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Increased funding of €500,000 for cocaine services

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The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton has announced increased funding of €500,000 for cocaine and crack cocaine...

National Perioperative Patient Pathway Enhancement Programme

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As an integral part of a system-wide effort to improve patient access to scheduled care and reduce waiting lists, the Royal College of Surgeons...

Standards and requirements for first Graduate Entry Nursing Education Programme

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  The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) has launched the first edition of the standards and requirements for education bodies and practice...

NMBI publishes standards to ensure nurses and midwives develop digital health skills in education

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The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) has published the first edition of standards and requirements to ensure digital health competencies are developed...

Deaths from suicide in 2022

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There were 412 deaths from suicide registered by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) last year, according to the 2022 National Office for Suicide Prevention...

Starling Acute Medical Admission Unit

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The Starling Acute Medical Admission Unit (AMAU) in CHI at Crumlin was opened in August.The unit is a 9-bed unit that will care for...

Life expectancy in Ireland continues to increase and we have highest self-perceived positive health status in the EU

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Life expectancy in Ireland continues to increase, standing currently at 84.4 years for women and 80.8 years for men, according to the HSE Annual...

RHAs will have power within their regions

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RHAs will be empowered by ensuring, as far as possible, the other organisations involved in healthcare planning and delivery – the National HSE and...

HSE plans net-zero carbon estate by 2050

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In line with Government’s Climate Action Plan 2023, the HSE has developed an ambitious Climate Action and Sustainability Strategy 2022-2050, according to its annual...

HSE Donated €8.5 million in medical supplies to Ukraine and Africa

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There were 32 million items with a value of €8.6 million donated by the HSE to Ukraine and Africa in response to COVID-19 and...

New online Health System Performance Assessment platform service

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Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has launched an innovative new online visual health data monitoring tool, created to provide an overview of the performance and health...

TUH introduces Eye-Gaze communication device for patients

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Tallaght University Hospital Critical Care Unit has become the first in any Dublin hospital to introduce a fully funded eye-gaze communication device for patients. The...

Significant increase in crude mortality from heart failure in Irish hospitals

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A significant and so far, unexplained, increase in crude mortality from heart failure in Irish hospitals between 2020 and 2021 has emerged in the...

Milestone Achievement for SVUH Bariatric Surgery Service

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St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin achieved a significant milestone in its Bariatric Surgery service on August 9, as it inaugurated its dedicated Bariatric Theatre...

New type of minimally invasive procedure to treat enlarged prostate

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A team led by Professor Rustom Manecksha Consultant Urologist, TUH and Clinical Associate Professor, Trinity College, Dublin has carried out a new type of...

Chickenpox vaccine safe and effective – HIQA

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HIQA has found clear and consistent evidence from a strong evidence base that the chickenpox vaccine was both safe and effective in preventing chickenpox...

Ophthalmology Modernised Care Pathways

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The HSE Strategic Programmes team is working with the National Clinical Programmes and operational partners across the health system to deliver modernised care pathways...

Virtual assessments of bone fractures

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A number of hospitals across Ireland will soon be equipped to carry out virtual assessments of bone fractures, which will allow patients with relatively...

Community virtual ward platform for COPD patients

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A community virtual ward platform to support individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is now offered as an alternate pathway to inpatient COPD...

Pathfinder service now live in many parts of the country

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The Pathfinder service which aims, when it is safe, to keep older people who phone 112/999 in their own homes rather than taking them...
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