Workshop Agenda for October 2013 Maternity and Neonatal Network Meeting [MNN3]

1. This workshop is hosted by the Dublin Maternity Hospitals with support from
The Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme
Supporting staff in maternity & neonatal settings
Agenda
16 October 2013
Ashling Hotel, Parkgate St, Dublin
9.45-10.00 Refreshments & registration
10.00-10.15
Welcome & opening remarks
Leads: Mary Brosnan, National Maternity Hospital, Grace O’Sullivan Hospice Friendly Hospitals
Programme & Bryan Nolan, Irish Hospice Foundation
10.15-10.45
‘Round the room’ introductions
Lead: Kathy McLoughlin, Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme
10.45-11.00
My vision of bereavement services in Ireland
Lead: Cathy Quinn, Consultant Midwife in Bereavement & Loss
11.00-11.45
Sharing what’s happening in our hospitals
Open discussion
11.45-12.45
Supporting families and their babies at end of life
Group work
 What’s working well?
 What’s not working well?
 What can we do differently?
Lead: Reene Dilworth, Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital
12.45-1.45 Lunch & opportunity to network
1.45-2.15 Perinatal Hospice Video - A Model of Care
Lead: Brid Shine, Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital
2.15-2.45
Irish Hospice Foundation initiatives
 Bereavement & Loss
 Irish Childhood Bereavement Network
 Staff development programmes (‘Final Journeys’ and ‘Dealing With Bad News’)
Leads: Orla Keegan & Bryan Nolan, Irish Hospice Foundation
2.45-3.15
Working together: recap on today… where do we go from here?
Lead: Sheila Power, National Maternity Hospital
3.15-3.30
Evaluation & close
Lead: Grace O’Sullivan, Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme