Meet Our 2023 Winners
The 2023 Irish Healthcare Awards took place on Tuesday 5 December at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre.
Congratulations to all our winners, highly commended and finalists.
An Duais Mhór
Sponsored by
Winner
The Asthma Society of Ireland and Etch Communications
Asthma Awareness Week Campaign
Best Use of Information Technology
Sponsored by
Winner
Tallaght University Hospital, HSE & Imprivata
Ireland-wide Single Sign-on for Clinical Applications
Highly Commended
National Doctors Training and Planning & HSE
NER App
NEC Software Solutions
Using OptoMize to maximise the effectiveness of the RetinaScreen Programme
Crisis Management Response of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
Ireland East Hospital Group
Response to Fire in Wexford General Hospital
Highly Commended
Health Information and Quality Authority
The Fundamentals of Advocacy in Health: Resources to address a crisis highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic
Educational Meeting of the Year
Winner
Children's Health Ireland
Professionalism Programme
Highly Commended
Fighting Blindness
Retina 2022
Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association
25th Anniversary Conference & Nursing Excellence awards
Equality Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
RCSI Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
BIAS: Inequality in Women's Health and Research
Everyday Healthcare Hero
Sponsored by
Winner
Geraldine de Burca
Night Nurse, Irish Cancer Society
Excellence in Healthcare Management
Sponsored by
Winner
NEC Software Solutions
Continuous Improvement of the Diabetic Eye Screening Service
Highly Commended
Tallaght University Hospital
Innovate Health
Hospital Project of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
AllView Healthcare & Beaumont
Highly Commended
Children's Health Ireland
A Project to Improve the Feeding Journey for Babies with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Innovation in Healthcare and Medicine
Sponsored by
Winner
HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme
Ireland's Free Home STI Testing Service
Highly Commended
Beaumont Hospital
Beaumont Care in the Home Service
Innovation in Primary Care
Sponsored by
Winner
HSE
Primary Care Specialist Lymphoedema Clinics
Highly Commended
Irish Prison Service
Dr McGarry, Emily O'Donovan & Edel Lynch
Technological University of the Shannon Midlands
Dr Thomas Walsh & Nurse Laura Tully
Mental Health Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
Children's Grief Centre
Support Service for School Aged Children and Young People Affected by Loss
Highly Commended
SilverCloud by Amwell
National Rollout of HSE’s Guided Digital CBT Service
NCHD Project of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
HSE Spark Innovation - Dr Rachel McNamara
Spark Hospital Innovation
Fund
Highly Commended
Irish Trainee Emergency Research Network
RCPI
NCHD Near-Peer Wellbeing Course for Basic Specialist Trainees in RCPI
Nursing & Midwifery Project of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
Beaumont Hospital - Gynaecology Department
A Nurse-led Rapid Access Post Menopausal Bleeding Service
Highly Commended
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise
Educating Children and their Caregivers to Self-Manage Asthma and Allergies in the Hospital and Community
St. Gabriel's Foundation
Opening of Nurse-Led Children's Respite House
Outpatient Initiative of
the Year
Winner
St. Gabriel's Foundation
Opening of Nurse-Led Children's Respite House
Highly Commended
Children's Health Ireland
Family Led Review Project: an Outpatient Review Waiting List Initiative
Vhi
Re-usable Computerised Ambulatory Delivery Devices, for administering outpatient intravenous antibiotics
Outstanding Contribution
Sponsored by
Winner
Laura Viani
RCSI
Patient Education Project
of the Year — Non Pharmaceutical
Winner
The Asthma Society of
Ireland and Etch Communications
Asthma Awareness Week Campaign
Highly Commended
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Debunking the Myths - The Science Behind Our Sexual Health
Patient Education Project of the Year — Pharmaceutical
Sponsored by
Winner
Janssen Sciences Ireland UC
Talking Depression
Highly Commended
MSD and the Irish Head and Neck Society, supported by GP Buddy
Meet the Care Team, Head & Neck Cancer Supportive Video Series
The Asthma Society of Ireland and Etch Communications
Hay Fever Awareness Campaign
Patient Organisation Group of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
Irish Lung Fibrosis
Association
A Feasibility Study to Examine the Health Impacts of Dancing for Lung Fibrosis Patients
Highly Commended
Sjögren’s Ireland
Supporting Patients Through Advocacy and Education of the Public and Healthcare Professionals
Public Health Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
HSE Tobacco Free Ireland Programme
SlainteCare Community Stop Smoking initiative
Highly Commended
Trinity College Dublin
Peer-Delivered Smoking Cessation Intervention - A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Paper of the Year
Sponsored by
Winner
Children's Health Ireland
Improving Staff Competence In Caring For LGBT+ Patients in the Paediatric Emergency Department
Highly Commended
Children's Health Ireland
DIMPLES Study Paediatric Diabetes - Onset and Decompensation in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Workplace Wellbeing Champion
Sponsored by
Winner
Letterkenny University Hospital
Sports and Social Club
Highly Commended
Servisource Healthcare