Launching the awards with Enda Connolly, Chief Executive at the HRB; Professor David Vaughan, Directorate of Quality and Clinical Care at the Health Service Executive said,

'We recognise that research is central to driving innovation in health care. We have worked with the HRB on this initiative specifically because we want to build research pathways for health practitioners across the health service. Replacing these clinicians' patient facing time to maintain the existing quality of care has been central to the success of making these awards a reality in the hospitals.'

The full press release is available at the link below and contains lay summaries of the eleven new awards.