Location: Castletroy Park Hotel
Join us at our upcoming Digital Mental Health event hosted by the University of Limerick in collaboration with the HSE. With international keynote speaker Chris Wright, National Advisor and National Programme Lead for Digital Mental Health at The Scottish Government
The focus of this event will be an introduction to the National Digital Mental Health Strategy. As part of this, we invite you to contribute to focused strategy discussion sessions to further refine and prioritise actions.
To support these discussions, national and international contributors will share their knowledge and experience to support alignment and integration of the strategy within the broader policy landscape and guide implementation.
We would be most grateful if you would consider joining us and sharing your expertise on the day.
Should you be in a position to join, please register here: https://forms.office.com/e/KV4NZKXrsB
Proposed agenda:
Time slot | Presenter | Content | Time required |
09.30 – 09.40 | Prof Pep Van de Ven, UL & Donan Kelly, Assistant National Director, HSE | Welcome | 10 minutes |
09.40 – 09.50 | Ruth Melia, Associate Professor, UL | Developing a Shared Vision for Digital Mental Health | 10 minutes |
09.50 – 10.35 | Chris Wright, NHS National Advisor in Digital Mental Health
Introduction by Prof Philip Dodd (Department of Health) | International perspective with Q&A (approx. 20 mins each) | 45 minutes
Intro – 5 minutes |
10.35 – 10.55 | Damian McCallion (COO HSE) | Digital for Care Policy & Implementation | 20 minutes |
10.55 – 11.15 |
| Break | 20 minutes |
11.15 – 11.30 | Mid West ARIES | Co-production and Digital Mental Health | 15 minutes |
11.30 – 11.45 | Ian Power & Spunout Youth Advisory Group | Digital Mental Health: Youth Voice | 15 minutes |
11.45 – 13.00 | Derek Chambers & Paul Longmore
Facilitated by the Centre for Effective Services | Digital MH Strategy: Presentation & Interactive Session |
20 minutes
55 minutes |
13.00 – 14.00 |
| Lunch | 60 minutes |
14.00 – 14.20 | Ben Cloney, Assistant National Director Communications and Digital Services, HSE | HSE App | 20 minutes |
14.20 – 14.30 | Dr Camille Boostrom, Programme Manager for Mental Health, Health Research Board | MH Research Policy and funding structures | 10 minutes |
14.30 – 14.50 | Matthew McEvoy/ Ben Locke & Treasa Fox | Togetherall | 20 minutes |
14.50 – 15.00 | Dr Carmen Kealy, University of Galway | Atlantic Futures | 10 Minutes |
15.00 – 15.05 | Maurice Farnan, Assistant National Director, Community Operations | Reflections on the day | 5 minutes |
15.05 – 15.15 | UL Rep | Concluding remarks | 10 Minutes |