Your 2026 Shortlist

Healthcare Education Event of the Year

Shortlist:

Breakthrough Cancer Research supported by Etch Communications
Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope

Connolly Hospital Cardiology Department
Cardiology Bootcamp

Department of Social protection in conjunction with the Irish College of General Practitioners
Bridging Healthcare and Social Protection: An Innovative GP Education Programme

Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association
IGPNEA & Irish Haemochromatosis Association Venesection Education Course

Irish PsychoSocial Oncology Network
IPSON 2026 annual conference

Mater Private Network and CVRI Dublin
Women's Heart Summit 2026

National Maternity Hospital, Department of Neonatology, ACORN Team
Irish Neonatal Health and Social Care Professionals Study Day 2025

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: What Clinicians in Ireland Are Saying

St John of God Community Services - DETECT Early Intervention Service
DETECT 20 Year Early Intervention for Psychosis Conference

St John of God Research Foundation
35th Annual St John of God Research Conference: Exploring Addiction – Research, Regulation & Rehabilitation

TSC Clinic, Epilepsy Clinic, St James' Hospital, Dublin 8
145 years in the making

Patient Education Project of the Year — Non-Pharmaceutical

Shortlist:

Asthma Society of Ireland
Asthma Awareness Week 2026

Breakthrough Cancer Research supported by Etch Communications
Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope

Children's Health Ireland, Chronic Pain Service
STEPS Programme: Skills, Tools and Education in Pain Science. Facilitating conceptual change in paediatric chronic pain.

Drinkaware supported by Etch Communications
Drinkaware Here’s to Change

HSE - Communications and Public Affairs
Youth vaping prevention communications campaign

Irish Cancer Society
Patient education video series

Irish Cancer Society
‘Understanding sex, sexuality and cancer’ booklet

National Maternity Hospital
Improving Preparation for Parenthood: Translating the EMER Study into Patient Education and Professional Practice

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Debunking the Myths - The Science Behind Our Sexual Health

University of Galway
Changing how we think about Dementia: Using immersive Virtual Reality to improve understanding of Dementia and social wellbeing

Vie Physio, Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Clinic, Naas, Co. Kildare
The Pelvic Floor Relaxation Programme: Improving Understanding, Confidence and Self-Management

Patient Education Project of the Year — Pharmaceutical

Shortlist:

Arthritis Ireland
Louise Crowley's Lupus Journey

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association

Innovate for Life

Johnson & Johnson and Wilson Hartnell in partnership with Crohn's & Colitis Ireland
Uncovering the Hidden Cost of Crohn’s and Colitis - A Dual-Phase Patient Education and Advocacy Campaign

Community Pharmacy Initiative of the Year

Shortlist:

McCabes Pharmacy
Fit for Life Programme

Rathfarnham Pharmacy
Digital Healthcare is Inevitable. Digital Exclusion is Not. A Community Pharmacy Digital Inclusion & Medicines Optimisation Initiative

Cross-border / International Collaboration of the Year

Shortlist:

All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care
Specialist Palliative Care Communities of Practice

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust with Children's Health Ireland
Pain Sans Frontieres - Bridging the gap to accessible specialist MDT Paediatric Pain Management. The Development of an All-Island Service

Cancer Trials Ireland, Irish Research Radiation Oncology Group, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland Cancer Trials Centre
INSPIRE: INnovative SABR for Prostate cancer all IREland

Children's Health Ireland UCD Collaboration
The UCD–Ukraine Trauma Project: Four Years of Sustainable Lifesaving Skills and Advanced Pre-Hospital Emergency Trauma Training for Frontline Medics

NCODA supported by Etch Communications
NCODA Global Oncology & Haematology Congress 2026: Advancing Cancer Care Through International Collaboration

NEC Software Solutions
Care Without Borders: A Cross Border Newborn Hearing Screening

Mental Health Initiative of the Year

Shortlist:

An Garda Síochána & HSE Mid-West Mental Health Services (Joint Submission – CAST Pilot Project, Limerick)
CAST – Community Access Support Team: Ireland's First Health/Police Co-Response Model

Blossom Lodge, HSE Mid West Adult Mental Health Service
Expansion of Churchtown Community Mental Health Day Centre 2026

Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar - General Paediatrics Outpatient Department
The Happiness Toolkit

SilverCloud by Amwell
Ireland’s National Guided Digital CBT Service, delivered in partnership with HSE Mental Health Operations

St John of God University Hospital
The Stigma Shift: Challenging Mental Health Stigma Through Expert-Led Public Education

St Patrick's Mental Health Services, Academic Institute
SPIRE, St Patrick's Institutional Repository

St Patrick's Mental Health Services
Strengthening School-Based Mental Health Support: A Nursing-Led Webinar Series for Secondary School Teachers and staff in Ireland

Vision Ireland
Counselling, Wellbeing & Emotional Support Service

Woodbrook Family Practice
Lifebuoy Project: Improving Access to Mental Health Crisis Support in General Practice

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Outpatient Care Initiative of the Year

Shortlist:

Bettercare Mental Health Services
Transforming Access to Multidisciplinary Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Outpatient Services Across Ireland

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Digitising Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Outpatient Pathways

Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar - General Paediatrics Outpatient Department
The Happiness Toolkit

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Testing of a National Osteoarthritis (OA) Hip and Knee Pathway

Sligo University Hospital / The Benbulbin CDM Hub
The Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Service

Soilse HSE Social Inclusion Addiction Service IHA Dublin North City
Soilse A Day in the Life Links to film

St James' Hospital, Prostate Cancer Survivorship Team
Integrated Prostate Cancer Survivorship Pathway: One Clinic, Multiple Specialists, Better Recovery.

St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny
Suaimhneas - a pilot project to improve access to End of Life Care for Nursing Home Patients at time of Discharge from Acute Services

University Hospital Galway, Paediatric Department
Opening of Two New General Paediatric Clinics in Shantalla Primary Care Centre and Toghermore House

Patient Service Initiative of the Year

Shortlist:

Children's Health Ireland (Dental Department), and The office of the Assistant National Oral Health lead
Dental health in children born with cleft lip and/palate – an Irish success story

Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street
Innovating at the Front Door: A GP-Led Solution to Paediatric ED Demand

Children's Health Ireland, Psychology Department and Innovation
Needle Heroes

Haven Medical Centre
When There Is No Ambulance: A Community-Based Emergency Stabilisation Service for Rural Ireland

HSE
Enhanced Community Care Programme

Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association
IGPNEA & Irish Haemochromatosis Association Venesection Education Course

Irish Prison Service and Inclusion Health Neurology
Epilepsy in Inclusion Health: A Nurse-led Prison In-Reach Pilot in Mountjoy male and female (Dochas Centre) Prisons

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
ENTegrate - Building Community-Based ENT Care Pathways

TCP Homecare and B. Braun Medical Ireland
Home Total Parenteral Nutrition Patient Support Programme

TCP Homecare
Wilson's Disease Patient Support program

Public Health Initiative of the Year

Shortlist:

Department of Public Health HSE Dublin and North East
HSE Dublin and North East Blood Borne Virus Rapid Test and Treat Programme for Refugees

HSE
Enhanced Community Care Programme

HSE Communications and Public Affairs
Youth vaping prevention communications campaign

HSE Enhanced Community Care Programme
Supporting Multi-morbidity self-care through Integration, Learning and eHealth (SMILE 2)

HSE Mid West
Limerick Health Equity Region

HSE National Oral Health Office
Oral Health Promotion in early childhood: Development of a National E-learning Programme for Health Care Professionals

HSE Tobacco Free Ireland Programme
Removing financial barriers to provide universal access to recommended stop smoking medications for all

NEC Care Ireland and HSE National Screening Service
Reconnect to RetinaScreen: Preventing Sight Loss Through Action

NEC Software Solutions
Precision Screening & Early Intervention: Hearing matters from Day one

St Patrick's Mental Health Service
Strengthening School-Based Mental Health Support: A Nursing-Led Webinar Series for Secondary School Teachers and staff in Ireland

Sustainable Healthcare Initiative of the Year

Shortlist:

Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin, Emergency Department
Probing for Change- Making Emergency Care Greener

HSE/RCSI
Green Emergency Medicine

South Dublin Surgical Hub at Mount Carmel (under governance of St James' Hospital)
Crutch Reuse Initiative

Vhi
Vhi Hospital@Home – advancing patient centred care throughout sustainable innovation

Best Use of Artificial Intelligence in a Healthcare Setting

Shortlist:

Katana Healthcare
Katana

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: What Clinicians in Ireland Are Saying

St Patrick's Mental Health Service
The use of Virtual Reality for treatment within a mental health setting in Ireland

Best Use of Digital Health & IT

Shortlist:

Charter Medical Private Hospital
The Executive Operations Portal

Chemco Pharmacy
Medcharts Electronic Medications Record Platform

Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin, Diabetes Service
Introduction of a Self-Scheduling Virtual Consultation System into the CHI Crumlin Diabetes Service

Cork University Hospital
Regional Digital Neurosurgery Pathways with Pathpoint

Department of Social protection in conjunction with the Irish College of General Practitioners
Bridging Healthcare and Social Protection: An Innovative GP Education Programme

HSE MN-CMS EHR -NWHIP/Technology & Transformation
MN-CMS EHR Programme (Phase 2)

Mater Hospital/Maynooth University/HCI (UK)
Digitising Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Pathways - Patient Empowering App

National Cancer Information System National Team, National Cancer Control Programme & HSE Technology and Transformation
The National Cancer Information System

OpenSky with Beaumont Hospital
Digital Hospital Control Room powered by Unified Data Platform

Speech and Language Services South East
SHARE

St Vincent's Private Hospital
Nourishing Safety: A World-First Digital Transformation of Parenteral Nutrition

Innovation in Healthcare

Shortlist:

Cheshire Ireland
iplanit

HSE Enhanced Community Care Programme
Supporting Multi-morbidity self-care through Integration, Learning and eHealth (SMILE 2)

HSE/Galway University Hospitals/PFH/Imprivata
National Roll-out of Single Sign-on in preparation for the One Health Record and the Digital for Care 2030 framework

Innovate Health: Tallaght University Hospital
Development of Innovate Health at Tallaght University Hospital

Obesity Service, University Hospital Galway
Compassion Focused Group Therapy for Patients living with Obesity

Progressive Vision
Office- based cataract surgery at Progressive Vision Swords

St Joseph’s Centre a service of St John of God University Hospital
St Joseph's Centre, Shankill's Volunteer and Community Programme

St Patrick's Mental Health Service
The use of Virtual Reality for treatment within a mental health setting in Ireland

St Vincent's Private Hospital
Nourishing Safety: A World-First Digital Transformation of Parenteral Nutrition

Vie Physio, Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Clinic, Naas, Co. Kildare
Digital Multimodal Physiotherapy for Pelvic Floor Muscle Relaxation: A Scalable Pelvic Health Care Pathway

Sponsored by:

Medical Device, Technology or Service of the Year

Shortlist:

Asthma Society of Ireland
Easy Access Asthma Care

Etrack Medical
Clinically Governed Digital Pathway for Community Care

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Vispro masks: enhancing human connection while preventing infection spread

NEC Software Solutions 
One Device, One Standard: The Otoport V2 National Medical Device Rollout

St Vincent's Private Hospital
Breast Surgery Without Borders; Integrating Imaging into the Operating Theatres using Mozart 3D imaging Cabinet

St Vincent's Private Hospital
Nourishing Safety: A World-First Digital Transformation of Parenteral Nutrition

Uniphar Medtech - Women’s Health team
Aveta system from Meditrina, distributed by Uniphar Medtech

University of Galway
A multi-user Virtual Reality (MUVR) social platform to promote socialisation in older people with dementia

Excellence in Healthcare Management

Shortlist:

Duleek Care Centre
Duleek Together: A Whole-System Quality, Culture and Person-Centered Transformation Programme

HSE – delivered by the Organisational Change Unit Programme Team
The Health Regions Programme

LauraLynn, Ireland's Children's Hospice
National Transformation of Children’s Hospice Care Through Strategic Leadership, Community Expansion, and Integrated Service Innovation

NEC Software Solutions
Strengthening Services Through Collaborative Leadership

RCSI HSE Collaboration
The National Perioperative Patient Pathway Enhancement Programme

South Dublin Surgical Hub
Delivering a Lean and Green Surgical Hub using Operational Excellence - Changing how we deliver Healthcare in Ireland - Leading with Humility

The Avoca Clinic
From Investment to Impact; Service Expansion, Innovation and Clinical Growth at The Avoca Clinic

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Medical Team of the Year

Shortlist:

Charter Medical Private Hospital
The Step-Down Unit Multidisciplinary Team

Children's Health Ireland, Chronic Pain Service
Making pain matter, visible, understood...and better

Children's Health Ireland
Centre for Rare Paediatric Bone Disorders - “Our Tribe”: Access to cutting edge therapies

Children's Health Ireland
Moving beyond the Incubator: Nurturing the Neonatal Journey

GPCareForAll-Summerhill Family Practice
Charity based GP Model

Tallaght Cross
GPS at Tallaght Cross

The Avoca Clinic
The Avoca Clinic Surgical Team

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Best Design-Led Project of the Year

Shortlist:

ADMiRE ADHD Specialist Service, HSE Linn Dara Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
ADMiRE Navigator: Design-Led Transformation of ADHD Care

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Eye Spy Ophthalmology: Improving accessibility through design-led wayfinding

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Included by Design: Redesigning Access to Healthcare for People Experiencing Homelessness

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
SimuSkin: A Design-Led Innovation Transforming Dermatology Education

Primary Care Child Psychology Service Donegal and HSE Spark Innovation Programme
'Nothing for us Without Us' - Using Human Centred Design to improve Psychology Services for Autistic Young People in Donegal

Rapid Innovation Unit, University Hospital Limerick, Milford Care Centre, St Joseph's Hospital Ennis
Patient-specific rehabilitation supports

Rapid Innovation Unit, University Hospital Limerick, UHL Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre University of Limerick
Patient-centred design in cancer clinical trials

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
RCPI Inclusion Health Framework: A Co‑Designed Approach to Equitable Care

St John of God University Hospital, Mental Health First Aid Ireland and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Co-Designed Mental Health Education for Eating Disorders: A Realist Evaluation of an Innovative Training Model for Future Healthcare Professionals

Hospital Project of the Year

Shortlist:

Charter Medical Private Hospital
See It. Say It. Save It. — Integration of In-Situ Simulation within Basic Life Support and Deteriorating Patient Education During Staff Induction in a Level 2 Hospital

Cork University Hospital, Paediatric Department

Paediatric Deteriorating/Acutely unwell Patient Working Group

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Department of Liaison Psychiatry
Acute Medicine Proactive liaison Psychiatry

National Maternity Hospital, Department of Neonatology, ACORN Team
ACORN Programme: Allied Care Of at Risk Newborns

National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh; Centre for Rehabilitation
Limb-itless; Transforming Amputee Care For Older Adults - A Collaborative MDT Approach

Rotunda Hospital
Increasing the Rate of Delayed Cord Clamping for Preterm Deliveries <32’ using the LifeStart Trolley

St James' Hospital, Endoscopy Unit
Incorporating Transnasal Endoscopy into Practice to Enhance Access to Upper GI Endoscopy

St Vincent's Private Hospital
Nourishing Safety: A World-First Digital Transformation of Parenteral Nutrition

Uniphar Medtech & St. John's Hospital Limerick
Installation of Irelands first Versius Robotic-Assisted Surgical System

Nursing & Midwifery Project of the Year

Shortlist:

Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic
RESPOND: Recognising Escalation and Supporting Patient Outcomes through Nursing Development

Blackrock Health Galway Clinic, Nursing Department
From Clicks to Connection: Transforming the Nursing EHR Experience

Brightpath Healthcare
Exploring Lone Working Experiences and Support System Awareness Among Nurses in Children's Palliative Homecare

Charter Medical Private Hospital
See It. Say It. Save It.

Cherry Orchard Hospital and Community, Integrated Healthcare Area, Dublin and Midlands Region, HSE
Féileacán Bán, Transforming Dementia Care in the Community

Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise and Asthma Society Ireland, Paediatric Respiratory and Allergy Department
Ireland’s first Paediatric Asthma Camp 2025

National Maternity Hospital
Birth Reflections at the National Maternity Hospital: A Midwifery-Led Service Supporting Women to Understand, Review and Reflect on Their Birth Experience

St Patrick's Mental Health Service
The use of Virtual Reality for treatment within a mental health setting in Ireland

University Hospital Galway, St Bernadettes Paediatric Ward
Transforming Paediatric Procedural Care Through Virtual Reality

Patient Advocacy Project of the Year

Shortlist:

Breakthrough Cancer Revolution supported by Etch Communications
Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope

Cork University Hospital
Cúram 'Care that Comforts'

Diabetes Ireland
One Bridge-Three Paths: COPE, CARE, DREAMS

Neurological Alliance of Ireland supported by Sanofi and Etch Communications
The Right Care in the Right Place: A National Call for Neurology Care

St Joseph’s Centre a service of St John of God University Hospital
St Joseph's Centre, Shankill's Volunteer and Community Programme

Research Project/Paper of the Year

Shortlist:

Children’s Health Ireland, Crumlin, Diabetes and Endocrinology Department
Neonatal Diabetes in Ireland over the Past 19 Years: Clinical Presentation, Management, Genetics and Outcomes

National Maternity Hospital
The Early Motherhood Expectations versus Reality Study

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Mental Health First Aid Ireland and St John of God University Hospital
Co-Designed Mental Health Education for Eating Disorders: A Realist Evaluation of an Innovative Training Model for Future Healthcare Professionals

St Joseph’s Centre a service of St John of God University Hospital
Evaluating the Volunteer Impact in St Joseph’s Study

St Patrick's Mental Health Services, Department of Pharmacy
Global trends in clozapine utilisation between 2014 and 2024: a longitudinal epidemiological study with data from 75 countries

University College Dublin and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, UCD Centre for Precision Surgery
Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Angiography for Digital Decision Support in Surgery