Our September stakeholder breakfast will host Damien McCallion, Chief Technology and Transformation Officer and Deputy CEO of the HSE. Damien will give an update on the HSE’s ongoing transformation which will include the following topics:
- The rollout and development of the new health regions and appointment of the REOs
- Rollout of the new patient app and the plans to extend it’s functionality
- Patient waiting times & how this is being addressed
- Short to medium plans for HSE
There will also be an opportunity to pose questions. This breakfast provides an excellent opportunity to meet with one of the most senior stakeholders in our industry in an informal setting and hear first-hand the current situation and future plans for our health service as well as meeting with industry colleagues.
Speaker:
Damien McCallion, Chief Technology and Transformation Officer and Deputy CEO – HSE
Damien is the HSE’s Chief Technology and Transformation Officer with responsibility for technology, information security, data governance and digital development. Damien is also the HSE Director for the Sláintecare Programme, overseeing the HSE’s medium to long term transformation programmes. Damien is also Deputy CEO of the HSE.
Damien was, from mid 2022 to June 2024, the Chief Operations Officer in the HSE responsible for oversight of day-to-day operations within the HSE and over 100,000 staff. The HSE is responsible for the delivery of Health and Social care in Ireland.
He took on a lead role in the COVID-19 pandemic response as the head of the successful Vaccination and Test &Trace programmes. These were a key part of the nation’s public health response to the pandemic.
He has held a variety of roles prior to this including leading the HSE’s response to the screening crisis and re-establishing trust in the states cervical screening programme. He also was Head of the National Ambulance Service, Head of ICT in the HSE, National Director for Emergency Management and Special Delivery Unit, led the establishment of regions in the HSE as part of a major reform programme and was Area Manager for Health Services in the North West.
He has also had a strong interest in cross border co-operation and served as chairperson and Director General of the organisation responsible for cross border health programmes, CAWT. He is also currently the Deputy Chairperson of Safefood, which is an all-island body set up under the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999 to promote awareness and knowledge of food safety and nutrition on the island of Ireland.
Prior to working in the Health Service he worked for ten years in the airline industry in a variety of roles. Damien originally qualified from Letterkenny IT in computing and subsequently completed an MSC in Innovation Management from University of Ulster and Letterkenny IT.
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