NOCA Annual Conference 2025
The NOCA Annual Conference 2025 will take place on Tuesday 4th February 2025, in association with RCSI Charter Meeting 2025. This will be an in-person event, taking place from 9:45am-4pm in RCSI, 26 York Street, Dublin 2. The theme for this year's event is ‘Data-Driven Healthcare: Planning, Delivering, Improving’.
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The theme for this year’s event is ‘Data-Driven Healthcare: Planning, Delivering, Improving’. There will be a focus on the role of robust national clinical audit data in improving healthcare outcomes and patient experiences.
We have a varied programme of speakers and panelists, as well as a number of healthcare exhibitors to interact with during the breaks. The event programme is available to view below.
The event recording and copies of presentations will be made available within one week of the event via the NOCA website.
CPD points will be available for this event by and Certificates will be issued to all delegates within two weeks of the event.
In the meantime, if you have any queries regarding the event, please email auditinfo@noca.ie
NOCA would like to thank our sponsors for supporting this event
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Event Programme
Morning Session - Chaired by Dr Colm Henry, CCO, HSE
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09.45 | Bernard Gloster, CEO, Health Service Executive (HSE) | Welcome Address |
| 09.55 | Dr Brian Creedon Clinical Director, NOCA | NOCA Impact 2024 |
| 10.05 | KEYNOTE: Prof. Juliana Chan, Director, Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity | Using registers to transform diabetes care |
| 10.25 | Hester Girling, Project Manager, National Audit of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Primary Care (CVDPrevent) | CVDPREVENT: Developing a Primary Care audit in England, to support CVD prevention throughout the system |
| 10.40 | Q&A / Panel Discussion |
Mid-Morning Session - Chaired by Dr Orla Healy, National Clinical Director of Quality and Patient Safety, HSE
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| 11.30 | Professor Michael Barrett, Chair, National Paediatric Mortality Register Governance Committee | LAUNCH: National Paediatric Mortality Register Annual Report 2025 |
| 11.50 | Rebecca Maher | Capturing the Parent Voice – Matilda's Story |
| 12.05 | NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2025 - Top 4 submission 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 |
| 12.15 | NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2025 - Top 4 submission 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 | Skip the Dip for Urinary Tract Infection in Over 65s |
| 12.25 | NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2025 - Top 4 submission Dr Michael Lane, Senior House Officer, Children’s Health Ireland | Introduction of Paediatric Nurse-Led Infliximab Infusions for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| 12.35 | NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2025 - Top 4 submission Mary Bedding Project Lead, National Deteriorating Patient Improvement Programme (DPIP) | IRESTORE Residential Older Persons Early Warning System Proof of Concept Project |
| 12.45 | Q&A / Panel Discussion |
Afternoon Session - Chaired by Dr Deirdre Mulholland, Area Director of Public Health, HSE Dublin and North East
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| 14.20 | KEYNOTE Professor Ingrid Wolfe OBE, Professor of Paediatrics and Child Population Health, King’s College London | Paediatric Population Health - Improving clinical outcomes for children and young people |
| 14.40 | Karen Healy, Organ Donation Nurse Manager Lead, Irish Potential Donor Audit | Irish Potential Donor Audit : Understanding the Organ Donation Landscape |
| 14.55 | Professor Frank Doyle, Principal Investigator, TRAUMA Study | Joining the dots to join the data - Major Trauma Audit and National Ambulance Service |
| 15.10 | Professor Áine Carroll, Professor of Integrated care and Improvement at University College Dublin | National Clinical Audit: Supporting the Delivery of Integrated Care Pathways |
| 15.25 | Q&A / Panel Discussion | |
| 15.55 | Collette Tully, Executive Director, NOCA | Presentation of Awards & Closing Address |