Monthly Archives: December, 2022

Fix What Needs Fixing

The Sláintecare report, published in May 2017, proposes a 10 year timeframe to implement the recommendations it contains. The halfway point of that timeframe...

Looking to 2023 – a focus on safety and equity

As we come to the last blog for the year, I think we should start looking at the pressing issues that we will be...

The development of The Mater Hospital, Dublin over 33 years

Martin Cowley, FCA, looks back at the challenges and opportunities of steering a major hospital through troubled waters. Prior to taking up my post in...

Improving Patient Experience

Winners of the HSE Excellence Awards 2022 Category for Improving Patient Experience: The Category Winners were from HSE Community Healthcare Dublin North City and...

Innovation in Service Delivery

This award was for projects that implemented a solution to make services better, demonstrating efficiency, sustainability and value for money. The Category Winners were from...

Excellence in Quality & Patient Safety 

Winners of the HSE Excellence Awards 2022 Category for Excellence in Quality & Patient Safety. The Category Winners were from Health & Wellbeing Department...

A digital solution for a better service

Winners of the HSE Excellence Awards 2022 Category for Engaging a Digital Solution to Provide a Better Service:The team from Beaumont Hospital, RCSI Hospital Group for their project...

Right Care Right Place Right Time – Sláintecare Integration

This award was for a project that demonstrated resilience and innovation in the Irish Health Service.  Dr. Dominic Rowley, Consultant GUM (Sexual Health & HIV)...

Kerry Person of the Year

Kerry Person of the Year, Dr. Patricia Sheehan receiving her award of 2020 Kerry Person of the Year by the Kerry Association in Dublin...

Portraits for heroes

Anne Marie O’Grady, Chief Executive of Leopardstown Park Hospital, Dublin, who was  honoured as part of the portraitsforhseheroes  scheme for her work during the...

Winners of Silver Medal in 2022 Community Radio Awards

Seamus Gallagher, who with his colleague Christina Connolly won the Silver Medal  in the 2022 Community Radio Ireland Achievement Awards. They were Joint Producers/Presenters of...

A Warrior Award

Annmarie Kirwan, anticoagulation nurse at MRHTullamore  received a ‘Warrior Award’ at the Thrombosis Ireland VTE Exemplar Awards on World Thrombosis Day. Annmarie was nominated by her patients and Thrombosis...

Two awards for TUH staff

Members of the Tallaght University Hospital team received two national awards at a conference in the Mater Misercordiae University Hospital in the run up...

Irish Hospice Foundation Directors

Ms Amilah Ali and Dr Tony Holohan have been appointed to the Board of Non-Executive Directors of the Irish Hospice Foundation. Said Dr. Holohan, “The Foundation...

New CEO of Irish Hospice Foundation

Paula O’Reilly has been appointed as CEO of the Irish Hospice Foundation. She takes up her appointment in mid-December. Paula has over 15 years’ experience...

Department of Health CMO

Prof. Breda Smyth has been appointed as Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health, following an open competition that took place through the...

Interim Director at the Coombe National Cervical Screening Laboratory

Dr. Cillian De Gascun, is starting a new position as Interim Director at  the Coombe National Cervical Screening Laboratory. Dr. de Gascun Is Consultant Medical...

Chair of ICF Professional Coaches Global Board

Rosarii Mannion, National Director of People & Change with Tusla and a member of Tusla’s Executive Management Team has been elected Chair of the...

President of International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists

Marie Culliton has been elected as President of the International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists. A Medical Scientist by profession Marie is the Laboratory Manager...

Chief Operations Officer Tallaght University Hospital

Angela Clayton-Lea has been appointed Chief Operations Officer at Tallaght University Hospital. Commenting on the appointment, Chief Executive of TUH, Lucy Nugent said, “The Chief...

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