HSE appoints regional executive officer for Carlow's new healthcare region

The HSE has announced details of the appointment of regional executive officers for the six new HSE health regions.

As part of implementing Sláintecare, the HSE is organising service delivery into six health regions from March 1.

Each REO will be the accountable officer at Health Region level, responsible for the delivery of high-quality, safe, and accessible services for the population of their region. REOs will report directly to the HSE chief executive officer on the operation and management of the Health Regions.

They will form part of the core HSE Senior Leadership Team, providing regional input into the development of national policies and standards.

Martina Queally, who has been appointed for HSE Dublin South East, 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 south Dublin and Wicklow, a range of national programmes, and a combined HSE and voluntary workforce of nearly 4,000 staff.

Martina has led a range of change, crisis and service transformation programmes; 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 and she graduated with a MSc in Health Services Management from Trinity College Dublin in 2002.

Martina has completed further study in areas of quality and service improvement and is a qualified executive coach and mentor.

Martina will take up her role as Regional Executive Officer, HSE Dublin and South East on March 1.

HSE Dublin and South East will serve the people of Carlow, Kilkenny, south Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, east Wicklow and parts of south Dublin.