Seminar: Patient Safety in the Community
Seminar 'Patient Safety in the Community', University of Limerick, 20 January 2026
Topic: The seminar brought people together from across Ireland to discuss 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: University of Limerick, Health Sciences Building, Room HSG-037
Attendance: Free with registration.
Seminar organiser: Associate Professor Anna Chatzi Email: anna.chatzi@ul.ie
The seminar was sponsored by the Health Research Board (HRB) through the Conference and Event Sponsorship Scheme 2025 and supported by EQUIPS Research Network.
Programme (to download the presentation slides click the talk title )
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Tea / coffee and registration & networking |
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Opening and welcome address Professor Deirdre McGrath, Executive Dean, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Ms Louisa Power, Registered Pharmacist, Medication Safety Specialist Pharmacist, Health Service Executive (HSE) |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Safety attitudes and safety culture in general practice Associate Professor Roisin Doogue, School of Medicine, University of Limerick |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Patient Safety Incidents; The experience of the Patient Advocacy Service Ms Georgina Cruise, National Manager, Patient Advocacy Service Ireland |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Integrated care, Top Down, Bottom Up Dr Siobhan Ni Bhriain, Regional Lead for Medicine, HSE Dublin and Midlands |
| 11:10 - 12:30 | Lunch & networking |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Improving safety through learning Ms Lorraine Schwanberg, Assistant National Director Incident Management, National Quality and Patient Safety |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Quality Improvement in Action in Community Services Ms Majella Daly, Assistant National Director, National Quality and Patient Safety |
| 13:10 - 13:30 | Patient Safety, Pragmatism and General Practice Dr John Brennan, 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 Anna Chatzi, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick Dr Jill Poots, EQUIPS Research Network Manager |
| 13:50 - 14:10 | Roundtable discussions |
| 14:10 - 14:20 | Closing address Associate Professor Anna Chatzi, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Limerick |
Published Proceedings
Chatzi, AV (Ed.). 2026 Seminar: Patient Safety in the Community – Proceedings, 20 January 2026, University of Limerick: Limerick. ISBN: 978-1-911620-92-1. https://doi.org/10.34961/19268
