Monthly Archives: July, 2017

Dr. Urmas Sule, HOPE Governor for Estonia chaired the second session of country presentations. Finland, National Coordinator, Mrs. Hannele Häkkinen. The presenters were Marlies Strempfl, Melanie Watzinger, Stephan Granat, Constantinos Papantoniou, Petros Katsioloudes, Laura Sweeney, Nikita Bezborodovs, Guida Martins, Patricia Pacheco, Rosário Sepúlveda, Diego Llorente Pardo, Juan Rodriguez Solis, María José Cantero Sánchez. Sonia Gutierrez Gabriel, Moniek Vogelsang, Roelie Schenkel, Linda Harrington, Sarah Cadlock and Teodora Todorova.

Germany, National Coordinator, Mr. Peer Kopf. The presenters were Ursula Kerschbaum, Karin Figl, Guila Marin, Marrion Joseph, Timo Alalääkkölä, Kristjan Kongi, Marrion Joseph, Marianne Schild, Isabel Sastre and Aleksandra Legeza.

Estonia, National Coordinator, Mrs. Hedy Eeriksoo. The presenters were Antje Kreisel, NL, Dr. Dolores Marin-Morales, ES and Dr. Daniela Lobin, GER.

Portugal – National Coordinator, Mr. Francisco Antonio Matoso. The presenters were Anna Aller Blanco, Spain, Arkadiusz Makoski, Poland, Amelia Da Silva Bigot France, Gillian Southgate, UK, Eva Cela, Latvia and Lone Larsen. Sweden.

Latvia, National Coordinator, Mrs. Evija Palceja. The presenters were Mr. Jisk Vellenga, Nrs, Margarete Karin, Mrs. Melanie Waltz and Mr. Victor Fradejas.

Italy, National Coordinator, Dr. Amleto Catari. Presenters - Varpu Puskala and Julio C Santos Pastor.

The winners of the Country Presentations were Finland, first, Denmark, second and Sweden third.

One of the basic objectives of HOPE, is to promote exchange of knowledge and expertise within the European Union and to provide training and experience for hospital and healthcare professionals in this European context, writes Caroline O’Regan.

Heath Minister, Mr. Simon Harris says he intends to move ahead with the establishment of a HSE Board and will publish the necessary legislation this year.

The provision of universal healthcare for all and the abolition of private practice in the country’s public hospitals - to ensure equal access to public hospital services for public and private patients – is the basic recommendation of the Oireachtas Healthcare Report. Maureen Browne reports.

The key recommendation of the Oireachtas Report are:

The new National Cancer Strategy, 2017 – 2026 will cost €100 million a year over the next 10 years, according to Health Minister, Simon Harris, who said he would seek the funding on an incremental basis as part of the budget estimates process. Maureen Browne reports.

Trinity College Dublin and St. James’s Hospital jointly welcomed the announcement of the national cancer strategy and the key role that a new comprehensive cancer centre will have as part of its delivery, writes Maureen Browne.

Only one third of eligible healthcare workers availed of the ‘flu vaccine this year, according to the third annual report of the National Healthcare Quality Reporting System (NHQRS), which detailed the trend in immunisation rates against influenza among HCWs in participating hospitals over the past 6 years. Maureen Browne reports.

In medieval Ireland, social status was very important but, in some ways, society was also remarkably inclusive then, writes Denis Doherty.

The future of healthcare is constantly debated by politicians, policy makers, academics and clinicians. No one has the answer as to how to organise healthcare, pay for it and ensure that the citizens receive what they require to lead full and healthy lives, writes Dr. Peter Lachman.

Managers need training in health and well being and should be able to recognise and deal with their own stress and stress among their staff, according to Dr. Lynda Sisson, HSE National Clinical Lead for Workplace Health and Well Being for health service employees. Maureen Browne reports.

Tallaght Hospital has become the first public hospital in Ireland to pilot a new, minimally invasive technology to treat Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), commonly known as an enlarged prostate gland.

The management of sepsis is a marker of the quality of acute care in the Irish health service. Sepsis accounts for 2 - 4% in-patient cases but contributes to 20% of in-hospital deaths.1 Early recognition and treatment can result in significant reductions in morbidity, mortality and bed days used, write Dr Vida Hamilton, National Sepsis Clinical Lead and Christina Doyle, Project Manager.

This month the HSE has launched a new LGBTI and Allies Network for its employees, to help promote inclusiveness in the workplace, writes Maureen Browne.