Healthcare Quality and Safety Workshop Series October/November 2009 Presenter Information                  Daniel Lalor              Prof Guy Maddern           Stephanie Newell        Daniel Lalor    Daniel is currently the Project Manager, Medication Safety with the Clinical Excellence Commission in NSW. Daniel’s background is in clinical pharmacy and he now specialises in issues related to the safe and quality use of medicines.  In this field, Daniel has worked with a number of State and National committees and organisations to improve the safety and quality of patient care.   In his current role, Daniel is responsible for supporting a range of tools and resources for analysing medication management systems as well as identifying emerging risks to medication safety through the use of incident data.  He is also involved in leading and coordinating quality and safety improvement activities related to use of medicines.   Daniel is committed to improving patient safety through improving the safety and quality of medicines use.   Click here for Medication Safety registration   Click here for Multidisciplinary Teamwork for Safety     Professor Guy Maddern    Guy is currently Professor of Surgery at the University of Adelaide and Director of the Division of Surgery at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide. He has wide experience in healthcare, having worked in health care facilities in Switzerland and France.   Guy has published over 300 refereed publications, several of these on themes of quality and safety, covering areas such as clinical audits and incident reporting.    He is currently the Chair of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Professional Development and Standards Board, and member of many professional boards and committees.    He is passionate about the need for professional groups to work together in cohesive teams to deliver safe and effective healthcare.  He is also a keen advocate for involving consumers in the planning and evaluation of healthcare services.   Click here for Multidisciplinary Teamwork for Safety registration   Click here for Working with Consumers registration     Stephanie Newell   Stephanie has a background in consumer engagement, patient safety and quality improvement, and through the facilitation of workshops which bring together health consumers, health providers and policy makers to build partnerships for patient safety.   Stephanie shares her passion for co-creating a safe, high quality, effective and responsive health system.   Stephanie is a member of state, national and international peak health consumer organisations and a consumer representative of a number of state, federal and international committees, including Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF), the World Health Organisation’s World Alliance for Patient Safety – Patients for Patient Safety and the SA Department of Health’s Safety and Quality Consumer and Community Advisory Committee, currently holding the position of Chair.   Click here for Workings with Consumers registration