Scholarstown Family Practice shortlisted for Excellence in Patient Care at Private Healthcare Awards 2025

Scholarstown Family Practice was shortlisted for the Excellence in Patient Care category at the Private Healthcare Awards 2025, earning its place on the shortlist last year through a clinically rigorous study that assessed the real-world impact of its ANP menopause clinic on patient quality of life and symptom burden before and after treatment.

Grounded in a formal research methodology, the practice used a menopause symptom assessment tool to capture patient-reported data at two points in the care pathway, analysing the results through both Excel-based analysis and a two-tailed paired t-test to produce findings that met the threshold of statistical significance. The approach reflected a determination to move beyond anecdotal measures of care quality and hold the clinic's outcomes to an evidential standard.

The rigour applied to that evaluation process underpinned the strength of the submission. By designing a care initiative capable of withstanding formal statistical scrutiny, Scholarstown Family Practice demonstrated that excellence in patient care and excellence in clinical accountability were not separate ambitions but a single integrated commitment to the women the clinic served.

The Excellence in Patient Care shortlist positioned Scholarstown Family Practice among providers the judging panel regarded as advancing the standard of primary care in Ireland — practices where patient-centric innovation was supported by the kind of structured evidence gathering that turns good clinical intentions into verifiable, reproducible outcomes.

As the Private Healthcare Awards 2026 approaches, the question for Ireland's primary care community is which practices will demonstrate that meaningful patient impact and clinical rigour can be pursued together with equal conviction. Who will carry that standard forward into the next cycle?

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