Yearly Archives: 2022

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...

New Rehabilitation and Residential Unit at Peamount Healthcare

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has officially opened the Aberdeen Centre, a new 100 bed rehabilitation and residential unit at Peamount Healthcare in Newcastle, Co....

Irish cancer centre awarded international accreditation

The Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre, an innovative collaboration between Beaumont Hospital, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network...

Virtual Assessment Clinics improve outcomes and save health service millions

A consultant-led virtual process now commonly used to manage fractures in patients, is improving outcomes and providing a cost saving of over €22 million...

Over €1 billion for capital spending this year

A total of €1.02bn, has been made available for capital spending on the health services, this year - an increase of 4% on 2021.  This...

RCSI launches transformational development

The RCSI has launched a €95m expansion project at 118 St Stephen’s Green, the next phase of its campus development in Dublin city centre. The...

A new impetus to the development of Regional Health Areas

There has been much said and written about the proposed restructuring of the Health Services and the formation of Regional Health Areas. A quick...

The way forward for Health Managers

When we look back on the course of this pandemic, it is likely that we, in Ireland, will note  February 28 as a key...

Two members of HMI Council appointed to Regional Health Areas Advisory Group

Two members of the HMI Council are among the 17 people who have been appointed by Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly to the Regional Health...

Ten Top Tips for Remote Working

Ten top tips to get the best out of remote working -  now mandated to be the norm for 20 percent of public sector...

Responsibilities of Senior Management Teams in implementing Person Centred Planning

Person Centred Planning was becoming a key feature in policy and legislation and Senior Management Teams had five main responsibilities in implementing it within...

Shared Values and Vision most important of nine pillars of Integrated Care

Shared Values and Vison was perhaps the most important of the nine pillars of Integrated Care, Mr. Joe Ryan, National Director of Operational Performance and...

Outpatient Virtual Specialist Spine Clinic wins first EAHM Prize

An outpatient Virtual (video) Specialist Spine Clinic between the National Orthopaedic Spine Centre in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin and the  Department of...

Enhancing access to diagnosis and treatment for Heart Failure

A project by University Hospital Waterford to enhance access to diagnosis and treatment for Heart Failure won first prize at the 2021 European Association...

Paediatric nurse led transport service wins second EAHM prize

The first dedicated paediatric nurse led transport service of its kind in the UK and Ireland, which has helped facilitate early discharge and prevent...

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