IHI International Forum on Quality and Safety - Glasgow

This week has been full of stimulating speakers and rich opportunities to network with some of the 3400 delegates from 74 countries at the IHI forum. With one more day to go, I feel it has raced by.

Yesterday was an experence day where I went to visit the Clyde Gateway project. This is a collaborative project between health and social services in the east end of Glasgow. It's an ambitious project recognising that health and wellness is related to where we live and work. Various examples of engagement and integration of services were given and we walked around a park created on land that had become a toxic dump from discarded industry. The Commonwealth games village has been converted to a combination of social rental and affordable housing for locals.

We have managed to link up with other Aussies over here too and supported them with their posters today.

I almost forgot one of the highlights of the day when they opened the morning with a perfomance by a rock band in kilts!

Evenings have been fun too. Tuesday night we found a fascinating scottish pub for a drink. Last night we ate at Two Fat Ladies. Tonight was an evening exploring the Glasgow Science centre - the only place where you'll find a Bristol stool chart on the toilet door!!