Thank you to all our local presenters across ULHG who presented their audits (orally and via posters) and to those who attended the 2024 ULHG Clinical Audit Conference, held on Thursday 23rd May in CERC.
This was a brilliant day of learning and sharing with the 2024 theme of changing and sustaining via audit, with lots of audit quality improvements on display.
Thanks to our outside presenters from the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) who presented the local ULHG data and to Dr Moran Anisman-Razin, Associate Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology from the Kemmy Business School in UL who delivered an excellent presentation on Managing Organisational Change. Thanks to our keynote speaker Mr Declan Coyle, who presented on the Green Platform.
Finally, a huge congratulations to our 4 winners on the day, judged by Ms Patricia Gibbons, HSE National Centre for Clinical Audit, on the abstracts received and the accompanying posters displayed on the day.
The winners were congratulated and presented their prizes by Ms Paula Cussen Murphy, Director of Quality, Risk and Patient Safety.
The winners were:
Can a redesign of fracture clinic scheduling allow for more timely assessment of distal radius fractures?
Ms Audrey Butler, Orthopaedic RANP, University Hospital Limerick
Ms Trina O’Donovan, Orthopaedic cANP, University Hospital Limerick
Mr John Tristan Cassidy, Orthopaedic Consultant, UL Hospitals Group
Mr Peter Dawson, Orthopaedic Consultant, UL Hospitals Group
Mr Johan van der Stok, Orthopaedic Consultant, UL Hospitals Group
Mr Hamid Khan, Orthopaedic Consultant, UL Hospitals Group
Mr Israr Mohamed, Orthopaedic Consultant, UL Hospitals Group
Mr Francis O Neill, Orthopaedic Consultant, UL Hospitals Group
Mr Matthew Nagle, Orthopaedic Consultant, UL Hospitals Group
Mr Cian Kennedy, Orthopaedic Consultant, UL Hospitals Group
Mr Finbarr Condon, Head of Department Trauma and Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Consultant, UL Hospitals Group
An audit of paracetamol prescribing in adult patients at University Hospital Limerick (UHL)
Ms Anne Barry, Medication Safety Officer, UL Hospitals Group
Ms Marie Keane, Medication Safety Officer, UL Hospitals Group
Ms Amie Giles, Medication Safety Officer, UL Hospitals Group
Ms Bernadette Murphy, Senior Pharmacist, UL Hospitals Group
Ms Anne Harnett, Chief 1 Pharmacist, UL Hospitals Group
Patient Information for Consent: Compliant with HSE guidelines for communication clearly using plain English with our patients and service users- OPD Croom Hospital
Ms Susan Hogan, CNM2 OPD, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Susan O Keeffe, Staff Nurse OPD, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Sinead Dolan, Staff Nurse OPD, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Helen Barry, Staff Nurse OPD, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Helen Hartigan, CNS Casting, Splinting, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Elizabeth Carrig, Clinical Specialist Podiatrist, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Mr Cian Kennedy, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Mr Sean Flynn Specialist Registrar, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Kate Queally, HCA OPD, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Camilla Caetano, MTA OPD, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Joan Howard, Radiographer, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Elaine O’ Reilly, Clerical Receptionist X-ray/OPD Dept, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Mr Scott Murphy, MSK Physiotherapist, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Mr Mohamed Elshohna, Registrar, Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
Ms Catriona Kiely, Communications and Literacy Officer, UL Hospitals Group
Audit of Care of the dying patient in St Johns Hospital
Ms Laura Meaney, Palliative Care CNS, St Johns Hospital
Dr Sarita Ankatiah, SHO, St Johns Hospital
Dr Helena Myles, Locum Palliative Care Consultant, St Johns Hospital
