This award is for the best webinar, event or meeting of the year. The standard in production and presentation of webinars has increased across the healthcare arena so this award is for the company, person or institution that has produced the best/most educational meeting, whether online or in-person.

This award is centred on Patient Groups and any organisation or person who has focussed a campaign or project to educate the public about any aspect of public health or a specific disease. We want to include the efforts of those who work to prevent the spread of misinformation in health matters as well as more traditional patient education fora.

For projects that have been established or supported by the pharmaceutical industry, aimed at educating patients, carers and the general public.

This award is for the best cross-border or international co-operation project of the year. It is for any project, scheme or programme that utilises medical skills or facilities to benefit patients in Ireland or Northern Ireland. It is also for research and development projects where there are clear results and proven successes achieved in the cross-border or international project that would not have been realisable in Ireland alone.

The award recognises that there is still much to understand and address in the area of mental health and makes a statement about the importance of facilitating best international practice in mental healthcare.

Entries for the Mental Health Initiative of the Year Award will demonstrate the advancement of research, treatments, awareness, policies, advocacy, scaled-up quality interventions and services for people with mental health conditions.

Judges will reward individuals, groups and companies in the Irish healthcare sector who have demonstrably improved access to and developed initiatives to improve access and quality care for mental health conditions and substance misuse in order to create healthy, inclusive environments for society in support of mental well-being.

This award recognises innovation or excellence shown in an outpatient setting, for a project aimed at improving the quality of care delivered to this category of patients.

This award is for the best patient service that is offered on an outpatient basis. It will be judged on its efficiencies, its services, the value it delivers to its patient and the community. This award is simply for an example of excellence in out-patient services in a primary care or hospital setting.

This award recognises the most important public health initiative of the year. There are many issues which threaten the general public health. This award is for an organisation, NGO or government body which has had an initiative that has had the most profound effect on public health.

This award is for an initiative, system, project or practice that reduces the impact of a healthcare organisation on their environment.

This award is for the innovative use of information technology in a healthcare context to improve efficiencies and deliver better patient care. It includes systems that produce savings both in terms of personnel, revenue or patient time.

This award is to recognise an innovation in healthcare that increases efficiency in delivery, improves patient outcomes, reduces costs or procedures, or introduces a new and effective service, treatment, or system that improves patient care. Innovations in responding to the recent influx of Ukrainian refugees, or other recent challenges in healthcare (or other ‘crises’) will also be considered where healthcare staff have innovated to provide services relating to the crisis.

Primary Care is at the frontline of patient services. This award is to recognise an innovation in primary healthcare that increases efficiency in delivery, improves patient outcomes, reduces costs or procedures, or introduces a new and effective service, treatment, or system that improves patient care in general practice. Innovations in responding to the recent influx of Ukrainian refugees, or other recent challenges in healthcare (or other ‘crises’) will also be considered where healthcare staff have innovated to provide services relating to the crisis.

This award is for a device, technology or service made or devised in Ireland that has improved medical services to patients, met a patient need, increased medical efficiency or made a profound difference in patient care or welfare.

This award is to recognise excellence in healthcare management – particularly where it shows a demonstrable patient benefit. This award covers the entire spectrum of healthcare in Ireland – from hospitals to general practice to healthcare institutions of all kinds.

‘Management’ is there for the patient. It’s there to serve and help the medical team deliver results. The key thing for this award to demonstrate is a benefit to patient or doctors or both.

The Medical Team of the Year Award is for medical or surgical teams that have achieved outstanding results in terms of treating patients. It will be awarded to a team which has shown a dynamic difference and/or improvement in care compared to similar teams, or teams that have used better technology or practice to improve patient care.

The award-winners will have demonstrated excellent communication skills, appropriate training, the use of all the different skills within the team and a team spirit that inspires and improves each individual’s performance.

This award is for projects aimed at, or created/developed by, hospital doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other hospital-based healthcare professionals in a hospital setting. The winner will be a project that truly enhances the care a hospital gives and something that makes it demonstrably better than it might be – or competitors are - in terms of patient care. 

This award is for a NCHD-led project or initiative that had a demonstrable impact on patient care, or our understanding of disease, or both.

This award for a nurse or midwife-led project recognises the effectiveness of initiatives with clearly defined results and outcomes, originated by an individual nurse or midwife or a team.

This award recognises the work of patient organisations and their efforts to educate both the public and their own patients on issues related to their disease or condition.

Submissions should demonstrate:

The need and effectiveness of the project in terms of patient or public education.

The best research by an individual or group of NCHDs, PhD students in medicine or medicine-aligned science, or undergraduate medical students. It may be in the area of medical research, or aimed at quality improvement, education or training, enhancing hospital procedures or improving communication between healthcare professionals.