📢 Reminder: The Major Trauma Audit National Report 2022 webinar is this Wednesday, 10:00am–12:30pm. Hear from clinicians, patients & international experts on trauma care, helimedicine, AI & rehab.
👉 Register: www.noca.ie/news-events/...
#NOCA2025 #MajorTrauma2025 #TraumaCare #ClinicalAudit
🏆 Winner: NOCA Poster Competition 2025: 'Paediatric Medication Plans for Life-Limiting Conditions' from Portiuncula Hospital.
Presented by Aoife Mc Inerney-congratulations to the team!
✅ Seamless care team communication
✅ Faster emergency decisions
✅ Families empowered to manage care #NOCA2025
NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2025 Winner
Presented by Dr Nessa Keane 'Improving Prescribing Accuracy of PRN Medications for Haematology/Oncology Patients to Improve Safety and Efficacy'. Congratulations to the team from Palliative Medicine Department, Galway University Hospital #NOCA2025
@ainemcarroll.bsky.social - final speaker of the afternoon. She outlines how we should shrive for person-centred coordinated care in Ireland and how we have a journey to go in implementing true integrated care. Small projects that build on each other could be better than one big project #NOCA2025
Professor Frank Doyle, Principal Investigator with the TRAUMA Study presents now. The Study aims to investigate joining the Major Trauma Audit and National Ambulance Service ePCR datasets to create a seamless database of the patient journey from incident to recovery. @rcsi.bsky.social #NOCA2025
NOCA Annual Conference Keynote: Prof Ingrid Wolfe OBE, Professor of Paediatrics and Child Population Health @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. She shows the power of population health data- the social determinants to design targeted and universal interventions to reduce childhood mortality. #NOCA2025
Karen Healy speaking about the Irish Potential Donor Audit at #NOCA2025:
✅ Ensures ICU staff recognise potential organ donors
✅ Promotes routine end-of-life organ donation discussions
✅ Supports sensitive, timely family approaches
✅ Provides the right care to honor organ donation wishes
The UK child health system is in trouble Professor Ingrid Wolfe OBE, Professor of Paediatrics and Child Population Health, King’s College London @noca-irl.bsky.social #NOCA2025
What does #poverty do to children? Professor Ingrid Wolfe OBE, Professor of Paediatrics and Child Population Health, King’s College London @noca-irl.bsky.social #NOCA2025
Mary Bedding presents IRESTORE Early Warning System pilot for older persons which ⬇️ unplanned urgent/emergency transfers by 25%, enhancing timely in-facility care.
✅ Nurses identified 76% of deterioration episodes
✅ 69% flagged by soft signs
✅ ⬆️ staff confidence & reduced hospitalisations #NOCA2025
Dr Michael Lane presents now for the NOCA QI Champion Award. CHI’s nurse-led infliximab infusion protocol improved care for paediatric IBD patients:
✅ Admission times cut- 5.1 to 3.5 hours
✅ 74.6% of patients eligible for nurse-led infusions
✅ NCHD involvement reduced, boosting efficiency #NOCA2025
Patricia Sheehan & Margaret Donnelly- “Skip the Dip” initiative reduced dipstick use & antibiotic overprescribing for UTIs in over-65s across HSE facilities.
✅ Dipstick use ⬇️ from 53% to 24%
✅ UTI antibiotic prescribing fell from 1.9% to 1.6%
✅ Education & collaboration drove this success #NOCA2025
The excellent HSE change guide used in #SkiptheDip for UTIs in >65s by Patricia Sheehan Senior Antimicrobial Pharmacist HSE Cork Kerry
Community Healthcare
Margaret Donnelly Senior Antimicrobial Pharmacist Integrated Health Areas of Dublin North County and Dublin North City & West #NOCA2025
Dr Nessa Keane, GUH, presents - NOCA QI Champion Award. The project significantly improved PRN prescribing accuracy for Haematology/Oncology patients:
✅ Errors reduced from 30% to 8%
✅ Enhanced confidence via NCHD training & resources
✅ Sustained improvements through system-wide changes #NOCA2025
Dr Nessa Keane, Registrar in Palliative Medicine at Galway University Hospital Improving Prescribing Accuracy of PRN Medications for Haematology/Oncology Patients to Improve Safety and Efficacy I do like a driver diagram @noca-irl.bsky.social #NOCA2025
Rebecca Maher shares Matilda’s story
Born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, at nearly 8 months, her family made the difficult decision to let her go, but her legacy lives on through organ donation, inspiring hope for other families Read her story here: a.storyblok.com/f/265949/x/0... #NOCA2025
@peri-dublin.bsky.social presents the National Paediatric Mortality Register Annual Report 2025
➡️ 612 deaths recorded
➡️ Trauma: 20% of deaths (1-14 yrs) & 51% (15-18 yrs)
➡️ Cancer: 25% of deaths (1-14 yrs), 16% (15-18 yrs)
➡️ 75% of infant deaths occurred in the neonatal period #NOCA2025
Hester Girling, CVDPREVENT shares insights on primary care audits:
➡️ 66.8% of hypertension patients met thresholds
➡️ Black & mixed ethnic groups were least likely to get cholesterol treatment
➡️ Stroke mortality was highest in Black groups; heart attack mortality highest in Asian groups #NOCA2025
KEYNOTE: Prof. Juliana Chan, Director, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity.
Key lessons from the Hong Kong Diabetes Register:
🔳 Fragmented care drives the need for change
🔳 Protocol-driven care inspires solutions
🔳 Patients and cohorts inspire continuous learning
#NOCA2025 @rcsi.bsky.social
Very impressive work from Prof. Juliana Chan, Director, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity Shows the impact of #integratedcare in #diabetes @noca-irl.bsky.social #NOCA2025
Dr Brian Creedon, Clinical Director for NOCA gives an overview of NOCA's Impact.
NOCA's priorities for the next few years are to:
🔳Continue to harness data from digital records to reduce manual data collection.
🔳Data linkage using the IHI.
🔳 Sláintecare alignment
#NOCA2025 @rcsi.bsky.social
Bernard Gloster, CEO @hselive.bsky.social gives the Welcome Address at the NOCA Annual Conference 2025.
"The centrality of audit as an instrument of identifying opportunities for improvement has to be something we all buy in to" #NOCA2025 #RCSICharter2025 @rcsi.bsky.social
🎉 We’re ready to welcome delegates to the NOCA Annual Conference 2025, happening today as part of
@rcsi.bsky.social Charter Week 2025.
🔗View the full programme here: d7g406zpx7bgk.cloudfront.net/x/cc18e59820...
Thanks to our sponsors their for the support
#NOCA2025 #RCSICharterWeek #ClinicalAudit
📅 Last places remaining for the NOCA Annual Conference 2025, Feb 4th @rcsi.bsky.social
Launching the National Paediatric Mortality Register Annual Report @peri-dublin.bsky.social.
Expert insights from keynotes, Prof. Juliana Chan & Prof. Ingrid Wolfe OBE.
🔗 www.noca.ie/news-events/... #NOCA2025
NOCA Annual Conference 2025 (4th Feb @rcsi.bsky.social )
Theme: “Data-Driven Healthcare: Planning, Delivering, Improving”
Nominations for NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2025 and Abstract submissions now open. Closing: 6th Jan.
Info: www.noca.ie/news-events/... #NOCA2025 #QualityImprovement
📢 Save the Date - NOCA Annual Conference 2025 - 4th February in @rcsi.bsky.social
Call for Submissions: Submit your QI projects for the NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2025 or via our call for abstracts. 🔗 Details: www.noca.ie/news-events/...
#NOCA2025 #QualityImprovement #ClinicalAudit
