HPCB Conference 2019 - Mobile professionals, safe patients
On 4 February we held our 11th HPCB meeting - mobile professionals, safe patients in Dublin Ireland. The conference brought together over 120 representatives of European healthcare professional regulators, professional bodies, and national governments.
All presentations from our speakers can be found below, and all photos from the event and from our speakers can be found here [add link to conference highlights page].
HPCB Conference 2019 - Mobile professionals, safe patients
Welcome
Ginny Hanrahan, CORU – Health and Social Care Professionals Council
Impact of Brexit on professional mobility
Mairead McGuinness, MEP
Brexit and the future of EEA doctors working in the UK
Paul Buckley, General Medical Council (UK) (pdf)
Recognition of professional qualifications across Europe: Looking ahead to the future
Konstantinos Tomaras, DG GROW, European Commission
Panel discussion and Q&A: The future of the professional qualifications framework
Chair: Damhnait Gaughan, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
Panel speakers
Alexander Jäkel, German Medical Association (pdf)
Margaret Hynds O’Flanagan, CORU – Health and Social Care Professionals Council (pdf)
Seniz Sicim-Sari, BIG-Register (Netherlands) (pdf)
Keynote speech – Trends and future expectations of health professionals' cross-border mobility
Dr Eszter Kovacs, SEPEN Joint Tender, Semmelweis University (pdf)
Panel discussion and Q&A: Developing the health workforce
Chair: Ginny Hanrahan, CORU – Health and Social Care Professionals Council
Panel speakers
David O’Flynn, Federation of European Dental Competent Authorities and Regulators
Kathleen Walsh, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (Ireland) (pdf)
Dr Anne-Marie Ryan, EU Network of Nurse Regulators (pdf)
Keynote speech – Taking eHealth into the 21st Century: examples of best practise from Estonia
Maria Filina-Kossatsova, Estonian Health Board (pdf)
Panel discussion and Q&A: Future regulatory challenges in eHealth
Chair: Niall Byrne, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
Panel speakers
Martha Pawluczyk, General Pharmaceutical Council (UK)
Esther-Mary D'Arcy, World Federation of Physiotherapists (pdf)
Closing remarks
Niall Byrne, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland