Professor Jon Nicholl, Professor of Health Services Research at the University of Sheffield delivered a lecture entitled 'Better or Bigger: How Should We Organise Emergency Care?' at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland on Friday, 13 January 2012.

Professor Nicholl discussed the relationship between distance to hospital and patient mortality in emergencies. Attendees at the lecture included those involved in the formulation of Irish policy on A&E configuration.

The talk was the keynote lecture at the External Advisory Group meeting for the HRB PhD Scholars Programme in Health Services Research. The programme is a joint initiative of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork and is funded by the Health Research Board in Ireland.