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New Chair for HSE Board

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Mr Ciarán Devane is the Minister for Health’s designated Chairperson for the Board of the HSE, following a Public Appointments Service campaign to identify...

National Centralised Validation Unit

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According to published National Data there are record numbers of patients in Ireland on either on Inpatient, Day case or Outpatient waiting lists. A...

New CEO, Mental Health Commission

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Mr John Farrelly has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Mental Health Commission and takes up the post on October 30 next. Mr Farrelly...

Children’s Health Ireland

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The Children’s Health Bill 2018, which has been published, provides for the establishment of a single statutory entity, Children’s Health Ireland to provide paediatric...

Bill clarifies legal parents of DAHR babies

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The parents of a child born as a result of a donor-assisted human reproduction (DAHR) procedure will be the mother, (the woman who gave...

Over 50,000 patients seen in TUH Adult ED

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Tallaght University Hospital had an increase in emergency activity in 2017, with attendance to the adult ED exceeding 50,000 patients for the first time...

HIQA inspection of reusable medical device decontamination

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HIQA has begun inspecting how public acute hospitals are decontaminating and reprocessing reusable medical devices. To give hospitals and the public an overview of the...

Record number of people waiting for hospital treatment

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A record number of more than 718,000 people were on hospital waiting lists at the end of August, according to the latest figures released...

€13m invested in acute healthcare in the border regions

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On May18, the CAWT (Co-operation & Working Together) led Interreg VA Acute Project was formally launched at Letterkenny University Hospital, writes Seán Murphy, Chair...

EU investment in border health and well-being hubs

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A four year, €5.01 million project for the development of a network of Locality Health and Well-being Hubs in the border regions of the...

Ageing Population a Time Bomb for Surgical Services

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Ireland’s health system was facing a demographic time bomb which would have serious consequences for the delivery surgical services if not addressed now, according...

Merit award for herculean efforts

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Members of the Tallaght University Hospital Dialysis Team who received a Special Merit Award from the hospital for their work to keep services going...

Special CEO Awards

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Rev. John Kelly, Head of Pastoral Care and Joanne Coffey, Communications Manager at Tallaght University Hospital have received special CEO awards which recognised individuals...

Project Search Interns Graduate at Naas General Hospital

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Naas General Hospital recently held a graduation ceremony for the Project Search interns who had completed the programme at the hospital. At the ceremony...

New Bill provides for mandatory open disclosure

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The Government has given approval for the Patient Safety Bill, which for the first time will provide in law for mandatory open disclosure in...

€6.466m from Dormant Accounts for Health Projects

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A total of €6.466 million has been made available for health projects from the Dormant Accounts Fund. The money has been allocated as follows: Community...

Forty five per cent have private health insurance

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The number of people with private health insurance in Ireland increased to 2.17 million, or 45% of the population, on December 31, 2017, according...

Healthy Ireland Strengthened

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To strengthen the Healthy Ireland programme, the Government has approved the publication of an Outcomes Framework for Healthy Ireland and the establishment of an...

Your Opinion Counts

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There are just a few days left to complete the national HSE Staff Engagement Survey, Your Opinion Counts, which is now being carried out...

HIQA begins inspecting maternity units

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HIQA has begun unannounced inspections of all nineteen maternity hospitals and maternity units in public acute hospitals to assess the implementation of the National...
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