The Saolta Hospitals Group Patient Council was established in 2014 to enable patients and their relatives to become active partners in the Saolta Hospitals Group. The Saolta Hospitals Group Patient Council comprises of 17 members, all public and/or…
The Sligo University Hospital Patient Engagement Forum was established in 2018. The Forum plays an important role in helping the hospital shape what we do and how we do it. The Forum meets quarterly. The Sligo University Hospital Patient Engagement…
The South Tipperary General Hospital (STGH) have established a Patient Representatives Service Users Forum. Forum representatives contribute to various projects and initiatives, for instance, one patient representative sits on the Integrated Care…
The UL Hospitals Group Patient Council was established in 2016. The Council enables patients and family members to become active partners in the UL Hospitals Group, and to advise on ways to improve the experience of patients and/or families using…
The Your Voice Matters team within the Office of the Chief Clinical Officer invited 12 public and/or patient representatives to support the development of a survey for the Quit and Stay Quit Programme. PPI representatives worked on the survey from…
The Your Voice Matters team within the Office of the Chief Clinical Officer invited seven public and/or patient representatives to join a working group from June to August 2020 to support the Living Well Programme. PPI representatives were invited…
The Your Voice Matters team within the Office of the Chief Clinical Officer invited one public and/or patient representative to join a national working group tasked with developing a patient experience survey to assess the National Clinical Care…
The HSE Board was established in 2019 to oversee the governance of the Health Service Executive (HSE). The Board members support a number of key priorities including: Developing and implementing an effective Corporate Governance Framework,…
The HSE Board is supported by four HSE Board Committees: Audit and Risk, Safety and Quality, People and Culture, Performance and Delivery which were established in 2019. The HSE Board Committees comprise of Board members and non-Board members,…
The HSE National Patients’ Forum was established in 2015. The aim of the Forum is to provide a space for patients, their family members, their carers and their advocates to collaborate in policy development, implementation and evaluation and…
The HSE Drugs Group is the national committee which the HSE has in place to make recommendations on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines. The final decision on reimbursement is made by the HSE Senior Management. The HSE Drugs Group comprises…
There are four Regional Health Groups: West, South, Dublin Mid Leinster and Dublin North East. The Forum includes public office representatives from the city and county councils within that area. The Fora make representations to the HSE on the range…
The HSE Technical Review Committee for Rare Diseases is the national committee, established by the HSE in 2018, to make recommendations on clinical issues around the reimbursement of a medicine. The aim of the Committee is to ensure that the…
The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is a group of young people who volunteer to share their experiences as users of hospital services in order to improve the care children and young people receive in the three paediatric hospitals in Ireland. In recent…
The Patient and Family Experience Advisory Council was established in May 2019 and patient experience advisors are recruited to sit on a number of hospital committees. The MUH Patient Information Booklet was developed in collaboration with the…
The Galway University Hospitals (GUH) Patient Engagement Council comprises of between 7 and 10 representatives. The Council meets with the hospital management every two months. Patient Council representatives are appointed following a public…
The Saolta Group invited two public and/or patient respresentatives to join the Steering Committee to input into the development of the Patient and Public Engagement Strategy 2020-2023. The Steering Committee was established in 2019. The Committee…
The Roscommon University Hospital (RUH) Patient Council comprises of between 7 and 10 representatives. The Council meets with hospital management every two months. Patient Council representatives are appointed following a public advertisement…
The Patients for Patient Safety (PFPS) initiative is a World Health Organisation (WHO) model aimed at improving patient safety in health care. The PFPS in Ireland comprises of 18 public and/or patient representatives, many of whom have experience…