Walk and Talk Improvement

If you work in patient safety, you may have heard the name Margaret Murphy. She is one of the first patient partners in Ireland and has spent her life advocating for patients, their families and healthcare staff. Margaret is the External Lead Advisor for the WHO’s World Alliance for patient safety, a network of 400 patient safety champions from 52 countries. She is the founding member of Patients for Patient Safety Ireland.Margaret shares how she has coped with the loss of her son Kevin Murphy due to a medical error and how she used this experience for change across healthcare. In this powerful episode, Margaret speaks about what transparency and openness would have meant for her family, what it felt like to finally be heard and her thoughts on how patient partnership is improving care in Ireland.Hosted by: Dr Maureen Flynn, Director of Nursing, Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD), HSE.Co-produced with Sheema Lughmani, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE.

As a healthcare professional, you’ll likely have heard the public awareness campaign for sepsis. You may be wondering what are the latest resources and tools to help you identify or diagnose the symptoms of sepsis and what you can do to improve patient outcomes. Join our guest Denise McCarthy, Assistant Director of Nursing for Sepsis to hear more.Hosted by: Juanita Guidera, Programme Manager - Staff Engagement for Quality, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSECo- produced by: Sheema Lughmani, Digital Communications Officer, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE

What do you need to know about sepsis as a patient, carer or parent? How can you reduce your risk of getting sepsis? Join our guests Maeve Murphy, a busy working mother of three and a sepsis survivor and Denise McCarthy, an Assistant Director of Nursing for Sepsis, HSE to find out more.Hosted by: Juanita Guidera, Programme Manager - Staff Engagement for Quality, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSECo- produced by: Sheema Lughmani, Digital Communications Officer, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE

Engagement is the heart of building a culture of quality and patient safety. But how can we successfully engage with patients and staff to improve safety?In this episode, we speak with Professor Helen Bevan on inspiring creativity and innovation to help improve safety and quality of care. Helen is currently a professor of health and care improvement at the University of Warwick, and a strategic adviser to the NHS Horizons team. She has spent more than three decades leading and facilitating many improvement initiatives.We hope this episode encourages you in your own work and ignites your creativity.Hosted by: Juanita Guidera, Programme Manager - Staff Engagement for Quality, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE(thumbnail illustration of Helen Bevan: Duncan Smith; BMJ 2018;362:k2467)

This episode continues the conversation on the impact of patient partnership on the development of the HSE National Clinical Guidelines for Post Mortem Examination Services. In this episode, we speak with Mary Vasseghi and Christine Fenton, who share an insight into their lives, motivation and experience as patient partners.Through their stories, we explore what you can do to have meaningful and real engagement with patient partners.Featuring:Mary Vasseghi, Patient Partner, Patients for Patient Safety IrelandChristine Fenton, Patient Partner and Service UserHosted by: Juanita Guidera, Programme Manager - Staff Engagement for Quality, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE

Deconditioning is a harm hidden in plain sight. It may be 10 or 100 times more prevalent than falls or pressure ulcers.In this episode of “Walk and Talk Improvement” we discuss how through deconditioning, we are unintentionally “killing patients with kindness”. Our three guests are nursing leaders who are spearheading social movements across the world to help prevent deconditioning and encourage us to invest in our older selves.Featuring:Professor Brian Dolan, OBE, Director, Health Service 360Deirdre Lang, Director of Nursing/National Lead for Older Persons Services, Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director, Health Services ExecutiveCaroline Lecky, Nurse Consultant for Care homes, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland.Hosted by:Dr Maureen Flynn, Director of Nursing with the National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate and the Office of Nursing and Midwifery Services Director, Health Services Executive.

In this episode, we explore the impact of patient partnership on the development of the HSE National Clinical Guidelines for Post Mortem Examination Services, why patient partners become involved and what you can do as a leader to create meaningful engagement.Featuring: Professor Linda Mulligan, Chief State PathologistMairie Cregan, member of Patients for Patient Safety IrelandHosted by: Juanita Guidera, Programme Manager - Staff Engagement for Quality, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE”

In this episode, we are speaking with two leaders in nursing and midwifery about how they are creating a culture of safety for people, with a particular focus on women and babies in maternity services across Ireland and Northern Ireland. Our two guest’s share:Their examples of how they are overseeing and improving services. Times when things didn’t go as expected, and what they’ve learned.Simple steps you can take to get involved in patient safety improvement.Featuring:Grainne Milne, Director of Midwifery, HSE Louth Hospitals, IrelandDenise Boutler, Assistant Director, Quality, Safety, Patient Experience and Innovation, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland.Hosted by: Dr Maureen Flynn, Director of Nursing, Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services and National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE.