QI Facilitator role

What we can provide

  • Training and resources to develop your teams’ skills in applying QI
  • A QI Facilitator to provide advice regarding a problem you want to solve in practice
  • A place to share your QI work in primary care
  • Opportunities to connect with others interested in QI in your Federation area
Contact Us

Dr David McCarthy

Belfast Trust

David.McCarthy@easternfsu.co.uk

David is proud to a GP partner in Belfast which provides a grounded basis for supporting Quality Improvement. Following completion of the EQUIP programme in 2020 as part of GP training, David has supported dozens of trainees to complete Quality Improvement projects in primary care in his role as EQUIP mentor. This has developed his ability to identify areas for improvement, agree focused aims and apply practical principles to support completion of meaningful projects. He has also provided teaching and judging on the related EQUIP Day of celebration which recognises a number of outstanding Quality Improvement projects undertaken by GP trainees.

David has further developed his understanding of Quality Improvement methodology and Leadership skills when he completed the Scottish Improvement Leader level 3 programme in 2025. This has helped to provide a greater appreciate the role of the wider primary care team in undertaking Quality Improvement and how to use this engagement to drive better outcomes for patient care.

Dr Kirsty McAvoy

South Eastern Trust

Kirsty.McAvoy@easternfsu.co.uk

Kirsty graduated from Edinburgh in 2008 and completed GP training in Liverpool, where she went on to work with Public Health and local commissioners to support primary care initiatives to tackle health inequalities and improve population health.  This involved an evidence-based, collaborative approach working alongside primary care networks and local providers and populations.  Areas of work included vaccination, childhood immunisations, cancer screening, hypertension and cardiovascular health, health checks, child and family wellbeing. 

Kirsty moved to Northern Ireland in 2025 and brings her experience to the QI Facilitator role, offering mentoring alongside application of key QI methodologies.