This Programme provides appropriate care and support for health professionals in Ireland who may have mental health issues such as stress, anxiety or burnout or who may have a substance misuse problem. It is fully independent and separate from the regulatory bodies and employers. It has been endorsed by Memorandum of Understanding by the relevant professional councils and is supported by representative organisations and training bodies.

Dr Íde Delargy

Clinical Lead

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MICGP, FRCGP, Dip. Workplace Dispute Resolution

Dr Delargy is a GP with a special interest in addiction and substance misuse problems. As well as being Chairperson of the former Sick Doctor Scheme since 2007, her other roles include National GP Co-ordinator for the HSE Addiction Service and Director of the Substance Misuse Programme at the ICGP. She runs her own GP practice in Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

Professor Frank Murray

MD FRCPI FRCP(Edin) FEBG FACG AGAF

Honorary Chairman / Trustee

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In April 2022, Professor Frank Murray has joined Practitioner Health Matters as Chairman.  He graduated University College, Dublin, Medical School, Ireland, 1980.  He trained in Gastroenterology/Hepatology in Dublin, Boston and Nottingham and has been a Consultant in Dundee, Scotland and Dublin for almost 30 years.

He has held leadership positions in Medical Training in Ireland and senior leadership positions including Registrar and President of Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

He initiated the Health and Wellbeing programme in RCPI.

Professor Murray played a leading role in the Alcohol Policy Group in RCPI as initiator and chairman and led the alcohol advocacy programme in RCPI.

He is Chairman of Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland and Alcohol Action Ireland.

He played a key advocacy role which was crucial to the passage of the Public Health Alcohol Act, 2018.

He initiated and is foundation Chairman of the EQUALS initiative, which has evolved as a philanthropic joint venture between HSE and RCPI to deliver medical equipment and biomedical engineering training in Zambia, and has partnered with the Zambian Government to help delivery of medical training in Zambia.

He has also served as Director, National Doctors Training and Planning (NDTP), HSE, April 2018-November 2020.

Ms Siobhan Kelly

Honorary Secretary / Trustee

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Siobhan is the CEO at the Irish College of Ophthalmologists (ICO). The ICO is the recognized training and professional body for medical and surgical eye doctors in Ireland.

Siobhan leads the team at the College in its work to provide and support education and learning for ophthalmologists in training, in practice and those who work alongside them as they deliver care to patients. In her role as Programme Manager for the National Clinical programme for Ophthalmology, Siobhan advocates on behalf of patients and the specialty to strive for the best eye healthcare system for patients and for doctors.

Siobhan is a trained Mediator and is experienced in developing and implementing corporate governance structures in keeping with the requirements of the Charities Regulator. She has a Masters in Leadership and a Diploma in Corporate Governance.

Siobhan is a member of the Irish Professional Mediators Organisation.

TRUSTEES

Ms Noeleen Harvey

Trustee

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Noeleen Harvey is a retired Pharmacist .She completed a BSc Pharm in UCD in 1975 and registered as a pharmacist in 1976 following a pre registration year in Jervis St Hospital .

From 1976 until 2017 Noeleen worked as a Community pharmacist in the same pharmacy in Dublins North Inner City .

Noeleen had a particular interest in the provision of accessible and equitable services for all needing access to Addiction and Mental Health services.

She was a Member of the Board of the ERHA from 2000-2004.

She was a Member of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland from 2005 -2011. She was President from 2009-2011.

Dr Muiris Houston

Trustee

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Dr Muiris Houston is an award-winning medical journalist, health analyst and columnist.
He writes for the Medical Independent and The Irish Times.

He is especially interested in the stories patients tell, which led him to complete a Masters in Medical Humanities at the University of Sydney, Australia. Muiris is adjunct professor of narrative medicine at Trinity College Dublin, where he teaches and researches narrative based medicine; he also teaches a narrative medicine module to postgraduates at the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland.

He is co-organiser of the international dotMD conference, a festival of medical curiosity.

A graduate of Trinity College Dublin medical school, Dr Houston is on the Medical Council specialist register for both occupational medicine and family practice.

Mr Fintan Hourihan

Trustee

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Fintan Hourihan has served as chief executive of the Irish Dental Association since June 2008.

Fintan has extensive responsibilities including advising, representing and negotiating on behalf of individual dentists and groups of dentists with Government departments, the HSE, dental hospitals and other third party agencies.

He has a particular interest in risk management for individual practitioners with specific reference to probity and audit systems. Fintan oversaw the establishment of the dental complaints resolution service and a mentoring scheme for dentists in recent years and is also involved with the Practitioner Health Matters programme which assists dentists, doctors and pharmacists with mental health or addiction problems.

Fintan worked previously with the Irish Medical Organisation and the ASTI, representing doctors and teachers and has over two decades of experiences in individual and collective representation and negotiations on behalf of teachers, doctors and dentists. He represents the IDA at the Council of European Dentists and the world dental federation (FDI) and has served as Honorary Chair of the Irish Inter Professional Association.

He is a graduate of the University of Limerick and University College, Dublin and has contributed to and produced an extensive range of publications and articles.

Fintan served as Honorary Secretary of PHMP until April 2022.

Dr Noel Kavanagh

Trustee

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Dr Noel Kavanagh is a Senior Dental Educator in Dental Protection’s Risk Prevention team, supporting the development and delivery of risk prevention material to members worldwide.

Noel graduated from the Dublin Dental University Hospital. His background is in General Dental Practice, with a clinical interest in minimally invasive & adhesive dentistry. He has worked as an associate and principal dentist in both the UK and Ireland.

Noel holds a Professional Certificate in Medicolegal Aspects of Health Care, a Graduate Diploma in Health Care (Risk Management and Quality), a Diploma in Legal Medicine, and an Advanced Diploma in Medical Law. He is a member of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland and the College of General Dentistry.

Noel is an international dental speaker and published author on various Risk Prevention topics. He develops & delivers dental podcasts & webinars and is an accredited facilitator of both virtual and face to face workshops. He also develops and delivers Risk Prevention education as part of dental school curricula.

Eamon Croke

Trustee

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Upon qualifying as a dentist, from Dublin University in 1979, Eamon worked in general practice in the NHS (U.K.) from 1980 to 1991.  Since his return to Ireland in 1992, he has worked in private practice and teaches, in a part-time position, in the Dublin Dental University Hospital.

He was an elected member of the Dental Council from 2005-2015. He was President of the Dental Council from 2010-2015.  Eamon has had numerous roles in the Irish Dental Association and is its Vice President at present.

Mr John O’Connor

Honorary Treasurer / Trustee

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John has been managing director of Omega Financial Management since 2001. As the only provider of Day 1 income protection in Ireland the company specialises in healthcare and financial matters for Doctors , Dentists and Pharmacists.  John took over as treasurer of the PHMP in the Spring of 2020.

John took over as Treasurer of the PHMP in the Spring of 2020.

Mr Anthony Owens

Trustee

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Anthony Owens is employed as Director of Industrial Relations by the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) with responsibility for Consultants and Non Consultant Hospital Doctors (NCHDs). As part of this role, he is responsible for representing these two groups of members of the IMO on a national level in the context of contract negotiations and other matters. He has served in this role since 2017, and is also a member of among others, the Health Sector Oversight Body and National Joint Council for the Health Service. Anthony also holds a PhD from University College Dublin.

Anne M Doherty

MB BCh BAO FRCPsych MMedSc MD FAcadMEd

Trustee

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Anne is a consultant in liaison psychiatry at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Head of Subject in Psychiatry at UCD. Prior to her 2020 appointment to UCD and the Mater Hospital, Anne was consultant in liaison psychiatry at Galway University Hospitals. From 2012 – 2016, she was Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at King’s College Hospital, London, leading the 3 Dimensions of Care for Diabetes service, an award-winning (BMJ Team of the Year Award 2014, NHS Innovation Prize 2015) multi-disciplinary team for people with poorly controlled diabetes. Her research interests include adjustment disorders, suicidality, and the interface between psychiatry and diabetes.

Professor Kevin C. P. Conlon

MB, MA MCh MBA PhD FRCSI FACS FRCSEd(Hon) FRCSGlas(Hon) FTCD

Trustee

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Professor Conlon is Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Fellow Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin. He was a HPB surgeon and surgical oncologist based at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, and Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. His main clinical and research efforts relate to benign and malignant diseases of the pancreas.

He trained in general surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and at Washington University School of Medicine, St.Louis, Missouri, and completed surgical oncology training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. His MBA was obtained from Columbia University in New York, and PhD from the National University of Ireland/Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

He is widely published. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Digestive Surgery (2014-2021), and has served on the editorial board of multiple international journals.

He is a member of many cooperative groups. He was President of the European-African-Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary-Association (E-AHPBA) and Secretary General of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary-Association (IHPBA). He served as Vice-Chair of the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS) Division of HPB Surgery (2012-2019), and President of the UEMS HPB Board of Examiners (2015-2019). He is currently a member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and of the Council of European Digestive Surgery. He is also a member of the European Surgical Association and the International Surgical Group. He is a Past-President (2011) of the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland (PSGBI).

He is married to Jennifer with three adult daughters

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