With negotiations re-starting between the Government and IPHA for a new agreement in relation to the reimbursement of new medicines, IPPOSI have outlined recommendations to ensure that the patient's voice is included in these negotiations. These recommendations have been developed by IPPOSI in consultation with a number of our patient-led boards and committees, as well as from the [...]
The IPPOSI Strategic Plan 2021-2024 was launched on March 8th, 2021. The strategy sets out how IPPOSI will advance our patient-led mission over the next four years. The strategy also represents IPPOSI’s commitment to realise meaningful and sustainable patient & public involvement in an ever-changing health environment in Ireland, an environment which is facing an unprecedented number of challenges. [...]
On February 7th, 2021, David McMahon, CEO of the Irish Skin Foundation, was endorsed by the IPPOSI Board as our new chairperson. This followed the stepping down by Ava Battles, CEO of the MS Society of Ireland after 2.5 years as IPPOSI chairperson. On accepting the role David said: “It’s a privilege to take on [...]
***PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION FOR THE FINANCE & OPERATIONS POSITION BELOW HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FEB 28TH, 2021.**** Do you believe that patients and patient groups have a right to be involved in healthcare and decision-making in health? Do you want to work for an organisation based on the values of [...]
Jury Duty with a Difference! Apply for Citizens’ Jury on Access to Health Information. IPPOSI has launched a nationwide campaign to identify 25 members of the public, broadly representative of the Irish population, willing to step up as members of a Citizens’ Jury to deliberate on the matter of access to health information. Following careful deliberation [...]
Patient Organisations Urge Government to Prioritise People with Chronic and Rare Diseases, of All Ages, in Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines A coalition of fifteen patient organisations has today (Dec 8th, 2020) written to An Taoiseach and to the Chair of the High-Level Task Force on Vaccination and Immunisation [...]
IPPOSI is inviting applications for the 2021 edition of its successful patient education programme in health innovation. The 2021 programme is led by IPPOSI, in partnership with a number of education partners, and will cover the following topics: Understanding Clinical Trials – delivered by the University College Dublin Clinical Research Centre Regulatory [...]
Evaluating international patient experiences of Public Patient Involvement (PPI) and discussing the potential to embed PPI in Irish healthcare reform. We have invited some leading patient partners/advocates from Canada and the UK, to share their experiences of public patient involvement across healthcare in the UK and Canada. This is an opportunity to learn from practices [...]
IPPOSI is happy to share with you a membership survey on our draft IPPOSI Strategy for 2021-2024 - developed with contributions from both IPPOSI Board and Staff members. If you would like to help shape IPPOSI's focus from 2021-2024 we would be grateful if you could complete this survey by Sunday, October 25th, [...]
How can we embed patient centredness in the hospital system? A lunchtime interview with Professor Jan Kremer Professor in Patientcentredness Radboudumc University Medical Cente, NL Radboudumc is a teaching hospital and is often referred to as the "Hospital of the Patient". A gynaecologist for 15 years, Prof. Kremer has a unique insight into the [...]
