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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL KERRY is the first hospital in Ireland to participate in a new training programme being delivered by RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Quality & Process Improvement Centre in partnership with the HSE.

The National Theatre Quality Improvement Programme, which commenced recently in Tralee, is a collaboration across the HSE’s Integrated Care Programme for Patient Flow, the National Clinical Programme in Surgery, the National Clinical Programme in Anaesthesia and RCSI.

Mr Kieran Tangney, executive director of the RCSI Quality & Process Improvement Centre, said: “This quality improvement training will help healthcare teams improve their quality improvement skillsets while implementing improvements in their own service delivery.

This approach supports the participating hospitals in delivering real improvements while building sustainable improvement capability which will benefit both staff and patients, according to Mr Tangney.

“By taking a multi-disciplinary approach and involving everyone involved in the delivery of patient care, the staff in the hospital can work together to design new and more effective ways of working. These improvements greatly support the staff in delivery of care and their patient’s overall experience of that care,” he said.

Maria Godley, general manager of University Hospital Kerry, said: “We are delighted that University Hospital Kerry was the first hospital selected to take part in this new training programme. I look forward to seeing the new skills learned being used to enhance the service we provide to our patients.”

The National Theatre Quality Improvement Programme which is run by the RCSI Quality & Process Improvement Centre will be brought to other hospitals throughout the country in the near future.

RCSI’s Quality and Process Improvement Centre provides Quality Improvement (QI) training to support Healthcare teams to design effective processes which support excellent care delivery and better patient experiences.

RCSI is ranked in the top 250 institutions worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2016-2017). It is an international not-for-profit health sciences institution, with its headquarters in Dublin, focused on education and research to drive improvements in human health worldwide.