Karen Charnley joins judging panel for Private Healthcare Awards 2026

Karen Charnley, CEO of the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care, joins the judging panel for the Private Healthcare Awards 2026, bringing senior leadership experience spanning healthcare, housing, economic development, and offender management to the evaluation process. As head of an organisation coordinating 27 member institutions across the island of Ireland, Charnley contributes a commanding understanding of integrated care delivery, palliative care policy, and patient-centred outcomes to the awards programme.

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McCarthy Insurance Group and Irish Life Health shortlisted for Best Collaboration Project at Private Healthcare Awards 2025

In a rewind to the Private Healthcare Awards 2025, McCarthy Insurance Group and Irish Life Health were shortlisted for the Best Collaboration Project category, recognised for a provider-insurer partnership built around ensuring joint members received appropriate and comprehensive healthcare coverage through close and deliberate collaboration. As the Private Healthcare Awards 2026 draws closer, the partnership's demonstration that genuine alignment between insurer and provider produces better outcomes for members sets a meaningful benchmark for the collaborations now entering the next awards cycle.

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Private Healthcare Awards 2026 now accepting entries

Entries are now open for the Private Healthcare Awards 2026, with Ireland's private healthcare sector invited to submit across 30 categories ahead of the 3 July deadline. Winners will be announced at the awards gala on 2 October 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, where the sector's most outstanding achievements will be celebrated before hundreds of senior executives.

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Private Healthcare Awards 2026

October 2nd, 2026

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry

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