A time for action: Driving Quality Improvement in Patient Care

The dates of the conference are Wednesday April 26^th 2023, 9.00 – 17.00 and Thursday April 27^th 2023, 9.00 – 12.30. Registration with refreshments from 8.00.

Venue: Castletroy Park Hotel.

Eligible to attend: All health care professionals working in Palliative Care including clinicians, managers, educators and administrators

Fees: April 26th = €180, April 27th = €120,  April 26th and 27th = €260

This conference is for healthcare professionals working in Specialist Palliative Care who wish to improve patients and families care using outcome measurement and quality improvement methodologies. It will offer opportunities for the practical exploration of the challenges of introducing outcome measures into routine practice, and will include tips and insights for success. Conference delegates will have an opportunity to hear from and converse with members of PCOC Australia, and European and Irish experts.

Keynote Speakers include:

• Prof David Currow – Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Sustainable Futures at the University of Wollongong,
• Dr Barbara Daveson – Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration’s National Director at the Australian Health Services Research Institute at University of Wollongong,
• Prof Claudia Bausewein – Director of the Department of Palliative Medicine at Munich University Hospital and Chair for Palliative Medicine at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich,
• Prof Fliss Murtagh – Professor of Palliative Care at Hull York Medical School, Associate Director of the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre and an NIHR Senior Investigator,
• Prof Karen Ryan – UCD Clinical Professor and Consultant in Palliative Medicine at St Francis Hospice and the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital,
• Dr Brian Creedon – Consultant in Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Waterford, Clinical Director for the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA).

Full conference programme to follow.

**Please note abstract submission deadline extended to 17^th February 2023.**

Please see Abstract Submission Guidelines

For any conference inquiries or if you need to cancel your ticket purchase, please contact the education department at education@milfordcarecentre.ie  (061) 485881.

We look forward to hosting you in the Limerick in April 2023.