Monthly Archives: June, 2022

CEO of Peamount Healthcare

Tanya King has been appointed CEO of Peamount Healthcare in Dublin. Tanya has extensive experience working in senior leadership roles in the health service. Following...

Chair of Mental Health Commission

Dr John Hillery has been appointed as Chair of the Board of the Mental Health Commission by Minister for Mental Health & Older People,...

New IPU Secretary General

Sharon Foley is to become the new Secretary General of Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU). She will take up her new post in August 2022. She was Chief...

A catch up programme for HPV vaccination

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has asked the HSE to prepare to operationalise a programme that would provide for all girls and boys in secondary...

An Taoiseach presents 2022 Science Medal to distinguished Irish born researcher

An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD presented the 2022 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) St Patrick’s Day Science Medal to Limerick-born Prof Donald McDonnell, Associate Director for...

Interim CEO for St. Vincent’s University Hospital

Michele Tait has been appointed Interim Chief Executive at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin. She was previously Director of Operations at the hospital, Head of...

Pharmacy Team of the Year

St. Vincent's Private Hospital, Dublin has won the 'Pharmacy Team of year’ category at European level for 2022. These awards are a European initiative...

Interim CEO of Mental Health Reform

Róisín Clarke has been appointed interim CEO of Mental Health Reform.Róisín joins MHR, with over 20 years’ experience in the healthcare and charity sectors.Fiona Coyle,...

HSE National Immunisation Office wins IT Project of the Year

The National Immunisation Office (NIO) received IT Project of the Year and was placed ‘Highly Commended’ in the Outstanding Response to COVID-19 category at this year’s CIO & IT Leader...

New Limerick Hospital part of €300 million expansion by Bons Secours

A new state-of-the art 144 bed Hospital in Limerick, new day wards in Tralee and Dublin, a new theatre in Galway and an outpatient...

New Handbook on Patient Safety

A new Handbook on Patient Safety will provide managers with a reference on what needs to be done to develop a safety culture and...

Patients experienced good care in hospital during pandemic

Patients experienced good care in hospital during the pandemic, but long waiting times in the ED remained a problem, according to the 2021 National...

New app enables patients with chronic pancreatitis to be cared for at home

Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin, have received funding to develop a new app which will enable the hospital to care for...

Independent review of the provision of CAMHS

The Inspector of Mental Health Services, Dr Susan Finnerty, will conduct an independent review of the provision of CAMHS this year.  Dr Finnerty has scheduled...

New inspection and monitoring programme of public health services

HIQA is starting a new inspection and monitoring programme of public acute hospitals and rehabilitation and community inpatient healthcare services. HIQA will carry out inspections...

New National Intellectual Disability Memory Service

A new National Intellectual Disability Memory Service has been set up at Tallaght University Hospital to treat people with intellectual disabilities who are at...

New and improved €2m Injury Unit opens at Ennis Hospital

A new €2m Injury Unit has been opened at Ennis Hospital. The purpose-built facility replaces the existing unit that has operated out of the...

Legal framework for new National Maternity Hospital approved

The legal framework that will underpin the ownership and governance arrangements for the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) at the St Vincent’s University Hospital...

Female patients in Ireland waiting almost twice as long as men for heart failure diagnosis

Female patients in Ireland are waiting almost twice as long as men to be diagnosed with heart failure, with delays to diagnosis associated with...

Ireland should have 20 ambulatory gynaecology clinics this year

Ireland should have 20 ambulatory gynaecology clinics by the end of this year, as part of a major investment in women’s health, according to...

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