“When I go into an appointment, I’m expected to understand and remember what’s being said. No written information, no slides” Anne Mooney, PatientsForPatientSafetyIreland #MedicationWithoutHarm #Medsafety24

Wishlist for #medsafety24 from Anne Mooney ⁦PatientsForPatientSafetyIreland⁩ which we ⁦@NationalQPS⁩ heartily agree with! Use of a medicines list and #KnowCheckAsk (HSE.ie/safermeds) Medicines reviews using ⁦iSIMPATHY⁩ model 🙏 ⁦HSE Ireland⁩ ⁦Department of Health⁩

Anne Mooney ⁦PatientsForPatientSafetyIreland providing a patient perspective on medicine safety at #AllIslandMedSafety2024. Essential for improving patient care and healthcare practices #Medsafety24 ⁩

Lisa Wynne outlining all the hurdles with real world examples that Parkinson’s patients face ⁦Parkinson's Foundation⁩ ⁦IMSN⁩ ⁦PatientsForPatientSafetyIreland⁩

Who says stories don’t matter or aren’t effective in changing people. Cormac Mehigan gives an excellent expose of highlife and highlights in the face of chronic disease IMSN Health and Social Care Northern Ireland Normalising the right approach to Parkinson’s

While I agree with and support the sentiment and the science I worry that we are trying to stop the unstoppable. Bit like genetic testing on demand we Need to not just support but overeducate the public. Because we have no hope in putting the genie back the bottle

Ireland just under the average eu level for health literacy. Stark finding for a generally well educated population ⁦IMSN⁩ ⁦RCSI School of Population Health⁩ َ

Tara Hayden, Senior PharmacyTechnician St. Luke's General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny TaraHayden__ was the prize winner for her poster presentation on ‘Medicines Reconciliation Training for Pharmacy Technicians’ #AllIslandMedSafety24  #Medsafety24 @IMSN_IE PatientsForPatientSafetyIreland MOICNI @RCSI_IrL HSE Ireland Department of Health

There’s no doubt that Dublin’s restoration award of the year 2024 goes to coffeeangel’s resurrection of the J. O’Grady & Co. shopfront at 1-2 Lower Mount Street just off Merrion Square, that languished for years under a heap of roller shutters, signage panels and beauty board 🧵

I am taking on the editorship of the Interantional Journal of Healthcare Quality Assurance Emerald Publishing . So if you have an article that you would like to have considered for publication (or if you would like to be considered as a reviewer for IJHCQA) send me a dm.

I had the pleasure of joining Dr. Chris Luke (Chris Luke) on the “Irish Medical Lives” podcast recently to discuss my experiences as a Medical Student and Intern Year so far. Link: shows.acast.com/6759deafc2a496…

Yet another deficient definition of clinical audit Royal College of Physicians of Ireland No mention of clinical guidelines as well as standards. >60% of audit in St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH) is against guidelines patient safety act list guidelines. Get it right lads

Well that escalated quickly.....

Some are priceless some are unfunny

It’s an excellent chart but like religion it’s harder to practice than it appears

Fascinating coffee and catchup with a paradox - an empathic and widely read surgeon. Politics,psychology, quality in healthcare and working in retirement. We covered them all guenther jonitz 🇺🇦 🇬🇪🇮🇱🇪🇺

This is compelling and powerful The Pediatrician’s Lament | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

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