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.

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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, HSE

Co- produced by: Sheema Lughmani, Digital Communications Officer, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE

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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, HSE

Co- produced by: Sheema Lughmani, Digital Communications Officer, National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.