International conferences Jason Leitch has attended in last five financial years: FOI release

Information requested

A breakdown for the last five financial years (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23) of the number of international conferences Jason Leitch, the National Clinical Director, attended, including a) the location/country, b) the purpose of the trip, and c) the cost.

Response

Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director, has attended 17 international conferences from 2018 to the date of the request. The breakdown is as follows:

Date	Location	Purpose	Costs
2018/19
30/4/18	Amsterdam, Holland	Several keynote addresses at the International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare	None
11/5/18	Copenhagen, Denmark	Keynote address at the Safe Settings Conference/Keynote address and chairing various sessions at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Learning Session Conference	£518.94
22/5/18	Boston, America	Deliver keynote address, attend advisory board, chair various patient Safety Sessions at the Patient Safety Congress	None
10/9/18	Melbourne, Australia	Various keynote addresses at the Asia-Pacific IHI International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare	None
7/12/18	Orlando, Florida	Deliver various keynote session. Chair various sessions at the IHI International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare	None
25/2/19	Jonkoping, Sweden	Delivery various keynotes at the Microsystems Festival	£29.56
2019/20
16/9/19	Taipei, Taiwan	Deliver various keynote and chair various sessions at the IHI International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare	None
11/11/19	Jonkoping, Sweden	Accompanying cabinet Secretary for Health to see the Improvement work taking place in Jonkoping	None
6/12/19	Orlando, Florida	Deliver various keynote session. Chair various sessions at the IHI International Forum Quality and Safety in Healthcare	None
10/2/20	Tromso, Norway	Deliver keynote address at Quality Improvement Conference, meeting with CEOs to speak about Leadership and Quality Improvement	None
2020/21
	No International Travel
2021/22
	No International Travel
2021/22
16/5/22	Helsinki, Finland	HEC Conference – Keynote speaker	None
30/5/22	BC Vancouver, Canada	British Columbia Quality Forum – Keynote speaker followed by Debate on Quality Improvement/Leadership	None
22/9/22	Boston, Washington	Harvard School of Public Health Alumni Weekend – Various Speaking engagements	None
4/10/22	Ottawa, Canada	MPL Association International Conference – Keynote address on Leadership in a Pandemic	None
2/12/22	Orlando, Florida	Deliver various keynotes. Chair various sessions at the IHI International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare	£3,865.68
22/2/23	Montreux, Switzerland	Deliver keynote address at the 5th Global Ministerial Patient Safety Health Summit	None
15/3/23	Qatar, Middle East	Deliver various keynotes and chair various sessions at the IHI Middle East Forum.	None

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