The HSE Spark Summit celebrates the ingenuity of those at the forefront of healthcare delivery, highlighting how creativity and collaboration were driving meaningful change across the system.
The Summit played host to the Bright Spark National Innovation Awards, which recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of frontline healthcare teams who have implemented innovative projects that enhance patient care and service delivery across Ireland. These awards honour the dedication and creativity of healthcare professionals who are making a tangible impact on the healthcare system.
AWARD WINNERS
CEO Choice Innovation Award
Best Patient Access Community Setting, Linda Keogh: Senior Occupational Therapist
Children’s Disability Network Team Longford, Community Setting The SitWell Pathway
Timely, Tailored Custom revolutionised tailored seating for Children with Complex Needs, cutting waiting times and significantly reducing travel and financial burdens for families in rural areas.
Best Patient Access Hospital Setting
Dr Laura Piggott: Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, St James’s Hospital, Dublin.
Developed Virtual OSA Identifier Pathway using digital tools to dramatically cut diagnosis time for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea from three years to 3.5 months.
Best MDT Award
Dr Aileen McCabe; Consultant Emergency Medicine Tallaght University Hospital
Evaluation and implementation of an acute urinary retention ambulatory pathway for older men in Tallaght University Hospital
Best Design-Led Project
Dr Niamh Clarke
Redesigning Children’s Services: A Cross Care Group Approach
CH08 Children’s Services Project Team, CHO8
NDTP Award: Best Doctor-Led Project.
Dr. Mairead McNally, Consultant Gastroenterologist. Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore
“Development of a Single Visit Clinic for Assessment and Management of Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease”
Best Leadership Award
Edel Carey; Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Older Adult Care with a specialist focus on Dementia, Delirium & NCSD, Cherry Orchard Hospital and Community Healthcare. Transforming Dementia Care: Co-Designed Nursing Model for Community Supports
Best Poster and Highly Commended in the Best Nursing and Midwifery Project
Avril Gannon
Digitally Enabled Integrated Care: COPD Admission Avoidance Programme- using telehealth and remote monitoring to prevent hospital admissions in COPD patients in Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore MRHT.
Best Nursing & Midwifery-Led Project Changing the Lens
Transforming Care for Survivors of Sexual Violence
Christine Pucillo, Deirdra Richardson, Clinical Nurse Specialist/Clinical Midwifery Specialist, Forensic Examiners, Catherine Marsh, National Nursing and Midwifery Fellow for Innovation, HSE Spark Innovation Programme SATU Rotunda Hospital, Dublin
Best Productivity Award
Trans-Nasal Endoscopy to Improve Patient Experience and Resource Utilisation
Dr John Campion, Consultant Gastroenterologist Gastrointestinal Unit Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin.
