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National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre #clinicalaudit #patientsafety #qualityimprovement #maternityservices #BehindtheAuditNumbers #Ireland
We acknowledge the families and babies represented in our work and are committed to learn from each case to guide improvements in care.
On Baby Loss Awareness Week, Services of Remembrance will be held across the country, offering families and staff a time to come together, reflect, and remember.🕯️
This week marked #WorldPatientSafetyDay 2025 🌍 and we join @who.int in highlighting risks and solutions in neonatal and child health.
At NPEC, we’re committed to building safer systems, supporting well-informed families, and learning from every case. #PatientSafetyFromTheStart
This week we launched the latest Perinatal Mortality Clinical Audit in Ireland Annual Report 2023.
Access the online full report on our website:
www.ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
🆕📄 Socioeconomic deprivation as a risk factor for stillbirth: a case-control study
✍️ Jessica Keane, Paul Corcoran, Sara Leitao, Joye McKernan, Edel Manning, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social, Richard Greene
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🎉 Congratulations to Imelda Fitzgerald who shared the process to develop a care pathway in maternity services at the South West Nursing & Midwifery Conference and won 🥇 for best poster presentation! A great collaboration with UCC Medicine and Health. 👏
#NPEC #Maternitycare #SWNMConf2025
Proud moment for the NPEC this week! Dr. Orla Sheehan and Ms. Jessica Keane represented our team at the College of Medicine & Health Research Conference 2025 in UCC. 👏
Sharing research, shaping healthcare, making a difference!
📢 Have you used maternity services in Ireland in the last 5 years — or supported someone who has?
We invite you to take part in an anonymous survey on public and patient involvement in maternity clinical audits.
Survey: redcap.link/NPECPPI
We thank the many midwives, obstetricians & staff for their invaluable contribution, providing data for this audit. We also thank the members of the NPEC Several Maternal Morbidity Group.
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Key findings from the latest report on Major Obstetric Haemorrhage in Ireland for the years 2021/2022 are now available: ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
#SeveralMaternalMorbidity #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
Today we are launching the Major Obstetric Haemorrhage Clinical Audit in Ireland report for the years 2021 and 2022.
Full report is now available on our website: ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
#SMM #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
Key note speakers and conference delegates - Dr Andras Kolto, Prof. Peter McHugh, Prof. Philp Dodd, Prof. Colette Kelly, Prof. Martin O’Donnell, Prof Fiona Lyons, Prof. Kaye Wellings & Ruchika Mathur #hprc2025 #sexualhealthpromotion
@hselive.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social
Fiona Lyons gave a great overview at #HPRC2025 of the HSE’s work in sexual health highlighting progress in STI prevention, free home testing, access to contraception, amongst other approaches. #SexualHealthPromotion
26.06.2025 13:54 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Great presentations by @maritahennessy.bsky.social, @lauralinehan.bsky.social and Zara Harnett at #HPRC2025 on the SPRING Project from @pregnancylossie.bsky.social. This project aims to develop teenage-friendly education resources on fertility and pregnancy loss. www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...
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Dr Fiona Mansergh from the Department of Health sharing the new National Sexual Health Strategy at #HPRC2025. Great achievements so far like free contraception, national condom distribution, and access to termination of pregnancy services. #SexualHealthPromotion
26.06.2025 10:35 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Really engaging talk by Kaye Wellings at #HPRC2025 on the evolution of sexual health policy and practice. A fascinating look at how much sexual health promotion has evolved and the challenges that remain. #SexualHealthPromotion
26.06.2025 09:31 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Prof Philip Dodd speaking in front of a large lecture theatre
Professor Philip Dodd - Deputy Chief Medical Officer @roinnslainte.bsky.social - speaking at the opening of #HPRC2025 @galwayhprc.bsky.social
New sexual health strategy 2025-2035: www.gov.ie/en/healthy-i...
Delighted to be attending #HPRC2025 today representing @npec-ucc.bsky.social and alongside @pregnancylossie.bsky.social. Looking forward to the talks about #SexualHealthPromotion and its role in reproductive health.
26.06.2025 08:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Our colleague @escanuelatamara.bsky.social
is attending #HPRC2025 today alongside our colleagues from the Pregnancy Loss Research group. @pregnancylossie.bsky.social
Looking forward to a great day of learning about the work in #SexualHealthPromotion in Ireland.
Dr. Tamara Escanuela Sanchez speaking about the PARTICIPATE Project, national initiative led by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre.
Learn more about this project: www.ucc.ie/en/npec/get-...
#NPEC #Researchday25
Dr. Orla Power presenting on the audit of manual removal of placental practices in the CUMH.
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
Ms. Aine Cait Ni Cheallachain is giving a talk about the Knowledge and awareness of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and endometriosis among university students
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
Ms. Sinead Marie Treacy who is currently in Malawi, Africa undertaking a 4 week medical placement presenting on new mothers' experiences and opinions of breastfeeding supports provided by hospital staff at CUMH.
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
Ms. Kayleigh Lacerda presenting now on the service User experiences in an early pregnancy unit in a tertiary Maternity Hospital in Ireland.
#NPEC #ResearchDay
Kicking off our Research Day 2025 with Dr. Jill Mitchell presenting on the development of an Early Prediction Model for Mortality in Infants Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy
#NPEC #ResearchDay2025
#CAAW25 focuses on AI in clinical audit, we’re highlighting Prof. Richard Greene’s role on the oversight panel of Ireland’s Citizens’ Jury on AI in healthcare.
Read the full article here: www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Delighted to join NWIHP today for the launch of new National Clinical Guidelines in obstetrics, gynaecology & midwifery. These guidelines support safer, more consistent care across areas like IVF, miscarriage, fetal growth, and assisted birth.
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🤖 As #CAAW2025 ends, we reflect on the potential of AI in clinical audits — strengthening how we evaluate and improve care, while balancing innovation with ethics, transparency, and human judgment. A new horizon for quality and safety in healthcare. ✨
#CAAW2025
📊💡The theme of hashtag#CAAW25 is AI in clinical audit, so we played along! We asked ChatGPT how it would help with audits. Here’s the AI’s take 👇
youtu.be/0AzL6vuRyTk
At NPEC, we know the past of clinical audit shapes its future.
To mark #CAAW25 watch “Clinical Audit: A Brief History” by Dr Laura Cronin — exploring how clinical audit began
🎥 youtu.be/5-KCsvv6kR4
#ClinicalAuditAwarenessWeek
WE'RE HIRING! 📢
We are currently recruiting for a Research Assistant (1 year, full-time)
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (ore.ucc.ie) before the 6th of June.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr. Joye McKernan at joye.mckernan@ucc.ie
