Thank you to everyone who submitted applications for the 2024 Irish Healthcare Centre Awards. We received an unprecedented number of applications this year and it was perhaps our toughest year to date! To those of you who made the shortlist below, congratulations, you made it through one of the hardest judging processes we have had, with no decision being made lightly.
To those of you who did not make it this year, we want to thank you for your application, and for your continued amazing work, and hope you will apply again next year.
See below for the final shortlist for the 2024 awards. We look forward to seeing you on the night!
The Under 3s Screening Pathway - Primary Care Speech and Language Therapy Department, HSE Dublin North Central
BabyTalk - Neonatal Unit, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Respite Summer Camps - RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group
Connecting Cultures - Galway CAMHS Inpatient Unit
"Talking about cancer can be hard" - A National Creative Arts Therapy service for Children, Adolescence and Young Adults with or in survivorship of cancer and their siblings
“Sense-ational Skills for ADHD” – Cork Occupational Therapy Department, Children & Adolescent Mental Health Services Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, HSE
Physical Health Monitoring Clinic - CEDS - West
Sibling Support - Galway CAMHS Inpatient Unit
Testing Infants for Congenital Cytomegalovirus following 'No Clear Response' on Universal Newborn Hearing Screening - HSE
Irish Paediatric Acute Transport Service - Nurse led retrieval team - National Ambulance Service Critical Care Retrieval Service
Healthcare Initiative - Community Care Services
Volunteer Befriending Service For People with Dementia - Western Alzheimers
Fitness Inclusion Project - Irish Wheelchair Association
Outreach Support for Young People – CAMHS Connect, HSE West
'Talking about Cancer can be hard' A National Creative Arts Therapy service for Children, Adolescent and Young Adults (CAYA) with or in survivorship of cancer and their siblings' - Irish Cancer Society
RehabCare Aspect - RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group
Community Care Services - Connected Health
Healthcare Initiative - Large / Teaching Hospital
BabyTalk - Neonatal Unit, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
A Compounding Robot for the Production of Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Doses - St James's Hospital
Living well through cancer treatment - St Vincent's Private Hospital
Developing a nurse-led IV cannulation service - Tallaght University Hospital
Healthcare Initiative - General Hospital
Pain Management Centre, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Multidisciplinary Approach to Improving Patient Care in Patients Presenting with Acute Asthma in Sligo University Hospital - Sligo University Hospital
Living well through cancer treatment - St Vincent's Private Hospital
Emergency Department Staff Kindness Month - Sligo University Hospital
Healthcare Initiative - Mental Health Care
Grief support service for children and young people affected by loss - Children’s Grief Centre CLG
Sibling Support - Galway CAMHS Inpatient Unit
Doing Dementia Differently - Mimi Care Group - Shrewsbury House
Outreach Support for Young People - Camhs Connect, HSE West
Best Practice in Core Assessment within our Multidisciplinary Team - CNS's Roscommon Adult Mental Health Service
Physical Health Monitoring Clinic - CEDS - West
Connecting Cultures - Galway CAMHS Inpatient Unit
Teaching Mindfulness in the Workplace - Roscommon Mental Health Service
Allied Admissions - Servisource
Healthcare Initiative - Midwifery led Project of the Year
To weigh or not to weigh in pregnancy - Sligo University Hospital
Supporting midwives to facilitate memory-making to improve the care of bereaved families - Maternity Department, Our Lady of Lourdes Drogheda
Enhancement in Postnatal Care in Maternity Services Sligo University Hospital
Embracing The Waves, An introduction of a Waterbirth Service - Maternity Department, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Healthcare Initiative - Older Persons Care Services - Public
RehabCare Aois Ór (Golden Age) - RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group
Bridging The Gap Between Hospital and Home - Beaumont Care in the Home
Outreach Support for Young People - CAMHS Connect, HSE West
Best Practice in Core Assessment within our Multidisciplinary Team - CNS's Roscommon Adult Mental Health Service
Living well through cancer treatment - Cancer Information evenings - St Vincent's Private Hospital
Physical Health Monitoring Clinic - CEDS - West
Rehabilitation after Pregnancy - Mayo University Hospital
Healthcare Initiative - Best Use of Social Media
Connecting Clinical Audit; Launching the National Centre for Clinical Audit on LinkedIn - HSE National Centre for Clinical Audit
The Home Truths campaign - Irish Wheelchair Association
Myhomecare's Care Academy and Partnership with Isaac Care - Servisource
Fundraising Initiative of the Year
Irish Wheelchair Association
RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group
Healthcare Initiative - Nursing Project of the Year
Sponsored by
The introduction of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner led treatment and surveillance clinic for patients with Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer - Tallaght University Hospital
Best Practice in Core Assessment within our Multidisciplinary Team - CNS's Roscommon Adult Mental Health Service
Improving Surgical Site Infection Monitoring and Surveillance in a Rehabilitation Hospital - Clontarf Hospital
Developing a Nurse-Led Cannulation Service - Tallaght University Hospital
Accessible Information, easy read, reader friendly, plain English, video based learning - Continence Service CHO 7 and Quality Improvement Office, Disability Service
Solutions for families with neuro-physical disabilities - Crann Centre
Multimedia Supports for Children & Young People- Improving Their Journey - CDNT Donegal South West
Testing Infants for Congenital Cytomegalovirus following 'No Clear Response' on Universal Newborn Hearing Screening - HSE
Staff driven IPC initiative “Are you bare below the elbow?” - Clontarf Hospital
Antimicrobial Stewardship Nurse Lead - St James's Hospital
Healthcare Initiative - Recruitment & Retention
Bridging the Generations and Supporting Practice, Our Lady of Lourdes Maternity Unit
Connection Cafe - RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group
Winter Plan Initiative - Servisource
Cosmetic Surgery / Procedure Clinic of the year
SeaBreeze aesthetics, beauty & skin clinic
Institute of Eye Surgery
The Nose Clinic
Rehabilitation Clinic of the Year
Wexford Clubhouse, Acquired Brain Injury Ireland
Beaumont Hospital
Medfit Healthcare
Best Use of Information Technology
Implementation of Microsoft Sharepoint for Quality and Patient Safety resources - Letterkenny University Hospital
The Single Operations Manual - Irish Wheelchair Association
Home Based Care-Home Based Education - The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
Supporting Independent Social Media and Internet Usage - RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group
Teledermatology - AllView Healthcare
Digital Dentistry - Smile Hub Dental Clinic
Creating A Dementia Inclusive Generation - The Alzheimer Society Of Ireland
Care Drop - Connected Health
“Sense-ational Skills for ADHD” – Cork CAMHS Occupational Therapy Department
Zapp - Servisource
Nursing Home / Residential Care Home of the Year - Private
Hamilton Park Care Facility
Trinity Care - AnovoCare Nursing Home
St Lazerians House
Knockrobin Hill Care Home
Trinity Care Rathborne Nursing Home
Nursing Home / Residential Care Home of the Year - Public
Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services
RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group - Lime Lodge
Bellavista - Sunbeam House Services
RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group - Parnell Place
Equality, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion
Accessible Information, easy read, reader friendly, plain English, video based learning - Continence Service CHO 7 and Quality Improvement Office, Disability Service
Equality, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion - Hamilton Park Care Facility
Rainbow Project - Roscommon University Hospital
Connecting Cultures - Galway CAMHS Inpatient Unit
Facilities Team of the Year
Irish Wheelchair Association - Facilities / Maintenance Clontarf Campus
Discharge Team at CHI Crumlin, Derrycourt Cleaning Specialist
Sligo University Hospital - Sustainable Social Garden Initiative
Best in Education, Learning & Development
HRB Clinical Research Facility (Galway University Hospitals (GUH), Saolta, and University of Galway) - MSc In Applied Clinical Data Analytics
Connected Academy
Cork Kerry Community Healthcare (CKCH) Quality & Patient Safety Department
Clinical Team of the Year
Pain Management Centre, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Trinity Care - AnovoCare Nursing Home
Irish Wheelchair Association
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
Maternity Department,Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
HSE - Care Virtual Ward
SeaBreeze Aesthetics, Beauty & Skin Clinic
Day Care Centre of the Year
RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group - Casla Resource Centre
Mise Day Services, CH CDLMS (Community Healthcare, Cavan Donegal Leitrim Monaghan Sligo Disability services)
Mimi Care Group - Shrewsbury House
RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group - Eiscir Meadows
Irish Wheelchair Association - Portlaoise Community Centre
Alzheimers Society of Ireland – Birr Centre
Wexford Clubhouse , Acquired Brain Injury Ireland
Servisource - Cootehill Day Care Centre
Specialist Healthcare Centre of the Year
Pain Management Centre, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Cuan Aoibheann DNW Integrated Care Centre for Chronic Disease
Crann Centre, Solutions for families with neuro-physical disabilities
Hidden Hearing Ireland
Mimi Care Group - Shrewsbury House
Smile Hub Dental Clinic
Wexford Clubhouse, Acquired Brain Injury Ireland
Pharmacy of the Year
Allcare Pharmacy Trim
Hickey's Pharmacy Gorey
Roches Pharmacy Rathmines
Lilly's Pharmacy & Health Store
Tony Walsh Allcare Merrion
Reidy's Pharmacy Ltd
Hickey's Pharmacy, Johnstown Shopping Centre, Navan
Homecare / Assisted Living Provider of the year - Public
Sponsored by
RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group - UCC PA Service
Irish Wheelchair Association
RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group - Carelink
Homecare / Assisted Living Provider of the year - Private
Sponsored by
The Care Team
Komfort Kare
Be Independent Home Care
Servisource/Myhomecare
Connected Health
Healthcare Team of the Year
Sponsored by
Pharmacy Aseptic Unit and Pharmacy Cancer Care Team - Tallaght University Hospital