We are pleased to invite you to the seminar 'Patient Safety in the Community', taking place at the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ on 20 January 2026.
Topic: The seminar will bring people together from all over Ireland to talk about and learn more about keeping patients safe in community healthcare. Patients, healthcare workers, policy makers, and researchers will all join in to share their ideas on how to make community healthcare safer for everyone.
Venue: ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, Health Sciences Building, Ground Floor Room HSG-037 (closest parking: P25)
Attendance: Free by .
Seminar organiser: Email: anna.chatzi@ul.ie
The seminar is sponsored by the through the Conference and Event Sponsorship Scheme 2025 and supported by .
Programme:
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Tea / coffee and registration & networking |
| 09:30 - 09:40  | Opening and welcome address Professor , Executive Dean, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Actions to prevent medication related harm in the community by highlighting a number of key resources for high risk medications and situations Ms , Registered Pharmacist, Medication Safety Specialist Pharmacist, Health Service Executive (HSE) |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Safety attitudes and safety culture in general practice Associate Professor , School of Medicine, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Patient Safety Incidents; The experience of the Patient Advocacy Service Ms , National Manager, Patient Advocacy Service Ireland |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Integrated care, Top Down, Bottom Up Dr , Regional Lead for Medicine, HSE Dublin and Midlands |
| 11:10 - 12:30 | Lunch & networking |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Improving safety through learning Ms , Assistant National Director Incident Management, National Quality and Patient Safety |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Quality Improvement in Action in Community Services Ms , Assistant National Director, National Quality and Patient Safety |
| 13:10 - 13:30 | Patient Safety, Pragmatism and General Practice Dr , GP Principal, Gowran Medical Centre; Adjunct Clinical Lecturer/Assistant Professor, University College Dublin |
| 13:30 - 13:50 | Round off of the seminar with a synthesis of the day's topics Associate Professor , School of Nursing and Midwifery, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Dr , EQUIPS Research Network Manager |
| 13:50 - 14:10 | Roundtable discussions |
| 14:10 - 14:20  | Closing address Associate Professor , School of Nursing and Midwifery, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ |