SAPPHIRE Visit

Prof Eilish McAuliffe, Dr Marie Ward and Dr Aoife De Brún visited the SAPPHIRE (Social Science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) group in University of Leicester, UK during July 2017 to learn more about their research work to improve the quality and safety of care in the NHS and globally.

During their two day visit, Prof Eilish McAuliffe presented to the SAPPHIRE group on the Co-Lead programme and gave a seminar to colleagues in the University of Leicester on Over-specialised and under-utilised: How can health professionals deliver safer healthcare?, drawing on her research experience over the past two decades on addressing systemic problems in healthcare.

 Pictured: Prof Eilish McAuliffe (UCD) and Prof Graham Martin (University of Leicester)