Leading with Purpose with special guest Martina Queally

Join us for “Leading with Purpose”, Episode 30 of the Walk and Talk Improvement Podcast with special guest Martina Queally as she shares practical wisdom for driving real change. Martina is the Regional Executive Officer, Health Service Executive Dublin and South East, Ireland.

In our latest episode, we explore how you can tackle health inequalities, create opportunities for meaningful transformation and the potential we all hold to make a difference.

Hosted by: Juanita Guidera, National Quality and Patient Safety, Health Service Executive

Produced by: Juanita Guidera, National Quality and Patient Safety, HSE and GKMedia.ie

Biography

Martina Queally - HSE Dublin and South East

Martina Queally commenced her role as Regional Executive Officer in HSE Dublin and South East on January 29th 2024. HSE Dublin and South East serves the people of Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, East Wicklow and parts of South Dublin.

Martina Queally has over 30 years’ health service leadership experience with particular expertise in strategic change management in public services and integrated service delivery. Since 2015, as Chief Officer in HSE Community Healthcare East, she has led the planning and delivery of all community health services in the area (South Dublin and Wicklow), a range of national programmes, and a combined HSE and voluntary workforce of nearly 4000 staff.

She has led a range of change, crisis and service transformation programmes, including the Area Crisis Management Team through the COVID-19 pandemic response and vaccination programme. In 2011 as Integrated Services Area Manager for Dublin South East Wicklow she amalgamated three community health services and an acute hospital network, and in 2005 she led the establishment of the Local Health Office structure in Kildare and West Wicklow.

Martina trained as a Registered General Nurse before qualifying as a Midwife and Public Health Nurse. She graduated with a M.Sc. in Heath Services Management from Trinity College Dublin in 2002. Her graduate work focused on the development of strategic, integrated approaches to health promotion within the Irish Health System. Martina has completed further study in areas of quality and service improvement and is a qualified executive coach and mentor.