Róisín Egenton is a Programme Manager for the Quality & Patient Safety Improvement Team, which is part of the National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate in the Irish Health Service Executive.

Róisín works with programmes and teams across the health service to build capacity and capability in the use of Quality Improvement methodologies, tools and practices in order to address the highest patient safety risks as outlined in the HSE Patient Safety Strategy and to promote a culture of continual improvement. Projects in her current portfolio of work are focused on patient safety areas such as reducing harm from falls, reducing pressure ulcers, clinical deterioration, reducing and managing sepsis, clinical handover, improving quality of end-of-life care, and the use of digital technologies to advance quality improvements.

Róisín holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership and Quality in Healthcare from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI); she is certified in the management of projects by the Project Management Institute of Ireland; she holds a first class honours Masters degree in Health Promotion from the University of Galway; and an honours BA in International Studies (concentration in Healthcare) from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD USA.