Peter Lachman

Peter Lachman develops and delivers  programmes to develop clinical leaders in quality improvement at the RCPI. He works with HSE Global in Africa. He was Chief Executive Officer of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) from 1st May 2016 to 30th April 2021.

Peter was a Health Foundation Quality Improvement Fellow at IHI in 2005-2006 and was the Deputy Medical Director with the lead for Patient Safety at Great Ormond Street Hospital 2006-2016 . He was also a Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Free Hospital in London specialising in the challenge of long term conditions for children. He is the lead editor of the OUP Handbook on Patient Safety published in April 2022; Co-Editor of the OUP Handbook on Medical Leadership and Management  published in December 2022; and Editor of the OUP Handbook on Quality Improvement to be published in January 2024.