Pictured (L to R): Susan Jacobs CNM2, CUH; Sheila McClelland, NMBI CEO; Sinéad Favier, Paediatric CPC, NPDU, CUH; Helen Cahalane, Director of Nursing CUH and Annmarie Galvin, ADON/NPDC, General NPDU, CUH

Last month, our CEO, Sheila McClelland, presented at Cork University Hospital’s (CUH) Annual Nursing Conference.

The theme of this year’s conference was A Turning Tide: Nurses Influencing the Future with the aim of providing a platform for consideration, information and celebration of nurses and their work influencing the future.

In her presentation, Sheila spoke about how regulation supports registrants in a changing health landscape. She addressed the changing healthcare policy environment and how we work collaboratively with our stakeholders to ensure the safety of service users and the public.

Among the keynote speakers were, Geraldine Cunningham, Organisational Development Consultant at Barts NHS Trust London, Dr Jolanta Burke, Associate Professor at the RCSI and former Olympian, World champion and bestselling author, Derval O’Rourke. The event also heard from the Head of Nursing at CUH, Helen Cahalane, who opened the conference.