The 8th EPSO Conference in STOCKHOLM, Sweden
on September 15th, 16th (and 17th) 2009
PROGRAM
September 15, 2009
15.00 - 16.00 Registering and welcome session/networking
16.30 - 17.15 Informal exchange of information presented by the chairs of the Working Groups:
1. Human Rights in health care (chaired by Nigel Thompson)
2. Clinical Indicators (chaired by Paul Long)
17.15- 17.30 Start of Workgroup on Complaints (see questionnaire Krist Debruyn)
17.30 - 18.30 Presentation and Discussion of the Terms of Reference (as presented by the Board) and Draft Budget Document
20.00 - 22.00 Informal buffet dinner in the hotel on invitation of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
September 16, 2009
09.00 - 09.10 Opening by today’s chairman Geir Sverre Braut
09.10 - 09.50 Presentation on transferral of experiences from other sectors to the supervision of health care and social services. Collaboration on supervisory activities in the petroleum sector around the North Sea ( not confirmed)
09.50 - 10.30 Presentation on the education/training of inspectors (Inspectie Academie) by Dick Beumer (Inspection of Health care in the Netherlands)
10.30 - 10.45 BREAK
10.45 - 11.30 Presentation on education/training of inspectors in Norway by Geir Sverre Braut (Statens helsetilsyn)
11.30 - 12.15 Presentation on the education program for supervisors at the School of Public
Administration of the Gothenburg university (Forvaltningshogskolan)
12.15 - 13.15 LUNCH
13.15 - 14.00 Presentation on training of supervisors in risk (UK Care Quality Commission)
14.00 - 14.30 Planning for future EPSO co-operation and research
14.30 – 15.30 Final Discussion on Terms of Reference as presented by the Board and Draft
Budget Document
15.30 Closing
17.00 hours Invitation: Sightseeing and reception of the Opening Ceremony of the NORDIC
Conference in the Stockholm Townhall
NORDIC Conference
Opening ceremony
16th September 2009
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16th
15.15-17.00 Registration in Norra Latin City Conference Center
17.00-19.00 RECEPTION - EPSO MEMBERS ARE INVITED
Stockholm Townhall, Ragnar Östbergs plan 1
Hosted by Stockholm city and Stockholm county council
NORDIC Conference
17th September 2009
EPSO members are invited to join the Nordic Conference on the 17th September.
At the 17th of September the conference will be in English or simultaneously translated in English.
PROGRAM
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17th
09.00-09.30 Opening session
09.30-12.00 News from supervisory work in the Nordic countries
09.30-10.00 Denmark
10.00-10.30 Finland
10.30-11.00 Break with coffee and fruit
11.00-11.30 Norway
11.30-12.00 Sweden
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.15 Theoretical Perspectives on Health Care Supervision
14.15-15.15 How to perform supervisory tasks in a patient safety
perspective?
15.15-15.45 Break with coffee and fruit
15.45-17.05 Prioritization of supervisory work?
Presentations from the Nordic countries
19.00-23.00 By boat to restaurant at Vinterviken
The 7th EPSO Conference in Cork, IRELAND on
May 14th and 15th 2009
The 7th EPSO Conference will be held in Cork, IRELAND on May 14th and 15th, 2009*
Organized by the Irish EPSO member (contact person: Tracey Cooper (Chief Executive of the Health Information and Quality Authority) and Deirdre Mulholland (Head of Standards and Methodology, Healthcare Quality and Safety Directorate) and co-organized by the Netherlands’ Inspection on Healthcare (contact person: Jan Vesseur (chief inspector for patient safety, ICT and international affairs)
PROGRAMME Thursday May 14th
15.00 - 17.00 Informal discussion on the draft Directive on patients’ rights in cross border healthcare
and cross border quality-supervision with an introduction by Nathalie Chaze, Deputy
Head of Unit DG SANCO/C/5,Health Strategy and Health Systems, European
Commission (not yet confirmed), chaired by Jan Vesseur.
18.30 - 20.00 WELCOME SESSION/NETWORKING
20.00 - 22.00 DINNER organized by the Irish Republic (Health Information and Quality Authority).
PROGRAMME Friday May 15th
08.00 - 09.00: Meeting of the EPSO BOARD and the Irish delegation leader Tracey Cooper.
09.00 - 09.10 OPENING by the Chairman: Tracey Cooper from Ireland.
09.10 - 11.00 Lecture and workshop on the effect of supervision/ inspection on Healthcare by
professor Kieran Walshe.
11.00 - 11.15 BREAK
11.15 - 12.15 Presentation (first results) of the Research-project on the effects of Supervision and
Inspection by Supervisors and Inspectorates in EU-Member States, by Wouter
Sparreboom , and/or
Presentation by the Norwegian health inspectorate and discussion on “problems” in
research on supervision of health care in Europe, by Geir Sverre Braut.
12.15 - 13.15 LUNCH
13.15 - 14.15 Presentation of the Netherland “Evaluation program of Supervision” of the Dutch
Inspectorate on Health Care by Paul Robben (Head of the research institute of
the IGZ).
14.15 - 14.45 Planning for future co-operation between EU participants in Research on effects of
supervision and inspection in Europe.
14.45 - 15.00 BREAK
15.00 - 16.00 The financial crises and its impact on supervision in health care by Tracey
Cooper, Ireland with a co- introduction by the British health care Commission by
Paul Long and Richard Hamblin.
16.00 - 16.30 Evaluation of the meeting and frames for the EPSO meeting in September 2009 in
Stockholm.
Main Themes:
- Research on the effects of supervision
- The financial crisis and its impact on supervision in health care
- EU Directive (draft) on Cross Border Health Care and patients rights
EPSO MEETING (8th) IN COPENHAGEN
22ND AND 23RD OCTOBER 2008
PROGRAMME
HOTEL NEPTUN 28. august 2008
Wednesday 22nd OCT 2008
17:00 Welcome session
Discussions of outcomes of ISQUA conference and networking
19:00 Dinner
Thursday 23rd OCT 2008P
09:00 International scene - accreditation research
Prof J Braithwaite
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Presentation of Danish model for accreditation
Anne Mette Dons
12:00 Presentation of current situation in UK
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Service level accreditation - stroke pilot project
M Cheshire
15:00 Presentation on Irish model and research on accredita-tion
16:00 Coffee break
16:15 EPSO general matters e.g. reports from working groups and planning for upcoming meeting
The 5th EPSO Conference was held in Bergen, NORWAY
on June 2nd, 2008
