🛁New Patient Education Videos: Reducing Surgical Site Infections HSESouthWest Mary Fitzmaurice, CNM2 SSI where patient feedback called for clearer, accessible information #prevention youtu.be/KWZ4t9PWjqs?si… Spark Innovation Programme @Get_Visual_ie Bridie O'Sullivan Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 Catherine Marsh

𝗦𝘁 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀'𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 Louise Brent, Head of Audit Management at NOCA, was delighted to be asked to provide the keynote address at the St James's Hospital Physiotherapy Conference yesterday. It was a great opportunity to

Yesterday, Louise Brent, Head of Audit Management, represented NOCA at the Dutch Hip Fracture Audit Board, sharing Ireland’s hip fracture care journey. The group were particularly interested in the impact of the Hip Fracture Best Practice Tariff and how it continues to drive

📢 A brilliant session today hosted by NOCA with special thanks to Associate Professor Craig Lockwood from the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). We are exploring how shared learning and international collaboration can drive quality improvement and evidence-based practice.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 (𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁) 𝗔𝗰𝘁 – 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮 NOCA welcomes the commencement yesterday (17 June 2025) of Part 2 of the Human Tissue (Amendment) Act, which introduces an opt-out system for organ donation in Ireland. We are

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 (𝗝𝗕𝗜) - 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽 NOCA were delighted to welcome Associate Professor Craig Lockwood, Editor-in-Chief and JBI Director of Implementation

We were proud to see Dr. Seif El Hadidi, Postdoctoral Researcher at NOCA, present at CardioAlex in Egypt this week. His lecture, “Clinical Audits in Pharmacy Practice,” explored how Ireland’s national clinical audit model, particularly in heart attack and stroke, could inform

📍 This weekend at the Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting 2025 in Galway, NOCA was proudly represented by Pamela Hickey, Audit Programme Manager, and Daragh Browne, Assistant Audit Manager. Together, they presented insights from the Irish Hip Fracture Database (IHFD),

𝗖𝗛𝗜 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 Yesterday, members of the NOCA team were honoured to take part in the Children's Health Ireland Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit Showcase. We were privileged to have Louise Brent, Head of

The new National Audit Platform (NAP) is live — a cloud-based system transforming how NOCA collects, manages & reports clinical audit data. Built with HSE support, NAP brings better data, stronger insights, and improved outcomes across national audits. Read more here 👉

We are seeking a Clinical Lead for the Irish Dementia Registry. The Irish Dementia Registry (IDR) will be a clinically led development project which will record prospective data on people with memory impairment and dementia. The HSE National Dementia Services identified a Dementia

We’re hiring! NOCA is seeking an Assistant Audit Manager to join our dedicated team. This permanent, full-time position is based in St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, with the benefit of a hybrid working model. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to impactful national

Today we are launching the Major Obstetric Haemorrhage Clinical Audit in Ireland report for the years 2021 and 2022. Full report is now available on our website: ucc.ie/en/npec/clinic… #SMM #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth

Help Shape NOCA’s 2026–2028 Strategy We are currently developing NOCA’s next strategy, which will guide our work over the period 2026 to 2028. This short survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Your feedback is important and will directly inform our strategy