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Summer school bursary fund

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The All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care is offering two bursaries worth €2,000 each for those interested in attending the week long palliative and end-of-life care International Research Summer School at the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom from June 18 – 22, 2012.

Improved facilities for cancer patients

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Improved facilities for the treatment of cancer patients attending Beaumont Hospital, Dublin have been officially opened by Dr. Susan O’Reilly, Director of the HSE National Cancer Control Programme.

AMP to be introduced in 18 sites

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The Acute Medicine Programme is to be introduced in at least 18 hospitals this year and in all other hospitals next year, according to the Department of Health. Its target is to save 500,000 bed days used (BDUs), which is equivalent to 1,300 beds.

Changes to the Board of the HSE

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Health Minister, Dr. James Reilly has announced a series of changes to the Board of the HSE. The announcement involves the appointment of three new board members and the re-appointment of Mr. Brian Gilroy, who has left the HSE.

National Paediatric Hospital Review Group

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Health Minister, Dr. James Reilly has announced the make up of the Review Group to consider the decision of An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for the proposed construction of a national paediatric hospital on the site of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. The nine person group will be chaired by Dr Frank Dolphin.

How to get results from programme management

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The development of a Responsibility Chart is one of the most important activities during the development of a Programme Plan, advises Conor Hannaway.

Building accountabilty and avoiding blame

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Accountability is not a consequence to be feared, but the engine to personal growth, shared results and collective success, writes Keith McCarthy.

Diary of events

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Some upcoming dates for your diary.

President’s message

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Take the stranglehold off local management

Managers fear they will be unable to deliver

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A HMI survey has revealed that senior health managers are concerned that in the wake of the February staff departures they may be unable to deliver specific services, including some statutory services, writes Maureen Browne

Uncertainty and confusion on way forward

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One month into the new year, senior health managers are plunged into uncertainty over slashed budgets, funding February’s exit package and the challenges of continuing to provide safe, sustainable services following the departure of thousands of staff, writes Maureen Browne

Will health service be found like Marie Celeste?

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Like the ghostly Marie Celeste, the Irish health service could be found drifting, with a depleted crew or no crew at all and people will wonder why this happened, writes Maureen Browne

Intellectual disability services will be cut in 2012

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Over the last four years, service providers have done everything possible to prevent cuts impacting on individuals with intellectual disability and their families, but more cuts will make it impossible to protect all frontline services in future, writes Maureen Browne

Managing healthcare’s information overload

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With the continuing maturation of electronic medical records and telemedicine, the worlds of health care and information technology are now coming together at warp speed to create an aligned, integrated galaxy unlike any other in the universe of high-tech businesses, writes Michael Dowling

How much is a life worth?

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Health managers were asked how much they thought a life was worth and how much they thought additional months of life were worth, at the HMI Forum, organised by HMI West. Maureen Browne reports

Does the public think Croke Park is delivering?

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The vast majority of the large crowd of senior managers who attended the HMI West Forum in Merlin Park Hospital in Galway believed the public did not think that the Croke Park Agreement had delivered, although they themselves thought it was delivering on its very challenging objectives in a number of areas

A new legal provision for living wills

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While Advance Decisions (more commonly known as Advance Care Directives or Living Wills) are legally persuasive, they are not legally binding in Ireland, but a new Bill - The Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012 - will provide the first legal framework to facilitate their making and to provide for their effect, write Rebecca Ryan and Paul Clifford

Assessing technology clinical benefits

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In the current economic climate, health technology assessment (HTA) plays a vital public-interest role. New clinical effectiveness guidelines published recently by HIQA can contribute to better technology assessment and thereby help deliver safer better healthcare to the public, writes Martin Flattery

Special Delivery Unit Appointment

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Appointment to the Special Delivery Unit

New Management Arrangements

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Two new CEOs have been appointed to two groups of hospitals in the West and Mid West for a three year period, under new management arrangements
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