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Three private healthcare clinics locally have picked up awards at the inaugural Private Healthcare Excellence Awards, which took place in Belfast recently.
Newry Private Clinic won Medical Clinic of the Year while Gentle Dental & Implant Clinic in Warrenpoint won both Dental Practice of the Year and Excellence in Patient Care in the Cosmetic Dental category. Dr Finbar’s Skin Clinic based in Camlough also won Dermatology Clinic of the Year.
Campbell Murphy and Dr Finbar with Natasha Hayes from category partner, Church
Pharmacy picking up the award for Dermatology Practice of the Year.
The local clinics fought off competition from healthcare providers from across the island of Ireland, with winners decided by a panel of independent medical and business professionals who sat on the judging panel, chaired by Dr Tom Black.
The Awards recognised the exceptional clinics, practitioners, service providers and private hospitals providing outstanding care throughout Ireland.
Vhi picked up the award for Excellence in Patient Care while Mark Regan, CEO of Kingsbridge Healthcare Group, was also recognised for his outstanding contribution to the healthcare sector across the island of Ireland.
The Private Healthcare Excellence Awards were founded by NHS GP and owner of two private health clinics, Dr Carla Devlin and Sarah Weir, Managing Director of Weir Events, with expert guidance from clinical advisor Dr Jenny Addley.
Dr Devlin commented; “We set up the Awards to facilitate collaborative, cross border shared learning opportunities, and help shine a light on practices and individuals who are delivering outstanding care and sharing improved medical knowledge North and South of Ireland.
Dental & Implant Clinic with one of their two awards of the night.
The judging panel was made up of healthcare professionals and leaders within their respective fields including: Professor Ken Addley OBE MD, Dr Tom Black FRCGP, Dr Tham, Professor Rita Devlin, Mark Taylor, Dr Nick Young, Dr Aideen Keaney, and Dr Joe McEnhill. Also on the panel from the health and business sector was Amy Kelly, Chief Operating Officer at Crohn’s & Colitis Ireland; Suzi Murtagh, Principal Product Leader at Allstate and John Healy OBE, Chair at Invest NI.
Chair of the panel, Dr Tom Black FRCGP says it was an educational opportunity for all in the industry to learn about innovations, services and facilities for even more collaboration in the future.
“As we have witnessed throughout this process and for many years previous, there should never be borders when it comes to access to healthcare, and all of our finalists and winners tonight have shown their commitment to working with their local NHS and HSE colleagues to provide a robust service that is driven by patient care.”
Sarah Weir, MD at Weir events added; “On behalf of myself and fellow co-founder, I would like to say a huge congratulations to all of our finalists, highly commended and winners from Saturday night. We are delighted to highlight their professionalism and passion for their services and patients and are proud to bring the incredible care they bring to millions of patients each year into focus."
The Awards were supported by gold partner, Carson McDowell; event partner, Ebrington Medical and category partners, Visit Belfast, Church Pharmacy , Body Talk Live, Berkeley Healthcare Group and S3 Creative.
The awards were hosted by Pamela Ballantine MBE, with a stand up set from comedian and broadcaster, Andrew Ryan, while a DJ set from Q Radio’s Ibe Sesay rounded off the evening.
