Yearly Archives: 2022

New HIQA Inspector

Amy McGrath has been appointed as Inspector of International Protection Accommodation Services with HIQA.

Appointed to Smyly Trust Services

Mona Baker, Executive Lead Coaching/Mentoring Organisational Health & Wellbeing. Children's Health Ireland, has  been appointed to a new role as Non Executive Director at...

Winners of Emergency Medicine competition

Tallaght University Hospital ED team won the inaugural national Emergency Medicine multidisciplinary SimWars competition 2022, at the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine annual scientific...

Continued rise in psychiatric admissions for eating disorders among young people

There was a continued rise in psychiatric admissions related to eating disorders among young people in 2021, according to the latest figures from the...

€23.4 billion for Irish health services in 2023

Over €23 billion has been invested in health and social care services in Ireland in Budget 2023. Eligibility for General Practice (GP) access cards is...

Additional €760,000 for screening services

Health Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly has announced an additional €760,000 in funding for screening services through the Women’s Health Fund.   The latest allocation from...

NAS service to reduce unnecessary ED attendances

A HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) led service called Pathfinder, designed to safely keep older people who phone 112/999 in their own home rather than taking...

Health managers must be trained on the impact of the menopause

Managers and senior leaders in the HSE and in private healthcare settingsmust be trained in the topic of the menopause, including the impact the...

Mechanical restraint for children banned in inpatient mental health settings

The Mental Health Commission has issued a ban on the use of mechanical restraint for children, following a comprehensive review and consultation process on...

Benefits of cancer screening

There were favourable trends in the incidence, stage, survival and/or mortality of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer in the period 1994-2019, according to a...

New minimally invasive day case procedure to reduce blood pressure

Galway University Hospitals have introduced a new minimally invasive day case procedure to reduce blood pressure in patients. Patients arrive in the hospital in...

Limerick donations for Ghana

The 'Learning for Life Ghana' team of UL Hospitals  received pictures of their donation of neonatal resuscitaires and other medical equipments to the Wa...

Death in Service Ex-Gratia Scheme for Healthcare Workers

In September, Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly, opened applications for the Death in Service Ex-Gratia Scheme for healthcare worker who died, having contracted COVID-19 in...

Almost half of adults don’t have enough information to make decisions about Palliative Care

Forty three per cent of adults in the Republic of Ireland agreed that if they needed to receive palliative care, they would not have...

Falls in the home leading cause of major trauma in Ireland

Falls in the home were the leading cause of major trauma in Ireland during 2019 and 2020, according to Prof. Conor Deasy, Clinical Lead...

Services to begin in Major Trauma Centres

By the end of this year, it is hoped major trauma services will begin in the new Major Trauma Centres in the Mater Hospital,...

Reduction in cardiac patient waiting times in Dungarvan

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has  welcomed the findings of the Sláintecare Integration Fund report which showed that a Sláintecare-funded project in West Waterford was...

New Technology Platform for Mater Private Network

A new technology platform which will provide digital patient records is being deployed across hospitals and clinics in the Mater Private Hospital Network. The Network...

Raise legal age to buy tobacco to 21

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland's Policy Group has urged that the legal age to buy tobacco should be raised from 18 to...

€9 million for free contraception scheme

Fundingof €9m has been allocated in Budget 2022 to support the free contraception scheme for women aged 17–25 who reside in Ireland. Free contraception, for women...

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