The Irish Association of Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioners (IAANMP) has been shortlisted for Clinical Team of the Year at the Irish Healthcare Centre Awards 2026, a significant national recognition that reflects the Association’s leadership, influence, and sustained contribution to the advancement of advanced nursing and midwifery practice in Ireland.
Representing a professional community of 600 members, IAANMP plays a pivotal role in supporting, representing, and promoting the work of Advanced Nurse and Midwife Practitioners across Ireland. The Association brings together highly skilled advanced practitioners who provide care across primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare settings. Collectively, our members deliver tens of thousands of patient consultations each year, offering expert assessment, diagnosis, prescribing, treatment, referral, and follow-up. Their work provides timely access to care, improves patient outcomes, and helps ease pressure on an overstretched health system.
This prestigious nomination reflects the collective achievements of the Association’s ANPs and AMPs, whose clinical expertise, autonomy, and advanced decision-making are central to the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centred care throughout the health system. It also recognises the IAANMP’s leadership in promoting advanced practice, strengthening professional identity, and providing a strong, unified national voice for ANPs and AMPs at a time of significant transformation within Irish healthcare.
Over the past year, the IAANMP has demonstrably expanded its national impact through strategic collaboration with key stakeholders, targeted advocacy at policy and service levels, and the development of professional and academic initiatives that support the sustainability and evolution of advanced practice roles. The Association has been central in articulating the value of advanced practitioners in addressing national service priorities, including improving access to care, supporting service redesign, and responding to increasing population health complexity.
As senior autonomous clinicians and clinical leaders, ANPs and AMPs are delivering measurable improvements across acute, community, and specialist care settings. Our practice contributes directly to reduced waiting times, improved continuity of care, enhanced patient experience, and better health outcomes. Through advanced clinical reasoning, leadership, education, and research, we are helping to future-proof healthcare delivery while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and compassion.
Being shortlisted for Clinical Team of the Year highlights the strength of the IAANMP’s collaborative ethos, the dedication and professionalism of its committee and membership, and the Association’s unwavering commitment to advancing clinical excellence, leadership, and innovation within nursing and midwifery. It reflects an organisation driven by shared purpose, professional integrity, and a clear vision for the role of advanced practice within a modern, responsive health service. This nomination celebrates not only the achievements of the Association, but the ongoing evolution of advanced nursing and midwifery practice as a cornerstone of high-quality, person-centered healthcare in Ireland, now and into the future.
