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Green Paper on Home Support Workers
Green Paper: A Stakeholder Consultation on a Career Pathway for Ireland’s Home Support Workers This Green Paper emerges from conversations between LHP Skillnet and Home & Community Care Ireland...
Research Article in FrontHealthServ: Exploring a Career Pathway for Home Support Workers in Ireland
Exploring a career pathway for home support workers in Ireland: a systematic scoping review of the international evidence Article Publication in Frontiers in Health Services Our focus in LHP...
Effective Management of Complaints
This Complaint Management course equips attendees with a structured framework to effectively handle complaints within their services, emphasizing the protection of complainants' rights and ensuring fair, impartial investigations. Practical...
LHP Skillnet Network Activity Overview 2023
Leading Healthcare Providers Skillnet (LHP Skillnet) is a is a not-for-profit learning network co-funded by Skillnet Ireland and our member companies. We are the only Network dedicated exclusively to...
Case Study: Richard Byrne’s P.Grad.Cert in Infection Prevention & Control
Leading Healthcare Providers Skillnet - Postgraduate Certificate in Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) in UCC Associate Director with Glas Care Richard shared his experience of the IPC Programme which...
Case Study: Emmanuel’s Journey from HCA to Postgraduate Certificate
Background Leading Healthcare Providers Skillnet (LHP Skillnet) is a is a not-for-profit learning network co-funded by Skillnet Ireland and our member companies. We are the only Network dedicated exclusively...
Research Report: Continuing Professional Development Modalities in Long-Term Care
Researching Learning Experiences of LTC Workers Training providers require research into the experiences of Irish healthcare workers with various teaching and learning modalities of CPD (Continuing Professional Development) in...
Lifelong Learning: Margaret Wafer On Staying Ahead With LHP Skillnet
Margaret Wafer, Clinical & Quality Director with Céile Care, shares her insights on lifelong learning, from being a part of LHP Skillnet’s foundation to transitioning from clinical practice to...











