On the 12th September there will be a special for World Patient Safety Day.
In this session we will:
- Launch “Your health, your voice” resources, prepared to mark World Patient Safety Day.
- Share practical tips to improve health literacy in your communication with service users.
- Hear about an OCED report focused on patient partnership
- Get ideas from a number of services across Ireland for marking World Patient Safety Day
Speakers
- Kate O’Flaherty, Director, National Patient Safety Office, Department of Health
- Helen Ryan, Health Literacy Lead, Adult Literacy for Life Programme Office
- Norma Deasy, Communications Manager, National Screening Service
- Paula Cussen-Murphy, Director of Quality, Risk and Patient Safety, UL Hospitals Group
- Beth Farren, Patient Safety Strategy Manager QPS ULHG
- Clara Meehan, Health and Social Care Lead with the Transition team in the Mental Health Services in Roscommon
- Cathal Kilcline, Service user representative with the Transition team within the Mental Health Services in Roscommon
- Martina Porter, Quality and Patient Safety Manager at Letterkenny University Hospital
Co-Hosts
- Juanita Guidera, Programme Manager - Staff Engagement for Quality with the National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate.
- Tiberius Pereira, A member of Patients for Patient Safety Ireland