The Corporate Services Department supports the Executive Management Team (EMT) in the execution of its mission as the national centre for dental education, research and patient care.
Corporate Services works to support governance frameworks within the Hospital that facilitate transparency and accountability throughout the organisation and that are compliant with legislation, regulation and follow best practice.
Corporate Services supports the EMT in the areas of regulatory oversight of data protection, quality improvement, legal claims and insurances.
The Head of Corporate Services fulfils the role of data protection officer (DPO) in the Hospital and oversees and manages a governance framework that ensures compliance with the GDPR and the Data Protection Act, 2018 (“the data protection legislation”). Corporate Services operates statutory schemes under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014 and the data protection legislation. Freedom of information requests can be made to foi@dental.tcd.ie and data subject access requests to dataprotection@dental.tcd.ie.
Corporate Services has an oversight role in general risk and compliance within the Hospital and in the spirit of continuous quality improvement is currently coordinating a Quality Improvement Project. This is in response to national quality and regulatory requirements and supports our position as the national centre of excellence for dental education, research and patient care by providing continuous quality improvement.
The Corporate Services Team includes:
- The Head of Corporate Services and DPO
- The Quality Improvement Project Co-Ordinator
- The Corporate Services Administrator
The Corporate Services Department can be contacted at:
Tel: + 353 1 612 7311