Winners Announced of GPBuddy.ie National GP Awards 2018

Healthcare professionals from all over the country were honoured at the third national GPBuddy.ie National GP Awards in association with Affidea, at a glittering awards ceremony in Dublin on Friday 21st September 2018.

General practitioners and healthcare professionals were presented with Awards across 11 categories by television personality, Dr Pixie McKenna. A further 21 nominees were commended for their contributions to healthcare across the country.

Now in its third year, the annual GPBuddy.ie National GP Awards recognise excellence, innovation and collaboration amongst GPs, hospitals and healthcare professionals all over Ireland. This year, over 200 nominations were received from all over the country across all 11 categories, from both healthcare professionals and patients.

Dr Shane McKeogh of GPBuddy.ie said: “The quality of the nominations for the Awards this year was truly outstanding. We are all familiar with the pressure the healthcare sector is under and in particular GPs who are the cornerstone of family healthcare. These Awards are about stopping and taking some time to appreciate the positive work that has been done to improve healthcare for patients and the achievements of general practitioners and primary care teams in general across the country.”

Barry Downes, Country Manager at Affidea Ireland and a member of the judging panel, said: “The high level of excellence in General Practice and the stories of GP care that go above and beyond the call of duty, as documented by the patients themselves, gets better every year. Congratulations to all the winners and the hard working and dedicated leaders in their fields who were nominated, which is a testament in itself.”

The GPBuddy.ie National GP Awards offer a unique opportunity to celebrate the dedication, commitment and innovation of the thousands of GPs delivering healthcare in communities throughout the country. Hundreds of nominations were reviewed by the judging panel, which comprises experts from across the medical, healthcare, media and business sectors.

The Winners of the GPBuddy.ie National GP Awards 2018 are:

1. GP TRAINEE OF THE YEAR

Dr Ahmeda Ali – North-Eastern GP Training Scheme

2. ESTABLISHING GP OF THE YEAR

Dr Anna Foy and Dr Peter Kelly – Greystones Family Doctors

3. PRACTICE MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Georgie Sliney McCormack – Calderwood Family Clinic

4. PRACTICE NURSE OF THE YEAR

Eilish O’Sullivan – Riverside Medical Centre

5. GP TRAINER OF THE YEAR

Dr Jack Keane – Seaholm Surgery, Skerries, Co Dublin

6. BEST GP AND HOSPITAL COLLABORATION

GP Dermatology Top Ten – Dr Rosalind Hughes, Consultant Dermatologist and Dr Roisin Hambly, Specialist Registrar, St Vincent’s University Hospital.

7. INNOVATION IN PRACTICE

SNAP GP – Dr Tommy Lynch

8. SAFETY IN PRACTICE

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND STROKE: ABCD OF AF-STROKE PREVENTION IN GP – Dr Diarmuid Quinlan

9. RURAL PRACTICE OF THE YEAR

Buttevant Medical Centre, Buttevant, Co Cork – Dr Michael Kennedy

10. PATIENTS’ CHOICE AWARD

Dr Eileen O’Connor, Louisburgh Medical Practice, Co Mayo.

11. GP OF THE YEAR

Dr John Latham, Latham Medical Centre, Dublin 8.