Yearly Archives: 2022

Professor Breda Smyth interim DoH Chief Medical Officer

Prof Breda Smyth has been appointed  interim Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health from July 4, pending the completion of the competition to fill...

Associate Professor in Health Policy and Management

Dr Sara Burke has been appointed Associate Professor in Health Policy and Management at Trinity College, Dublin, following an international recruitment process. She took...

Interim CEO St. James’s Hospital

Noel Gorman has been appointed Interim CEO of St. James’s Hospital, Dublin.   He has been Chief Operations Officer of the hospital since  2020. Prior...

Interim Director of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre

Dr Greg Martin has been appointed as Interim Consultant in Public Health Medicine – National Health Protection Surveillance Lead and will be responsible for...

Director General for the CAWT Partnership

Neil Guckian, Chief Executive of Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) has been elected to the role of Director General for the CAWT...

First Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

Mr. Odhrán Allen has been appointed as first Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI), following an extensive recruitment...

HSE National Ambulance Service Accredited as Center of Excellence For Emergency Dispatching

The HSE National Ambulance Service has been recognised by The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) for...

HSE wins two awards for excellence

The HSE won two awards for best practice in PR, public affairs and internal communication in public and private sectors at the 2022 Awards...

Covax awarded Public Sector IT Project of the year

The COVID-19 Vaccination Management System (Covax) was awarded Public Sector IT Project of the Year at this year’s Tech Excellence Awards. This was a...

Open disclosure in Irish Health and Social Care

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly, has launched a public consultation on a draft national policy framework for open disclosure in the Irish health and social...

TUH cuts number of patients waiting more than one year for surgery by 67%.

In 2021, the first full year The Reeves Day Surgery Centre in Tallaght University Hospital was up and running. It reduced the number of...

Hermitage Clinic receives EcoMerit Certification

Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic has received EcoMerit Certification, in recognition of its efforts to significantly reduce the environmental impact of our operations.To receive this Certification, Hermitage...

TUH Publish Quality, Safety & Risk Management Strategy

Tallaght University Hospital has published its first hospital wide Quality, Safety & Risk Management (QSRM) Strategy setting out a plan to drive improvements in...

Regional Women’s Health Hub opened in Nenagh

A Regional Hub for Women's Health has been opened at Nenagh Hospital. Following a GP referral, women can be assessed and treated at one-stop "see-and-treat"...

New RCSI guidelines on adrenal surgery

New guidelines published on adrenal surgery by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) emphasise the importance of collaboration amongst clinicians involved in...

Limerick hospital proposes 150 additional beds

A new bed block with up to 150 additional in-patient beds, with an estimated completion time from capital approval of 36 months, has been...

CHI to implement full Electronic Health Record

The Government has approved CHI to implement a full Electronic Health Record, which CHI says, will leapfrog it to being the most digitally enabled...

Four policy areas needed to drive improvements in social care information

HIQA has published a new report outlining four policy areas needed to drive improvement in the collection, use and sharing of health and social...

Independent Living Units

Work started during the summer on 12 state-of-the art Independent Living Units at the Marymount Care Centre. The units will support and promote independent living,...

First UCARE Centre in Ireland

The Immunology Department at St James’s Hospital, Dublin has become the first and only UCARE Centre (Urticaria Centre of Reference and Excellence) in Ireland....

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