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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Louise Brent, NOCA Head of Audit Management, and Michael Madigan, PPI Representative, present the NOCA Impact Report 2026, showing how audit drives measurable improvements in patient care. "At NOCA, PPI is not just a checkbox, its a way of putting patients at the centre of their work" #NOCA2026

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AgeAnaesthesia @ageanaesthesia.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

📢Speaker Spotlight📢 Join us in Cork and catch Louise Brent's talk about using data to drive improvements in the perioperative care of older adults! 🔗https://emdevents.eventsair.com/aaa-igs-joint-meeting-2026/aaaigsreg #AAA #IGS #SPEAKER @louisebrent28.bsky.social #AAA #IGS

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Final call to have your say - NOCA’s strategy survey closes Monday at 12PM. We’re developing our 2026–2028 Strategy and want input from all who engage with national clinical audit in Ireland. Take the survey here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) @hqip.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

For #CAAW25, a NEW article on ‘The value of audit in identifying health inequalities’ is now live! READ IT HERE: www.hqip.org.uk/article-natc...

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The Irish Paediatric Critical Care Audit National Report 2023 has been published today. The report presents national data on 1,723 admissions to paediatric critical care units and highlights key trends and areas for improvement. 📄 Read the report: noca.ie/documents/ir... #IPCCA2025 #CAAW25

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🚨 Join us for the launch of the Irish Paediatric Critical Care Audit National Report 2023 📅 Wednesday 4 June 2025 🕚 11:00am–12:30pm 📍 Online 👉 Register: noca.ie/news-events/... This is part of our Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2025 programme of events: 👉 noca.ie/news-events/... #IPCCA2025 #CAAW25

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🎉 Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2025 starts today! We're celebrating the power of audit to improve patient care. Watch a welcome from Collette Tully (NOCA) & Mandy Daly (INHA), our charity partner for this week. 🎥 Video: vimeo.com/noca/caaw25 Programme: tinyurl.com/2et69fse #CAAW2025 #ClinicalAudit

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Missed today’s NOCA & DICA webinar? Watch the conversation on the future of clinical audit, now available here: vimeo.com/noca/nocadic... Topics: EHDS, innovations, AI, benchmarking, & more. Speakers: Collette Tully, Dr Rob Tollenaar, Dr Philip Crowley #CAAW25

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

☕ Conversations Over Coffee is this Friday at 1PM! Join @louisebrent28.bsky.social (NOCA) & Karen Hertz from the Fragility Fracture Network as they discuss hip fracture care, audit, and shared learning in a relaxed lunchtime chat. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #CAAW25 #HipFractureCare

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Minister for Older People and Housing, Kieran O'Donnell TD, has announced the commencement of the Irish Dementia Registry-which aims to enhance care for individuals living with dementia in Ireland. NOCA has been commissioned to develop the Registry. 🔗 www.noca.ie/audits/irish... #UnderstandTogether

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

3rd June - We kickstart Clinical Audit Awareness Week with 'NOCA and DICA in Conversation – Exploring the Future of Clinical Audit'. This engaging discussion will see 2 of Europe’s leading national clinical audit organisations share experiences, challenges, and innovations. #CAAW25 shorturl.at/USzRq

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

📢 Just published: Irish National ICU Audit Annual Report 2023 Key findings: 🔹 14,363 patients for 15,152 admissions from 29 ICUs/HDUs across 25 hospitals 🔹 96% national bed occupancy (recommended: 85%) 🔹 87% admitted to ICU within 4 hours of decision to admit 🔗 noca.ie/documents/ir... #ICUAuditIre

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

ICU Patient Story - Olga Barry In March 2023, Olga spent 10 weeks in ICUs across 3 hospitals with pneumonia, sepsis & a heart issue. She underwent a tracheostomy & open-heart surgery. Her story reflects the compassion & resilience of ICU staff. Read more a.storyblok.com/f/265949/x/3... #ICUAuditIre

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2025 | 2–6 June Join NOCA for a full week of engaging events highlighting how clinical audit drives better care. From international speakers to a national report launch, there’s something for everyone. 🔗Further details & registration: shorturl.at/GRrul #CAAW25

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Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) @hqip.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We’re thrilled to announce that @hqip.bsky.social, in collaboration with N-QI-CAN, will be holding the next Clinical Audit Awareness Week (#CAAW25) from 2-6 June 2025. Want to find out more about #CAAW25 and the Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2025? Click here: www.hqip.org.uk/clinical-aud...

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Exciting News! The new system for the Irish National Orthopaedic Register is now live on the NOCA Audit Platform (NAP)! This enhanced system will improve data collection, accuracy, and reporting for orthopaedic care across Ireland. Thank you to everyone involved in making this possible. #INOR

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Pamela Hickey, NOCA Audit Manager was happy to be invited to present at the Surgical Infection Society Europe Annual Congress today. She gave an overview on surgical site infection surveillance data from the Irish Hip Fracture Database. We are delighted to collaborate with HSE AMRIC. #sise2025

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Congratulations to @louisebrent28.bsky.social, Prof Conor Deasy, Pamela Hickey, Dr Rachael Doyle & @olgabr.bsky.social, whose poster "Older adults are now the face of Major Trauma in Ireland" has won the Eva Huggins Award for Best Nurses &AHP Poster at BGS Spring Conference 2025 @gerisoc.bsky.social

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Louise Brent @louisebrent28.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Hate to be missing such a wonderful meeting but sending all my best from 🇪🇸. Congrats to the FLS team! Onwards and upwards. Let's prevent as many falls and fractures together. @noca-irl.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

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Louise Brent @louisebrent28.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Delighted to be at the @gerisoc.bsky.social conference in Belfast to share posters from the Major Trauma Audit, Irish Hip Fracture Database & chair a session with Mr Andy Gray for the Fragility Fracture Network UK session focused on trauma care in older adults. @noca-irl.bsky.social

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Mary Walsh @marywalsh14.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Thank you for the kind words @louisebrent28.bsky.social. It’s been a privilege working with the Irish Hip Fracture database team and the local teams around the country. Their drive to move mountains to improve national care is inspiring and contagious!

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Mary Walsh @marywalsh14.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Well done to Ben O’Grady @ucddublin.bsky.social for all his work on this wonderful resource that will help healthcare professionals in 🇮🇪 place their focus on longer term hip fracture recovery. The module will go live in coming days and comes with a formal CPD cert….watch this space!

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Pamela Hickey and Daragh Browne represented NOCA today at the Galway Orthopaedic Nurses Conference. They were delighted to present 3 posters and catch up with Audit Coordinator colleagues from hospitals across the country. @louisebrent28.bsky.social

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Louise Brent @louisebrent28.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This amazing resource is the culmination of many years work led by @marywalsh14.bsky.social Using her skills as a researcher, passion for patients with fragility fractures and vision for how we can harness clinical audit data to produce peer reviewed publications, resources for staff and patients

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Louise Brent, Audit Management Lead, is attending the All Ireland Conference on Integrated Care today. We have two posters on display from the Irish Hip Fracture Database- Louise’s poster is no.14 & Pamela’s is no.18. Pop by and say hello at #AICIC25 @louisebrent28.bsky.social @ificinfo.bsky.social

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Anne O’Shea-Clarke from Sage Advocacy & Mary Harkin from Age & Opportunity share the patient, carer & public perspective of HipFORESST. Their input was key to creating a powerful video resource to support people recovering from hip fracture. #HipFORGE #IHFD #ClinicalAudit @marywalsh14.bsky.social

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Mary Walsh @marywalsh14.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I’m very proud of this output from our HRB award which concludes this month @ucddublin.bsky.social. It aims to provide reassurance and information to empower people experiencing hip fracture in Ireland on their recovery journey #HipFORGE.

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Dr Mary Walsh, HipFORGE Project, highlights the dedication of hospital teams piloting long-term outcome data collection after hip fracture. Their work is key to improving recovery and informing national standards. #HipFORGE #IHFD #ClinicalAudit @marywalsh14.bsky.social @louisebrent28.bsky.social

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Louise Brent @louisebrent28.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is a great project to work on with our colleagues in the National Ambulance Service @noca-irl.bsky.social

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Olga Brych, Research Analyst with NOCA attended the RCSI Advancing Women’s Health Research in Ireland event today. She presented her poster 'From data to action: Lessons learned from National Irish Heart Attack Audit in Women's Health.' @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @olgabr.bsky.social #ClinicalAudit

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Louise, Pamela and Daragh from the NOCA team headed to Limerick yesterday to meet with the Irish National Orthopaedic Register (INOR) Audit Coordinators from the 5 Bons Secours hospitals. They provided a demo of the new NOCA Audit Portal, with INOR due to go-live in April. @louisebrent28.bsky.social

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Louise Brent @louisebrent28.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Don't miss the launch of the National Stroke Audit Report 19/03/2025 #clinicalaudit

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The NOCA team was well represented today at the RCSI Research Day 2025. Louise Brent, Olga Brych and Dr Seif El Hadidi all presented posters at the event. 🏅Congratulations to Louise who was awarded 'Top Rated Abstract' this afternoon, out of 250 posters on display. @rcsi-research.bsky.social

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Live from #SPHERE2025 Louise & Olga from NOCA are presenting posters today! 📝 Olga (No.4): Assessing Inclusion of Health Equity Stratifers in National Clinical Audits 🦴 Louise (No.5): Understanding governance for National hip fracture clinical audit: a Scoping Review Pop by and chat to the team 👋

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Louise Brent @louisebrent28.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is a great project to work on with our colleagues in the National Ambulance Service @noca-irl.bsky.social

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Mary Walsh @marywalsh14.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

My HRB funded #HipFORGE project is getting a revival for next few months as we maximise it’s longer term impact by creating tools for health professionals & people with hip fracture to support a focus on quality of life after injury. No footprint here on BlueSky yet so see 📎 @noca-irl.bsky.social

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

📅 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

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Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

"Team rituals" are regular activities/practices, eg huddles, team lunches, check-ins, celebrations. New research shows teams with more rituals have more engagement, psychological safety, knowledge & job satisfaction, leading to higher productivity/performance: lnkd.in/eXNNvP-G Art: lnkd.in/e_XmBeg9

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Áine Carroll @ainemcarroll.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

⚠️ #AICIC25 Dublin - Present Your Work ⚠️ Join us at the All-Ireland Conference on Integrated Care (AICIC25)! By popular demand the deadline is Friday, 24 January. Present your work ow.ly/g0uc50UqOCE

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National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) @noca-irl.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

@louisebrent28.bsky.social, Audit Management Lead and Irish Hip Fracture Database & Major Trauma Audit Manager spoke this afternoon at the launch of the 3rd Report from the Irish Fracture Liaison Service Database. She shared the synergies between fracture liaison services and hip fracture databases.

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Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

"Busyness" is an affliction for many of us. It often fulfils a deep need but means no time for things that really matter to us. We can make 2025 the year when, individually & collectively, we're less "busy". See: medtrics.org/why-do-we-al... by Dalia Oufi. Art: Liana Finck via adamgrant.bsky.social

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Louise Brent @louisebrent28.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Truly humbled to see the Irish Hip Fracture Database National Report from @noca-irl.bsky.social featured in the Top 3 downloaded documents in the @rcsi.bsky.social repository for 2024.

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