I’m pleased to announce that on 1st October 2016 I became GP Principal at Silverbirch Medical Practice in Bangor, Co.Down. I am taking over the Practice from Dr Nigel Majury who founded it 25 years ago and built it up over the course of his career, providing an excellent service to his patients. Dr Majury is much loved and respected by his patients and I’m thankful to him for entrusting the Practice and his patients …
HSC Change Day 2015
On 11 March 2015 I joined with members of the HSC Change Day Core Team, frontline healthcare workers, patients, students, Chief Nursing Officer Charlotte McArdle, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Anne Kilgallen and members of the Health Committee to celebrate the 2nd HSC Change Day. The day was marked by 40 celebration events across Northern Ireland with hundreds of people joining in via social media using Twitter and Facebook. If you haven’t pledged yet it’s not …
Strategies to Implement Change in the HSE
I was delighted to be invited by Fresenius Kabi to speak at the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IrSPEN) Satellite Symposium on ‘Strategies to Implement Change in the HSE’ on Tuesday 10th March in Dublin. I was speaking alongside Professor Zena Moore, Head of the School of Nursing, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The title of my presentation was ‘Performance Improvement and Leadership in the Health Service’. You can see my slides …
NIHLF Future Leaders Event
I was privileged to be invited to speak at the Northern Ireland Healthcare Leadership Forum inaugural event in the Great Hall at QUB on Tuesday 10 February. Speaking alongside Dr Cathy Jack, Medical Director, Belfast Trust; Dr Martin Tohill, Occupational Physician, Belfast Trust; and Dr Patricia McClure, Associate Head, School of Health Sciences at the University of Ulster, I shared my personal leadership philosophy along with some reflections on the key leadership lessons I’ve learned …
Speaking at eHealth and Care Conference on Thursday 4 October 2014
It was a pleasure to speak at the eHealth and Care in Northern Ireland: Celebrating Success, Planning for the Future conference on Thursday 9th October 2014. I was speaking in Plenary Session 4: Planning for the Future, alongside Dr Kieran McGlade, Clinical Senior Lecturer, QUB, Ms Mairead McAlinden, Chief Executive, Southern HSC Trust, and Mrs Charlotte McArdle, Chief Nursing Officer, DHSSPS. The session was chaired by UTV Presenter Paul Clark and took place on day 2 of the conference …
NI Healthcare Social Media Conference
I am currently working with the Kinnear Consulting Team to organise the first ever Northern Ireland Healthcare Social Media Conference. We planning to hold the event on Thursday 20 November 2014. I have been promoting the development of a healthcare social media community in NI for some time (see my NI Healthcare Social Media Guide) and the time feels right for a conference to bring our growing community together and hopefully entice more people to …
Health Minister Officially Opens the Hygieia Office and d-Nav Care Centre
On Wednesday 25th June 2014 I had the privilege to act as Master of Ceremonies for the Official Opening of the Hygieia Office and d-Nav Care Centre by the Health Minister, Mr Edwin Poots MLA. Hygieia is the company behind the d-Nav Insulin Guidance Service, a revolutionary service that helps people with diabetes to manage their own insulin dosage and improve their blood sugar control. Speaking at the event were: Eran Bashan, Hygieia Founder and …
Official Opening of the Quality, Innovation and Improvement Centre at the Ulster Hospital
On Thursday 3 April 2014 I attended the official opening by the Health Minister, Edwin Poots (@edwin_poots) of the Quality, Innovation and Improvement Centre (QIIC) at the Ulster Hospital. The QIIC was set up in recognition of the fact that staff have a wealth of knowledge, ideas and expertise that should be utilised to improve healthcare and the Centre will provide a central hub for developing and supporting staff to take forward quality improvement projects and innovative …
‘Thinking outside of the box’ article published in NI Healthcare Review
My article on Medical Leadership, my own leadership journey, my portfolio career as a Physician and Freelance Consultant, and the HSC Changeday experiment was published in Issue 92 2014 of the Northern Ireland Healthcare Review. You can read it in the online version of the magazine below.
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