Our in-person Q event in Ireland will take place this November at the Gibson Hotel in Dublin. Join fellow Q members and wider colleagues to network, share learning and explore shared challenges.
Inspired by the success of our in-person community events, our collaboration events will provide a space to learn from each other and make progress in the challenging context we are working within.
What’s in it for you?
- Time to meet Q members and wider colleagues in-person
- Share knowledge, successes, challenges, and even get support for your work
- Generate new ideas for collaboration
We will be running an Open Space, which enables collaborative problem solving, improved communications and stronger relationships. From UN conferences to local community groups, it’s a format that has been used successfully in many contexts to bring people together and set in motion meaningful change.
We invite you to bring your own challenges around the question:
Thinking about the current context of the health and social care system, what are the most important conversations we need to be having about collaborative improvement that will help you to progress your work?
Read this blog to find out more about what to expect.
Event programme
10.00 | Arrival and registration
10.30 | Welcome and introduction Roisin Egenton, Programme Manager, Quality and Patient Safety Improvement, HSE
10.35 | Opening remarks Orla Healy, National Clinical Director QPS, HSE and Stacey Lally, Deputy Director, Q
11.05 | Building a culture of continuous improvement: the role of the Quality Coach at Oxford University Hospitals Jenni Guest, Interim Head of Quality Improvement, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This will be followed by the award ceremony for the first cohort of Quality Coach Development Programme in Ireland.
11.35 | The use of technological innovation in learning for improvement Gavin Woods, Managing Director at Aurion Learning
This will be followed by the launch of the QUICKPatientSafety Mobile App for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
12.05 | Patient Safety Learning: Reaching the right people for action Lorraine Schwanberg, Assistant National Director, Incident Management and Catherine Hogan, Patient Safety Together Lead, National QPS Directorate
12.30 | Lunch
13.20 | Open space
An opportunity for conversations and connections, this session invites participants to create your own agenda around your ideas and projects.
Co-facilitated by Juanita Guidera, Programme Manager – Staff Engagement for Quality, HSE and Tarnia Mason, Community and Collaborative Change Manager, Q
14.45 | Reflections and closing remarks
15.00 | Close
Please note that the event programme is subject to change.
Accessibility
- Hearing loop connection is available
- A quiet room is available
- We have a sensory kit available to pick up at registration on the day, which has some fidgets, ear defenders and vision rulers
Get in touch if you have any questions, or want to request an adjustment or change: qcommunity@wearenrevents.com
Getting to the venue
- There is a secure underground car park beneath the hotel operated by Euro Car Park, the Point Village with a preferential delegate rate of €12 per day (8am-6pm) and an overnight rate of €20. Hourly rates also apply outside of these options of €4.20/hour.
- Access from Dublin Airport is 15 mins transfer time via the Port Tunnel (taxi). There is also a coach service available with a drop off next to the hotel. https://www.aircoach.ie/
- The LUAS Red line The Point stop is outside the hotel door and provides easy access to Heuston station and Connolly station if travelling by train, and O’Connell Street (10 mins) and the main shopping areas of Dublin.
This event is open to all Q members, members are welcome to invite a colleague who works in health care improvement as a guest. These guests must register their own place.
Q will reimburse expenses for patient partnership or patient and public voice (PPV) members in line with the Q Expense policy. Please contact the Q team via Q@health.org.uk for more information.
Bookings are now closed for this event. If you would like to attend please email adriana.thursby-pelham@health.org.uk
