Parliament and Project ECHO

On May 17 at the all party parliamentary group on end of life care co-chaired by Jack Dromley (MP) and Baroness Finlay, Professor Max Watson, Director of Project ECHO, was given the opportunity to share the impact of Project ECHO through the pandemic in Northern Ireland and across the UK. The afternoon meeting, which was well attended by members from both houses in Westminster, attracted real interest and affirmation for the work of the ECHO networks and those supporting them from across the political spectrum. Following on from the meeting there has been further conversations with MPs on how the methodology could be more widely support the integration and transformation agenda of the NHS. The experience of Northern Ireland in leading the way in using the ECHO methodology is of particular interest to the group because of the variety in the 30 network areas that the ECHO team in Northern Ireland has supported since March 2020.