An Overview of the Emergency Medicine Programme
On his appointment as Director of Quality & Clinical Care for the HSE, Barry White (BW) introduced a number of clinical programmes and initiatives, with... Read More
EMP Updates
Dr Una Geary, National Clinical Lead for the Emergency Medicine Programme has agreed to issue periodic updates to colleagues in Emergency Medicine as the Programme gathers pace. Her updates will be uploaded here as they are issued:
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Update 01: Directorate of Quality and Clinical Care
Directorate of Quality and Clinical Care Barry White approved the programme’s aims and team on 21 st July 2010 and we had our first working... Read More
Update 02: Progress within the Programme
The programme working-group has met four times since my last update. We now have representation from nursing and the allied health professions and will shortly... Read More
Update 03: EMP Report – First Draft Completed
The Emergency Medicine Programme is progressing well. We hope to have the Programme plan ready for general consultation by early July. We hope you all... Read More
Update 04: ED Process Measures
An update on other aspects of the EMP will be circulated shortly but this update needs to be shared now because the Special Delivery Unit... Read More
EMP letter on development of National EDIS
Dear Colleague, The Emergency Medicine Programme has been successful in obtaining approval from the Centre for Management and Organisation Development (CMOD) of the Department of... Read More
Update 05: EMP – From Planning to Implementation
The Emergency Medicine Programme (EMP) will transition from planning to implementation in the New Year. A considerable amount of work has gone into the programme... Read More
Update 06: Programme Launch Announced
This is a longer than usual update because there is so much going on within the EMP. We did not anticipate that the Programme would... Read More
EMP Implementation Stocktake
Overview of EMP Implementation Progress July to October 2012 The first four months of implementation of the National Emergency Medicine Programme within EDs has been enabled... Read More
Update 07:ED Implementation Teams Progressing
EMP Implementation ED implementation teams are making progress despite numerous challenges and limited resources. A HSE committee, of which the EMP lead is a member,... Read More
Update 08: Hospital Management & EMP Implementation
EMP Implementation Hospitals have been asked to provide updates on EMP implementation in response to a request from Ms. Laverne McGuinness, National Director for Integrated... Read More