PPI Ignite Network at HIQA
Partner University
Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA)
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is an independent statutory body established to promote safety and quality in the provision of health and social care services for the benefit of the health and welfare of the public. Our work extends across setting standards, regulating and monitoring health and social care services and supporting evidence-informed decision-making. HIQA has responsibility for the following:
- Setting standards for health and social care services
- Regulating social care services
- Regulating health services
- Monitoring international protection accommodation service centres, health services and children’s social services against the national standards
- Health technology assessment
- Health information
- National Care Experience Programme
We work in partnership with a broad range of stakeholders, including service providers, government bodies, people using services and the public. Our vision emphasises the importance of strengthening patient engagement and advancing safety and quality for patients and service users.
THE TEAM
Who to talk to at HIQA
Dr MáirÃn Ryan
Deputy CEO HIQA and Director Health Technology Assessment
MáirÃn was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in September 2014. She joined HIQA as Director of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in September 2007. Prior to this appointment, MáirÃn was the Chief 1 Pharmacist at the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and previously a senior clinical pharmacist at St James’s Hospital in Dublin with responsibility for HIV clinical pharmacy services. MáirÃn is an Assistant Professor in Pharmacoeconomics at Trinity College and contributes to a number of graduate and postgraduate courses across a range of institutions. She holds a doctorate from Trinity College Dublin as well as postgraduate qualifications in Health Economics and Clinical Pharmacy. Her research interests include: cost data generation in the Irish setting, determinants of health policy decision-making in Ireland, and economic evaluation of HIV interventions in the African setting. MáirÃn is HIQA’s All-Island Partner Organisation Lead for the PPI Ignite Network, with extensive experience in working with PPI representatives.
Dr Louise Larkin
Strategic Research Lead
Dr. Louise Larkin is Strategic Research Lead for HIQA and leads HIQA’s Strategic Research Unit. Louise works across HIQA to support strategic research activity. Louise has a background in academia and physiotherapy clinical practice in Ireland. She has experience in ensuring PPI contributions are represented within research and clinical projects and has presented this work at national and international conferences and events. Louise has supported PPI involvement in HIQA, including in the HTA directorate work programme. This includes supporting HIQA’s Centre in Ireland for Clinical guideline support and Evidence Reviews (CICER) PPI initiatives which integrate public and patient perspectives into national clinical guideline development.