Opportunity for a National Innovation Fellowship with the HSE Spark Innovation Programme!
Application deadline: 5pm 16 Jan 2026.
💡Info webinar @ 1pm Friday 9th Jan 2026 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d1ee2d...
📩Apply online : healthservice.hse.ie/staff/spark-...
Breaking News! Spark Impact 2026 is live!
Avail of €5,000–€90,000 to bring your innovation to life.
📅 Key Dates:
🗓️ Info Webinar (HSE & Sec 38): Nov 20, 1 PM
💡 Design Thinking Workshops: Dec 10 & 17
⏰ Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
🔗 More info & apply: www.hse.ie/spark
These aren’t just ideas — they’re co-designed with frontline staff to make a real difference.
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🔹 Conan Connaughton – AdrenaPod 🔹 Matthew Byrne – MediMatch 🔹 Zoe O'Sullivan – Lymphia 🔹 Shania Taite – Saorla 🔹 Edward Mulrooney – The Third Space 🔹 Amber O’Hagan – The Lotus
Meet the 2025 finalists 👇 🔹 Leah Shanahan – AMY 🔹 Caitlin Ryan Desmond – Smarter Airway Securement 🔹 Isabelle Bentley Curran – Elithiya 🔹 Niamh Flanagan – I.Venture 🔹 Alan Grincell – Perinatal Bereavement Care 🔹 Derek Beegan – Stretch Ease
🛠️ What is DOTFL?
The Design on the Frontline Student Scholarship is a national HSE Spark initiative that pairs design students with frontline healthcare staff to co-create solutions to real clinical challenges.
Each scholar receives a bursary 💡
🎉 The #DOTFL2025 National Showcase is happening today!
12 student scholars. 12 powerful innovations.
Real-world healthcare challenges, reimagined through design.
Let’s celebrate the future of Irish healthcare. 🇮🇪
#HSEspark #HealthcareInnovation #DesignForImpact
🚨 Speaker Announcement | Spark Summit 2025 🚨
We are thrilled to welcome Catherine Marsh, National Nursing & Midwifery Innovation Fellow, as a speaker at Spark Summit 2025, taking place on 11 June 2025 at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre
Registration details at: investnet.ie/spark-summit25
🌟 Innovators of the Month: Jessie Ryan & Fiona Lucey 🌟
Jessie & Fiona, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists at UHL, are transforming Vestibular Rehabilitation with a digital platform using head sensor tech for remote rehab, improving outcomes and reducing travel. Congrats 👏
🚨 Speaker Announcement | Spark Summit 2025 🚨
We’re pleased to welcome Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Health as a distinguished speaker at Spark Summit 2025 on 11 June at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre
Full speaker lineup & Registration details: investnet.ie/spark-summit25
🚨 Speaker Announcement | Spark Summit 2025 🚨
We are honoured to welcome Bernard Gloster, CEO of the HSE as a keynote speaker at Spark Summit 2025, on 11 June at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre
Full speaker lineup & Registration details: investnet.ie/spark-summit25
🚨 Speaker Announcement | Spark Summit 2025🚨
We’re thrilled to welcome Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, Minister for Health to Spark Summit 2025 on 11 June at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre
Full speaker lineup & Registration details: www.investnet.ie/spark-summit25
Deadline Extended!🎉
Exciting news – the deadline for the Bright Spark Awards and Poster Presentations as part of Spark Summit '25 has been extended to 2nd May 2025!
⏩ Submit your Poster : hse-ie.libwizard.com/id/a716cc870...
⏩ Bright Spark Awards:
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📢 Applications Open for Spark Summit 2025 Poster Presentations! ✨
Submit your innovative projects now.
⏩ Apply: hse-ie.libwizard.com/id/a716cc870...
⏳ Deadline: 18th April 2025
⏰ Get tickets for the Summit: www.eventbrite.ie/e/spark-summ...
Watch 2024 highlights: youtu.be/126AVa8pX7w
🚀 Excitement is Building! 🚀
Today’s sessions focus on:
🔹 Cancer Care – Innovating patient outcomes.
🔹 Patient Flow – Optimising efficiency.
Thanks to our judges and good luck to all applicants! 🎉
📢 Tag your team, share the momentum, and champion innovation!
🚀 Spark Impact Pitching Starts Friday! 🚀
Today marks the final pitching day, featuring groundbreaking healthcare innovations. Big thanks to our applicants and judges!
📢 Tag colleagues and share the excitement!
🌟 HSE Spark Impact – Day 2🌟
Today, our innovators pitch their digital projects for a chance at the Spark Impact Award! 🚀💡 Congrats to all for making it this far - good luck! 🍀👏
Thank you to our judges for their time and expertise. Stay tuned for the exciting pitches! 🎉
🚀 Sessions 2 & 3 of Spark Impact Pitching Day 1 are here, focusing on AI, Automation & Productivity!
Excited to see innovative ideas transforming healthcare with tech and AI. Let’s support and celebrate these visionary projects!
👏 Good luck to all applicants! #HealthInnovation #AI #Automation
📣 Day 1 of the Spark Impact Pitching Sessions is here, focusing on Older Persons' Services!
Congrats to all applicants for your inspiring innovations in healthcare! Let’s keep supporting and celebrating these amazing projects.
#HealthcareInnovation #HSE #OlderPersonsServices
🚨 Spark Summit 2025 – Register Now!🚨
📅 11 June 2025 |
🕘 9 AM - 5 PM
📍 Venue: Dublin Royal Convention Centre, D08 E6PD
Join Ireland’s leading healthcare innovation event! Connect with experts, explore new ideas, and shape the future of healthcare.
🎟 Register Here
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🚀 Another Spark Seed Pitching Day! 🚀
We're back for another exciting Spark Seed Pitching Event, showcasing more innovation! 💡✨
This week has been inspiring, with healthcare innovators across the country showing creativity and dedication to improving patient care.
The #HSESpark Innovation Network Meeting was a huge success today, buzzing with energy! ⚡ Thanks to all our presenters for sharing their expertise and innovative projects.
Today was all about collaboration and making an impact in patient care. Let’s keep the momentum going! 🚀
Amazing day at the Spark Seed Pitching Event yesterday 🌟
Thanks to all participants for sharing game-changing ideas to improve healthcare.
✨ Here are the highlights!
🌟 Are You Ready for our Spark Seed Pitching Day today?
We are excited to hear some wonderful pitches from the frontline.
✨ Spark Newsletter – Issue 1: 2025 ✨
📥 Download the Newsletter to explore:
•Spark Impact 2025: Deadline 17th Feb
•Spark Ignite 2025: Launching 24th Feb
•Bright Spark Awards
•Spark Seed: Funding
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We are pleased to announce that Muthu Thangaramanujam, our National HSCP Innovation Fellow, represented HSE Spark Innovation Programme at an informational lecture for Health & Social Care Professionals (HSCPs) held today at the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) in Dublin.
📢 Great News! 📢
Due to high demand, we’re extending the Spark Impact 2025 application deadline! 🎉
🚀 This is your chance to bring your innovative idea to life and make a real impact in healthcare.
🔹 New Deadline: 🕔 5PM | Monday, 17th February
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We are excited to invite Consultants to a webinar on the Public Only Consultant Contract (POCC) Innovation Fund
📅 Date: Thursday, 20 February 2025
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM GMT
📍 Location: Online (Microsoft Teams)
📩 To register, email cif@hse.ie and receive the link.
We were delighted to see our HSE Spark Innovation Programme Fellow Muthu Thangaramanujam represent us at the Health & Social Care Professionals Education & Networking Event at University Hospital Limerick
#HSESpark #Health #Innovation #Ireland
The #HSESpark Impact initiative provides funding ranging from €5,000 to €90,000 to support innovative projects that can deliver real change. Listen to Siobhan Power, National Innovation Fellow with the HSE Spark Innovation Programme below to find out more!
