Monthly Archives: March, 2017

Medication Safety Resources Needed

The first HIQA reports on medication safety in public acute hospitals in Ireland have found that where effective medication safety governance arrangements were in...

A mug full of tar in your lungs

A mug full of tar  - which contains toxic chemicals that cause cancer - builds up in the lungs of a 20 a day...

Innovation Award For Holles Street

The National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street’s Community Midwifery Team has won first prize for innovation in practice at the British Journal of Midwifery Practice...

Prevalence of legal and illegal drug use

Recent use of any illegal drug -  at 12% -  was highest in the area covered by South and West Dublin City, South County...

Supervised Injecting Facilities

The Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017, which would enable the Minister of Health to issue a licence, with conditions, to operate...

Ireland’s Organ Transplants

A total of 280 organ transplants were carried out during 2016 - the second highest yearly number to date. There were 50 living donor transplants...

New National Maternity Hospital

A planning application for the new National Maternity Hospital on the campus of St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin, has been lodged with An...

New service for people with autism

A new service for people with autism has been opened at Botanic Avenue in Glasnevin, Dublin. Botanic Horizons is run by Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiatives...

Cannabis-Based Treatments

Minister for Health, Simon Harris has decided to establish a compassionate access programme for cannabis-based treatments. The Minister made the announcement when he published the...

Plan needed for emergency ambulance services

While progress had been made in pre-hospital emergency care provision in Ireland, serious issues remained in the organisation of these services in the Dublin...

Love Life Love Walking

Staff of Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, took part in the Love Life Love Walking Event, a collaboration between the HSE, Healthy Ireland and...

Medical cards for children with disability

Medical cards for children with disability

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