Monthly Archives: March, 2023

First Robotic Guided Coronary Intervention in Ireland and the UK

Galway University Hospitals have carried out the first Robotic Guided Coronary Intervention in Ireland and the UK. The innovative procedure combines the benefits of coronary...

Government Approves Policy Proposals on International Surrogacy

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly, together with Justice Minister, Heather Humphreys and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, have  received...

Majority of patients rate hospital care as good or very good

The majority of hospital patients rated their overall experience of hospital care as ‘good’ or ‘very good,’ in the fifth National Inpatient Experience Survey,...

Now 207,000 cancer survivors living in Ireland

By the end of 2020, for the first time, the number of people living in Ireland after an invasive cancer diagnosis exceeded the 200,000...

Improving care for people who experience psychosis

RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences is leading a network of world-leading psychosis experts on a new training and research programme to improve...

Number of Stroke Unit Beds should be increased

The number of stroke unit beds should be increased so that at least 90% of patients with a stroke are cared for in a...

Irish health system under unprecedented strain – HIQA

Following inspections of seven Emergency Departments, HIQA found that during 2022, the Irish health system was under unprecedented strain as it continued to see...

Staff Support Psychology Role

Noelle O’Keeffe, Senior Counselling Psychologist, has been appointed to a new staff support psychology role, in Tallaght University Hospital. The new role is funded by...

Communities of Practice and RHA formation

People from Community Healthcare West, Saolta Healthcare Group and Community Healthcare Cavan Donegal Leitrim Sligo Monaghan came together in January  to form Communities of...

Adelaide Health Foundation funds hospital initiatives

The Adelaide Health Foundation (AHF) working in partnership with Innovate Health at Tallaght University Hospital has announced funding of €60,000 for their long running New Initiatives Scheme at TUH. An increased budget was...

Life-saving treatment for infants and children with very severe lung failure should be provided in Ireland

Life-saving treatment should be provided in paediatric critical care units in Ireland for infants and children with very severe lung failure, according to Dr...

New Galway Radiation Oncology Centre

University Hospital Galway’s new Radiation Oncology Centre will contain six radiotherapy treatment bunkers, a brachytherapy theatre suite, CT & MRI diagnostics and treatment-support consultancy.

New Primary Care Centre Opened in Enniscorthy

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has officially opened the new Primary Care Centre in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, as part of the HSE’s national Enhanced Community...

Dedicated funded helicopter emergency medical service

The National Ambulance Service now has a dedicated funded helicopter emergency medical service situated in the South West of Ireland. This follows a competitive tender...

External build of new children’s hospital complete

The external build of the country’s new children's hospital is now complete and the work is progressing inside the walls. The hospital will be...

€81m in once-off funding for voluntary and community providers

Community-based and voluntary health and social care providers are being allocated the funding on a once-off basis as part of Government measures to ease...

Review of governance arrangements to support HSE drug reimbursement process

The Minister for Health has published a Report prepared by Mazars which examines the governance arrangements around the HSE’s drug reimbursement process. The Report found...

New networks for emergency surgery proposed

A new networked approach for emergency surgical care which, it says, would deliver a higher quality service to patients, preserve access across the country...

New Unit set up in office of Chief Clinical Officer

A Frontline Clinical Innovation and Simulation Unit, is being established in the office of the Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Colm Henry. This follows the launch...

International Experts to speak at TUH Intensive Care Conference

World-leading experts from some of the most respected hospitals in the US, the UK and Germany are to address a special Critical Care Rehabilitation...

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