2024 Shortlist

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!



Healthcare Initiative - Child Health & Wellbeing

Creative Health Hubs -Helium Arts

Homesharing Respite Scheme - Avista HomeShare Limerick

Outreach Support for Young People - CAMHS Connect

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

Shrewsbury House - Mimi Care Group

Homesharing Respite Scheme - Avista HomeShare Limerick

Think Drink! Hydration Project - HSE Older Persons Residential Services CHO 8

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    

Think Drink! Hydration Project  - HSE Older Persons Residential Services CHO 8    

Life Stories - Carra Suite,  Sacred Heart Hospital, Castlebar, Co Mayo

Healthcare Initiative - Older Persons Care Services - Private

Reducing hospital transfer through the use of first-line intravenous antibiotics -  Hamilton Park Care Facility    

Improving  Client Safety in Homecare through implementation of a robust Incident  Management    System - Komfort Kare    

Doing Dementia  Differently -  Shrewsbury House, Mimi  Care Group    

Promoting  Resident’s Safety and Person-Centeredness in Hamilton Park Through Comprehensive Clinical Auditing System - Hamilton Park Care Facility

Living Lab - Connected Health

Healthcare Initiative - Patient Education / Lifestyle Project of The Year

Access to information - Continence Service CHO 7 and Quality Improvement Office, Disability Service

IMABLE TABLE - Peamount Healthcare

A Peer Overdose Prevention Programme for people experiencing homelessness - NOVAS

“Sense-ational Skills for ADHD” – Cork CAMHS Occupational Therapy Department

Rehabilitation after Pregnancy - Mayo University Hospital

Think Drink! Hydration Project - HSE Older Persons Residential Services CHO 8

Living well through cancer treatment - St Vincent's Private Hospital

Healthcare Initiative - Patient Safety

Introduction of John's Campaign - Letterkenny University Hospital

Electronic Point of Occurrence Entry onto the National Incident Management System for incidents at LUH - Letterkenny University Hospital

A Compounding Robot for the Production of Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Doses - St James's Hospital

Development of an ISBAR Communication Tool in Meditech to enhance handover of critical values - Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic

Think Drink! Hydration Project - HSE Older Persons Residential Services CHO 8

Physical Health Monitoring Clinic - CEDS - West

Developing a nurse-led IV cannulation service - Tallaght University Hospital

Partnering with patients to improve patient safety - Letterkenny University Hospital

Comprehensive Patient Safety Protocol - Smile Hub Dental Clinic

Improving Client Safety in Homecare through implementation of a robust Incident Management System - Komfort Kare

Healthcare Initiative - Outpatient Initiative of the Year

Dedicated Cataract Clinic Services - Nenagh Ophthalmology    

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

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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

Think Drink! Hydration Project - HSE Older Persons Residential Services CHO 8

Beaumont Care in the Home - Beaumont Hospital

Healthcare Initiative - Disability Services

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

Homesharing Respite Scheme - Avista HomeShare Limerick

Getting to know me - St Michaels House

Shared Learning Event - Irish Wheelchair Association

SOS Kilkenny CLG

Social and Recreational Service - Saint John of Gods

Supporting Independent Social Media and Internet Usage - RehabCare part of, The Rehab Group

Digital Life Stories - Avista HomeShare Limerick

Supported Independent Living - Stewarts Care

Healthcare Initiative - Student Programme

Lifeskills, ASDAN - Irish Wheelchair Association

Creating A Dementia Inclusive Generation - The Alzheimer Society Of Ireland

DKIT Sponsorship Programme - Servisource

Healthcare Initiative - Infectious Disease Prevention

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

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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

AnovoCare Nursing Home

St Lazerians House

Hidden Hearing Ireland

Irish Wheelchair Association

Knockrobin Hill Care Home

Smile Hub Dental Clinic

Maternity Department,Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

Healthcare Person of the Year

Announced on the night!!