Louise Brent
@louisebrent28.bsky.social
Head of Audit Management @noca-irl.bsky.social Interests include: hip fracture, major trauma, falls & QI. PhD Scholar @rcsi-research.bsky.social Views: Own
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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...
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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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@rosespenfold.bsky.social @marywalsh14.bsky.social @eithnesexton.bsky.social @louisebrent28.bsky.social Pamela Hickey Tara Coughlan @ojedathies.bsky.social @antonyjohansen.bsky.social Andrew Hall @amaclullich.bsky.social Niamh O'Regan Catherine Blake @noca-irl.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@rosespenfold.bsky.social @marywalsh14.bsky.social @eithnesexton.bsky.social @louisebrent28.bsky.social Pamela Hickey Tara Coughlan @ojedathies.bsky.social @antonyjohansen.bsky.social Andrew Hall @amaclullich.bsky.social Niamh O'Regan Catherine Blake @noca-irl.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social
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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...
READ IT HERE: www.hqip.org.uk/article-natc...
June 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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...
READ IT HERE: www.hqip.org.uk/article-natc...
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SNAP3 has just published looking at the impact of frailty and multimorbidity on outcomes after surgery in a whole UK sample of older patients. #AnSky #GeriSky #SurgSky @rcoanews.bsky.social @rcoa-cri.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social @bjajournals.bsky.social @claireswarbrick.bsky.social
Postoperative outcomes in older patients living with frailty and multimorbidity in the UK: SNAP-3, a snapshot observational study - PubMed
SNAP-3 highlights the impact of frailty on postoperative outcomes. Multimorbidity had less impact, with an effect on postoperative morbidity the only one to have strong statistical evidence. The impac...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
June 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
SNAP3 has just published looking at the impact of frailty and multimorbidity on outcomes after surgery in a whole UK sample of older patients. #AnSky #GeriSky #SurgSky @rcoanews.bsky.social @rcoa-cri.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social @bjajournals.bsky.social @claireswarbrick.bsky.social
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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
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
June 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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
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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🚨 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
📅 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
May 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🚨 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
📅 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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🎉 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
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
June 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🎉 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
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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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
Topics: EHDS, innovations, AI, benchmarking, & more.
Speakers: Collette Tully, Dr Rob Tollenaar, Dr Philip Crowley
#CAAW25
🗓️ Tomorrow: NOCA and DICA in Conversation – Exploring the Future of Clinical Audit (11:00–12:00).
Leaders from Ireland and the Netherlands discuss innovation, impact & the role of clinical audit shaping better healthcare. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #CAAW25 #ClinicalAudit
Leaders from Ireland and the Netherlands discuss innovation, impact & the role of clinical audit shaping better healthcare. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #CAAW25 #ClinicalAudit
June 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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
Topics: EHDS, innovations, AI, benchmarking, & more.
Speakers: Collette Tully, Dr Rob Tollenaar, Dr Philip Crowley
#CAAW25
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☕ 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
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
June 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
☕ 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
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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📢 Reminder - The Irish National ICU Audit National Report 2023 launches this Wednesday at 10am.
🖥️ Join the webinar to explore critical care insights from across Ireland.
🔗 Register now: www.noca.ie/news-events/... #ICUAuditIre #CriticalCare #ClinicalAudit
🖥️ Join the webinar to explore critical care insights from across Ireland.
🔗 Register now: www.noca.ie/news-events/... #ICUAuditIre #CriticalCare #ClinicalAudit
May 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
📢 Reminder - The Irish National ICU Audit National Report 2023 launches this Wednesday at 10am.
🖥️ Join the webinar to explore critical care insights from across Ireland.
🔗 Register now: www.noca.ie/news-events/... #ICUAuditIre #CriticalCare #ClinicalAudit
🖥️ Join the webinar to explore critical care insights from across Ireland.
🔗 Register now: www.noca.ie/news-events/... #ICUAuditIre #CriticalCare #ClinicalAudit
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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
🔗 www.noca.ie/audits/irish... #UnderstandTogether
May 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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
🔗 www.noca.ie/audits/irish... #UnderstandTogether
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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
May 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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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📢 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
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
May 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📢 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
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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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
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
May 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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
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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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
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
May 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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
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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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...
Want to find out more about #CAAW25 and the Clinical Audit Awareness Week 2025?
Click here: www.hqip.org.uk/clinical-aud...
May 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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...
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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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
Thank you to everyone involved in making this possible. #INOR
May 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
Thank you to everyone involved in making this possible. #INOR
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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
May 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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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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
May 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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
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
Inspirational morning at this FLS event. Learning from NZ:
- Build a national coalition of the willing.
- Explore a national injury prevention entity.
- Audit what exists and build roadmap.
Lots of work done and lots to build on for fractures across the board in 🇮🇪! @louisebrent28.bsky.social
- Build a national coalition of the willing.
- Explore a national injury prevention entity.
- Audit what exists and build roadmap.
Lots of work done and lots to build on for fractures across the board in 🇮🇪! @louisebrent28.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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
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
April 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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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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!
March 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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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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!
Dr Mary Walsh presents the HSeLanD Training Module: “Enhancing Individual Recovery after Hip Fracture”. It aims to support healthcare staff in optimising recovery for patients in the weeks and months following a hip fracture. Available via www.hseland.ie in the coming weeks @marywalsh14.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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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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
March 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
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
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
NOCA are delighted to present a patient education video: Supporting your hip fracture recovery journey. The aim of this video is to empower patients with knowledge of what to expect during their recovery from hip fracture. 🔗 vimeo.com/noca/hipfrac... #HipFORGE #IHFD @marywalsh14.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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
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