Monthly Archives: September, 2021

Child protection social workers have to walk a very narrow line between protecting children in their families and protecting them from their families. Well documented scandals have involved the failures of social workers to intervene soon enough, if at all - and failures involving premature or draconian interventions which were subsequently found to be unwarranted. While doctors differ and patients die, there is a public expectation that social workers will protect all of the children all of the time.

Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, is to get a major capital investment under the Health Capital Plan. This is the first major investment in Beaumont Hospital  since...

The HSE will spend over €983 million developing healthcare facilities across the country this year, according to the HSE Capital Plan for 2021, which was approved...

More than ever it was clear that we needed to streamline our management processes to allow more decisions to be made by the right...

Life expectancy in Ireland is now above the EU average, demonstrating the success achieved in supporting people to maintain good health as well as providing access...

There were over 60,000 referrals to community intervention teams in 2020, (32% greater than expected activity), according to the HSE Annual Report for the year. BowelScreen launched...

The HSE received revenue funding from the DoH of €19.451 billion for the provision of health and social care services in 2020.  This included the...

There were 886 patients treated every 24 hours in Tallaght University Hospital in 2020, according to the hospital’s annual report for the year. The average age of...

Significant progress has been has been made in establishing the first comprehensive Cancer Institute on the island of Ireland, integrating innovative science and medicine in the treatment and prevention of...

Ireland’s ageing, neglected and understaffed mental health facilities meant that many mentally ill people were living in or receiving treatment in unsuitable, run-down approved centres and we were...

The Mental Health Commission is reviewing the rules of seclusionin approved mental care centres and is also concerned that the level of compliance with individual care planning in the centres remans...

A five year strategy for the development of Emergency Medicine in Ireland has been drawn up by the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine. The Association...

Tallaght University Hospital has opened a new Oncology Day Unit, developed with the support of the Tallaght University Hospital Foundation (TUHF). The new unit is located within the hospital, in...

While the Irish hospital system adapted swiftly to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, reoccurring underlying issues of concern relating to non-compliance with national standards...

Croí, the heart disease and stroke charity based in Galway, has become the first Irish organisation to be accredited by the European Association of...

The HSE is progressing  the recommendation that ADA -SCID (Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency - Severe Combined Immunodeficiency) be added to the list of conditions screened as part...

The Bon Secours Hospital Cork has opened a dedicated Paediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, the first of its kind in the Munster region and the first private unit...

An art protect, ‘Bravery and Courage of Children' was recently donated to the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. The series of artworks by fourth class students at Portarlington...

A new mobile health service has been introduced for all parts of Cork and Kerry in order to make support, information and interventions around...

Clare is providing a blueprint for the roll out of Lymphoedema Specialist Clinics across the country, with the first service of its kind in primary care...