Monthly Archives: September, 2023

It’s All Happening on October 25

October 25. If it isn’t already in your diary, mark it in! The Annual HMI conference takes place on October 25, this year in the...

The 2023 HMI Annual Conference will focus on Leadership and Integration

Leadership and Integration are the themes of the 2023 HMI Annual Conference, which will be held in The Concert Hall, RDS, Dublin 4 on October...

A distinguished career in Ireland’s Health and Social Care Services

Breda Crehan-Roche retires this month after a distinguished career in Ireland’s Health and Social Care Services, writes Maureen Browne Early Career Breda began her career as...

Regional Health Areas: health services moving to empowered, joined-up decision making as close to the patient as possible

The centralised and siloed nature of our health system had disempowered decision-making close to the patient and made it difficult to plan and deliver...

Roles and Responsibilities of Managers in Open Disclosure and Incident Management

The roles and responsibilities of Health Managers in Open Disclosure and Incident Management, the culture around it and the training required by all staff,...

Competencies for contemporary leaders of the world’s hospitals of the future

From workforce to artificial intelligence, and climate change to pandemics, major shifts in the healthcare landscape create new challenges and opportunities for contemporary leaders...

HOPE Exchange Programme 2024

Applications are invited from healthcare professionals involved in the management of healthcare services to participate in an European exchange programme designed to promote the...

Fostering Compassion In Leadership And Communication In Healthcare

Introduction Within healthcare organisations leadership can no longer focus on seniority and formality but the role and contribution each individual plays in the delivery of...

A serious shortfall in public information that needs to be remedied soon

Denis Doherty looks at the saga of the new National Children’s Hospital. A luxury hotel, owned by Richard Branson, opened in Mallora recently. That hotel...

Safety and person-centred care do not need to compete

We have short memories. As we go about our daily business and enjoy our summer holidays here and abroad, we seem to have forgotten...

World Patient Safety Day – Don’t be short of something to say?

By Juanita Guidera, Programme Manager - Staff Engagement for Quality, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE People joked that she was never short of...

Developments in relation to Open Disclosure

By Lorraine Schwanberg, Assistant National Director Incident Management, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE  Open disclosure is the right thing to do and it...

Ongoing staff support needed in the wake of COVID

Ongoing staff support to minimise post-traumatic stress and improve well-being and continued strengthening of the Infection, Protection and Control (IPC) role and function, have...

New Chair of Meath Foundation

Sibéal Carolan has been appointed Chair of the Meath Foundation Board of Directors, following the retirement of Mairéad Shields, who was a founding member...

Chairperson of Health and Safety Authority

Patricia Byron has been appointed Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority for a three-year term, by Neale Richmond TD, Minister of State for...

Director of Fitness To Practice

Orla Crowe has been appointed Director of Fitness to Practise with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). Orla is a solicitor with over...

Chief Operations Officer VHI Health & Wellbeing

Michelle Tait has been appointed Chief Operations Officer at VHI Health and Wellbeing. She was formerly Acting CEO of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin.

Chair of Board St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group

Conall O’Halloran has been appointed  Chair of the Board of St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group (SVHG), incorporating St. Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH), St. Michael’s Hospital...

Interim CEO at St. Vincent’s

A recruitment campaign is underway for the appointment of a new CEO at St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH) following the decision of acting CEO...

New Director of Nursing

Carol Galliers  has been appointed as the new Director of Nursing for Mater Private Network, Dublin. The Mater Private Network said, “She joined our team...

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