Earlier this month, our CEO, President and members of our senior management team attended the annual conferences of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) and the Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association’s (IGPNEA).

The INMO held their Annual Delegate Conference in Killarney from 3 to 5 May. There were a number of topics discussed and debated in the areas of hospital overcrowding, safety in the workplace and recruitment and retention challenges. Our President, Louise Kavanagh McBride and our CEO, Sheila McClelland was in attendance as well as our Director of Education, Policy and Standards, Carolyn Donohoe and Director of Registration, Ray Healy.

On 12 and 13 May, the IGPNEA held their National Conference in Portlaoise.

Speakers at the ‘stronger and better’ conference included Mary Jordan, IGPNEA National Chairperson; Georgina Basset, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Health; Dr Una Kennedy, GP Advisor to the National Cancer Control Programme and Dr Rachael Comer, Education and Training Manager in the CervicalCheck screening training unit.

The conference offered our Director of Education, Policy and Standards, Carolyn Donohoe and Director of Registration, Ray Healy an opportunity to meet with general practice nurses and discuss the challenges and developments they are facing.