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Northern Ireland Healthcare Award winners 2022 announced

Last week (28 April), the Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards returned for its 23rd year. Once again Northern Ireland’s healthcare sector joined together under one roof to celebrate the achievements of healthcare professionals.

Wed 4th May 2022 The PDA

The annual event is an opportunity for healthcare professionals to honour their innovative peers and their projects along with their own extraordinary work. The PDA was pleased to once again sponsor the Pharmacy Student Leadership Award, which was won by David Dinneen a student at Queen’s University Belfast.

Pharmacy Student Leadership Award winner, David Dinneen, Queen’s University Belfast, with the PDA’s Alima Batchelor, and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Cathy Harrison

Each year, the PDA sponsors the Student Leadership category of the Northern Irish, Welsh, and Scottish Pharmacy Awards. PDA representatives attend the award ceremonies and present the award to the winner.

The annual awards night is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate all the hard work of healthcare professionals from all sectors. This year the awards night attracted a guest list of 300-plus industry giants, service providers, and student enthusiasts.

As part of the ceremony’s closing moments, Health Minister, Robin Swann bestowed the 2022 Special Recognition title upon former Head of the Vaccination Programme in Northern Ireland, Patricia Donnelly. Patricia received the Special Recognition Award for stabilising force throughout the pandemic’s unpredictability.

The full list of the other 2021 Northern Ireland award winners can be found below.

2022 NORTHERN IRELAND AWARD WINNERS

  • Management of Epilepsy AwardThe Paediatric and Neonatal Clinical Psychology Service Team (Northern Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Primary Care Pharmacy Initiative AwardConor Steele and the Screen Clinical Pharmacy Team
  • Innovations in Infections Management in Secondary Care AwardFarmaceutica Internazionale SRL – The Outpatient COVID-19 Treatment Centre Team (South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Developments in the Management of IBD AwardThe IBD Nursing Service Team (South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year AwardThe Mater Hospital Pharmacy Team (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Pharmacy Student Leadership AwardDavid Dinneen, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Management of Inflammatory Skin ConditionsDr Collette McCourt, Dr Donal O’Kane and Dr Adrian Pendleton (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Developments in the Management of Multiple Sclerosis Award(Joint winners) Lindsay Kilpatrick and Niamh Turley (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust), and the MS Infusion Service Team (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Asthma / COPD Project of the Year AwardThe Ambulatory Respiratory Hub Team (South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Advancements in Cardiology Treatment AwardThe Cardiac Holter Service Team (Northern Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Management of Substance Dependency AwardThe Drug Outreach Team (Belfast Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Innovation in Rheumatology Service AwardThe Ankylosing Spondylitis Team (South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust)
  • Special Recognition AwardPatricia Donnelly, former Head of the Vaccination Programme in Northern Ireland
  • Special Covid-19 Achievement AwardThe Cardiac Hub Team (South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust)

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