Yearly Archives: 2023

Hospital plans to introduce robotic surgery

St John's Hospital, Limerick has plans to introduce robotic surgery as part of it Strategic Plan 2022-27.

Major Trauma Centres officially opened

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly have  officially opened the Major Trauma Centres (MTCs) at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital,...

Mater Private Network Increases Radiology Capacity

The Mater Private Network has commissioned  a new CT scanner in its Radiology Department on Eccles St, Dublin. This new state-of-the-art equipment, is a core element...

New MSc in Palliative Care

Marymount University Hospital and Hospice and University College Cork have launched an innovative new MSc in Palliative Care, the first ever of its kind...

A new Health Information Bill

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has received Cabinet approval for the General Scheme of a Health Information Bill. The Principles and Policies of the Health Information...

Developments in maternity care in the midlands

The Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise Maternity Services has announced two new developments in maternity care for women of the midlands. A Community Midwifery-Led Clinic...

Over 6.7 million patient treatments in 12 months

For the most recently available 12 months of data, there were 3.4 million outpatient and 1.7 million in-patient/day case attendances, the Department of Health...

Minister opens Thomastown Primary Care Centre

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has officially opened the Thomastown Primary Care Centre in Co. Kilkenny. The Centre was developed as part of the HSE’s €240...

VHI Membership increase

The VHI Group says it achieved strong growth in demand for its private medical insurance offering  in 2022, with 23,400 additional health insurance customers,...

New clinical simulation suite in operation at the Waterford Integrated Care for Older People centre

One of the features of the Research and Training Unit attached to the recently completed Waterford Integrated Care for Older People (WICOP) Centre at...

HPTA detained 940,000 dosage units of falsified and other illegal medicines in 2022

The HPRA  detained some 940,000 dosage units* of falsified and other illegal medicines in 2022, it stated in figures released on March  29, 2023. Announcing...

An additional 17,298 staff working in our health services

Through the unprecedented investment in health and social services over the last three years, there was now an additional 17,298 staff working in the...

New AI digital platform developed by oncologist at University Hospital Galway set to be gamechanger in delivery of clinical trial education and patient...

Mr Michael McCarthy, a consultant medical oncologist at University Hospital Galway, has developed a digital platform aimed at helping healthcare professionals keep pace with...

TB Clinic opened in Limerick

A TB clinic has been opened at St John’s hospital in Limerick.  The new clinic will carry out contact tracing, testing and monitoring. There were...

Mental Health Commission strategy to promote and vindicate human rights of people using services

The Mental Health Commission (MHC) has launched a new quality framework which they believe will help to drive excellence in services over the coming...

National Centre for Neuroendocrine Tumour

St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin’s National Centre for Neuroendocrine Tumour (NET) Team has been re-accredited by the European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society. This followed  a DQS-European...

Elevated Helipad for Dublin hospitals

The new Children’s Hospital on the St James’s Hospital campus in Dublin will have an elevated helipad, which will have direct and rapid access...

The Department of Health is to develop a new National Rare Disease Plan

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly said improving and expanding the care and treatment of patients with rare diseases was a priority for the Government, with...

€443 million allocated in Budget for 2023 Waiting List Action Plan

The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan set out 30 actions in the Plan focussing on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care, and enabling scheduled care reform. A...

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