IAANMP: Committee news

Welcome to Marcella Gavin, RAMP: New IAANMP committee officer

Welcome to Marcella Gavin, Registered Advanced Midwife Practitioner (RAMP), who has recently joined the IAANMP committee. Marcella is a RAMP at Mayo University Hospital, Castlebar, with extensive experience in maternity care and advanced midwifery practice.

Marcella holds a Higher Diploma in Midwifery from University College Cork, a Master of Health Sciences in Midwifery Practice from Trinity College Dublin and a Master of Health Sciences in Advanced Practice in Midwifery, and a Certificate in Nurse/Midwife Prescribing from the University of Galway.

Marcella is an Adjunct Lecturer in Midwifery at the University of Galway and is actively involved in midwifery education and professional development. Her research interests include maternal decision-making and midwifery-led care, and she has published research on women’s decisions regarding vaginal birth after caesarean section in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (2025). She also contributes to clinical training and education programmes at Mayo University Hospital.

Thank you and best wishes to Luke Sheehan

The IAANMP committee extends its sincere thanks to Luke Sheehan for his dedication and valuable contribution during his time as Committee Officer. His support, professionalism, and involvement have been greatly appreciated throughout his time with the committee. We wish Luke every success as he returns to work in the UK, and in all his future endeavours.

Not one, but two! IAANMP shortlisted for ‘Clinical Team of the Year’ and ‘Healthcare Team of the Year’ at the Irish Healthcare Centre Awards 2026

The IAANMP has been shortlisted for both Clinical Team of the Year (Public) and Healthcare Team of the Year (Community, Primary, and Integrated Care Services) at the Irish Healthcare Centre Awards 2026. This dual recognition reflects the Association’s growing national leadership, its significant impact on healthcare delivery, and its sustained commitment to advancing excellence, innovation, and professional standards in advanced nursing and midwifery practice across Ireland.

The IAANMP is a national professional organisation and clinical healthcare team driving the transformation of patient care across Ireland through the expertise, leadership, and impact of 600 ANMPs.

Our highly skilled members are autonomous clinicians who deliver complete episodes of care across primary, secondary, and tertiary settings, providing expert assessment, diagnosis, prescribing, treatment, and follow-up, and collectively delivering tens of thousands of patient consultations annually.

As senior autonomous clinicians and clinical leaders, IAANMP members are delivering measurable improvements across acute, community, and specialist care settings. Our members’ impact is demonstrated through improved access to timely, expert-led care, reduced pressure on overstretched services, and strengthened clinical outcomes across multiple specialties.

IAANMP members play a major role in reducing waiting times, avoiding hospital admissions, enhancing continuity of care for patients nationwide, and improving health outcomes. Through advanced clinical reasoning, leadership, education, and research, IAANMP ANPs, and AMPs are helping to future-proof healthcare delivery while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and compassion.

Through strategic collaboration with the Department of Health, the HSE, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), academic institutions, and national stakeholders, IAANMP has driven the expansion, recognition, and integration of advanced practice roles as a key solution to healthcare system demands. This has directly supported workforce development, service efficiency, and patient-centred innovation at a national level.

Over its 22-year history, the IAANMP has demonstrated resilience, strategic vision, and a strong collective identity. Its ability to unify a diverse and highly skilled advanced practice membership has enabled it to influence meaningful healthcare reform and respond effectively to evolving system demands.

Being shortlisted for both Healthcare Team of the Year and Clinical Team of the Year highlights the strength of the IAANMP’s collaborative ethos and the dedication of its committee and membership. It reflects an organisation driven by shared purpose, professional integrity, and a clear vision for the continued development of advanced nursing and midwifery practice within a modern, responsive health service.

These shortlistings celebrate not only the achievements of the Association and its 600-strong membership, but also the continuing evolution of advanced nursing and midwifery practice as a cornerstone of high-quality, person-centred healthcare in Ireland, now and into the future.