Monthly Archives: September, 2023

New CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

Rachel Morrogh has been appointed at the new CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC). She will take over from Noeline Blackwell in...

One of TOP 10 Healthcare CIOs in Europe

David Wall, Chief Information Officer at Tallaght University Hospital has been named one of the Top 10 Healthcare Chief Information Officers in Europe in...

National HSE Tobacco Free Campus Awards

Louth County Hospital, the Rotunda Hospital, Monaghan Hospital and Connolly Hospital have received four bursary awards for the National HSE Tobacco Free Campus. Each...

Tallaght University Hospital Heroes

Eight individuals and one team received the  2023 Tallaght University Hospital Heroes Awards Patient Experience Award – Larry Untoy, Clinical Nurse Manager 2 Stoma Care This category...

International climate and health partnership launched at World Health Organization Conference

The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton TD, launched an international partnership promoting health sector climate action at...

The HSE Climate Action Strategy

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly and Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton have welcomed the publication of the...

New HSE Regional Executive Officers (REOs) being recruited to head up six Health Regions

Six new HSE Regional Executive Officers (REOs) are being recruited to head up the six health regions which will begin operations from February 2024,...

Targeted activity under Waiting List Action Plan running ahead of target

New hospital waiting list figures published on July 14 by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) showed, as at the end of June, that targeted activity under...

Significant reduction in patients waiting for daycase procedures in TUH in 2022

Tallaght University Hospital reported a significant reduction in its waiting times for daycase procedures in its 2022 annual report, which has just been published. It...

Minister opens new developments at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has officially opened the new developments at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in Co. Limerick. Among the developments Minister Donnelly toured on his...

Bon Secours opens new wing

The Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin has opened its new Potel wing at the hospital which transforms the face of the hospital with a new...

Full funding for assisted human reproduction treatment from this September

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly has announced that fully publicly-funded assisted human reproduction (AHR) treatment will commence in September. Eligible patients will be entitled to...

Minister opens €2 million Ennis Injury Unit

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has officially opened the €2m Injury Unit at Ennis Hospital, one of the Midwest’s principal centres for treatment of minor...

Cabinet approval for new National Maternity Hospital project to go to tender

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly has received Cabinet’s approval to go to tender for the construction of the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) at...

Few cancer cases diagnosed than expected in 2021

The numbers of cases of cancer diagnosed in 2021 still appeared to be lower than expected – equivalent to 1,664 fewer cases than projected...

Depressive disorders and schizophrenia most common diagnoses for adult admissions to psychiatric in-patient units

Depressive disorders and schizophrenia were the most common diagnoses for adult admissions to psychiatric in-patient facilities in 2022, while depressive disorders and eating disorders...

Growing need for adult residential and respite services

A new Health Research Board (HRB) report on disability services has shown that 73,927 people were registered as engaging with disability services in 2022....

Total of 7,421 cases treated for problem alcohol use in 2022

There were 7,421 cases treated for problem alcohol use in 2022, with new cases accounting for 44.2% of the total, according to the National...

RCSI ranked best in the world for ‘Good Health and Wellbeing.’

RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has ranked number one in the world for SDG3 ‘Good Health and Wellbeing’ in the Times Higher...

Total of 409 poisoning drug-related deaths

New preliminary figures from the Health Research Board (HRB) on drug-related deaths show there were 409 poisoning deaths in 2020, of which 8 in...

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