership to develop and for us to study those teams that work well together.

An innovative range of employee engagements, including a personal development plan for each team member has been implemented by GSK in Ireland to facilitate development and drive employee engagement, according to Commercial Director, Ms. Eimear Caslin. Maureen Browne reports.

It is now widely accepted that competency-based interviewing is a valid and reliable candidate selection method, writes Elaine Fitzgerald McBarron.

Health managers may be interested in these events.

Powerful reasons to join the HMI

HMI Leaders Award 2016 HSE to review employment practices Tusla Chief Executive €2 million pilot nurse staffing scheme University Hospital Kerry Public nursing home investment Health Needs Of The Homeless HSE confirms 900 cases of cancer caused by alcohol annually Screening for cervical cancer Revised demographic dataset Legal restrictions on ECT Board of Nua Healthcare Informed decision making Nurses take over tasks from doctors How many hours do you spend sitting each day? Sexual health needs of children in care Managers' views sought on maternity standards Masters in Human Factors in Patient Safety Healthcare Leaders Masterclass 2016

The eight new Hospital Groups have now established offices and management teams and for the first time disbursed their allocations for 2016 to their constituent hospitals.

The nine new Community Health Organisations have received total budgets of €4bn for 2016.

There is increasing disquiet among many health managers at what they say has been undue pressure on CEOs to sign service level agreements with the HSE within truncated timeframes. Maureen Browne reports.

Responsibility and accountability for national patient safety intelligence in Ireland should be assigned to an independent organisation in order to ensure effective national oversight of patient safety and also to inform policy development, according to HIQA. Maureen Browne reports.

The HSE is to create a National Leadership Academy comprising the best thought and practice based leaders from across the system to lead, influence and develop leadership standards practice and succession management, writes Maureen Browne.

There were outstanding leaders in the Irish health services and if clinicians, nurses and ambulance personnel were properly resourced and the money properly targeted, she firmly believed the HSE could be a leader in people services. Ms. Rosarii Mannion, HSE National Director HR, told a meeting of the HMI Dublin Mid Leinster Regional Meeting in the Dublin Dental Hospital. Maureen Browne reports.

In the immediate aftermath of the recent election, there appears to be widespread support for the suggestion that ‘a new way of doing politics’ ought to be explored. It will be interesting to see if anything comes of it, writes Denis Doherty.

Nowadays, the development of person centred care is the rationale for many improvement programmes. This is because, unlike other service industries, the services we deliver are often organized around the needs of the service rather than that of the patient or customer, writes Dr. Peter Lachman.

We are all familiar with indoor maps in airports, museums and shopping centres. They help us find a destination among the myriad of locations, we learn how to find places we need with the minimum of fuss or assistance. It is time for hospitals to provide similar maps for patients and staff to enable them to find locations easily and efficiently, writes Kerry Ryder.

Managers and organisations are becoming more aware of mediation and its potential uses in helping with those ‘difficult situations’ we all tend to try to avoid, writes Karen Maher.

Health Managers may be interested in these events.

Shape your career with HMI in 2016

Tallaght team wins top award New CUH CF Unit St. Francis Hospice Excellence Award Civil servants afraid to admit where they work Aut Even Chief Executive New Chief Executive RCSI Group HSE National Directors Northern Ireland Healthcare Conference Head of Institute Happy With Tallaght Experience National Forensic Mental Health Hospital Managers' views sought on EHR priorities Managing care for over 3.66 million Helping vulnerable people take their own decisions Changing BCG vaccination programme Jigsaw comes to Limerick Over 157,000 visits to HSE site Guidelines for health managers The National LightHouse Projects National Physical Activity Plan No change of policy on safety package Smoking interventions assessed Nua Healthcare Expansion

Serious concerns are arising regarding the public sector’s ability to recruit and retain top class managers, writes Maureen Browne.