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David Somekh
Country
Ireland
Job title
President
Organisation
European Society for Quality in Healthcare
Email address
Website
Biography
I trained and practiced as a psychiatrist, leaving the NHS after 25 years in 2001. Since 1988 I have been involved in Healthcare quality and promoted quality developments while working as a doctor in management (clinical director and medical director) during the 1990’s.
I was a member of the executive of a UK multi-professional healthcare quality charity from 1990 and became chair of council (of what was then AQH) in 1995. In this capacity I was a member of the advisory council of NICE (the NHS National Institute for Clinical Excellence) for several years and as UK representative was a founder member of ESQH in 1998.
My other interests are psychoanalysis (I qualified in 1982), psychological research (I have a PhD in experimental psychology), and change management (I am a regular contributor to the EOQ summer camp events).
I am currently forensic psychiatry advisor to HASCAS, a UK NGO specialising in inspection, using consensus-based standards, of mental health facilities.
In the next few years I plan to divide my time between the Isle of Wight in England and Miranda do Corvo in Portugal. Thanks to modern technology I can remain connected and available in either charming venue.
Description organisation
ESQH is a network of networks. It is a European confederation of membership organisations whose members are dedicated to promoting, improving, research and teaching in the area of healthcare quality. Its status is NGO (registered charity in Ireland) and it has dedicated offices also in a number of other European cities e.g. London, Aarhus, Brussels and Krakow.
Visit the website (address above) for further information and up to date news.
ONELINER
patient safety
Patient safety is an important consideration for all aspects of healthcare quality.
Publications
patient safety
Co-author original Simpatie bid to DGSANCO