Yearly Archives: 2023

Managing Director at HaloCare

Martin Dunne has been appointed Managing Director of HaloCare. He was previously Deputy CEO of Lifeline Ambulance Service and before that Director of the National...

First full-time Clinical Psychologist to an ICU Department in Ireland

Dr Melanie Ryberg has been appointed by Tallaght University Hospital as the first full-time Clinical Psychologist to an ICU Department in Ireland. Her role...

New Inspector of Mental Health Services

A Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland  and a former Consultant Psychiatrist...

CEO of the Irish Heart Foundation

Emma Balmaine has been appointed CEO of the Irish Heart Foundation. Emma was CEO of Saint John of God Hospital from 2011 to 2023. At...

Chief Operating Officer at Mowlam Healthcare

Peter Maher has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at Mowlam Healthcare.  A spokesperson for the company said, “Peter is an innovative executive leader with a...

National Clinical Lead for National Simulation Office

Professor Dara Byrne has been appointed as the Health Service Executive National Clinical Lead for the National Simulation Office (NSO). Professor Byrne is Professor of Simulation Education in Healthcare at the...

Colm O’Móráin Centre for Digestive Diseases

Tallaght University Hospital has announced plans to carry out an additional 4,300 endoscopy procedures a year. These will take place in the newly opened Colm...

A target to eliminate cervical cancer in Ireland

The Irish health services has set a bold target for the elimination of cervical cancer in Ireland, according to Dr. Colm Henry, HSE Chief...

New Saolta Radiation Oncology Centre at Galway University Hospital

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has opened the new Saolta Radiation Oncology Centre at Galway University Hospital. The €70.7 million radiation oncology centre delivered as part...

Eighty six per cent of people in Ireland report their quality of life as ‘good’ or ‘very good’

Eighty six per cent of people in Ireland reported their quality of life was ‘good’ or ‘very good, according to the’ the Healthy Ireland...

Leaders from Deyang People’s Hospital, Sichuan Province, China visit Bon Secours

Bon Secours Health System CEO Bill Maher and Bon Secours Hospital Dublin CEO Sharon Morrow welcomed a delegation of senior leaders from the Deyang...

‘Flying doctor’ praises the care he received at Tallaght University Hospital

World record holder, Consultant Urologist, Mr. Ron Grainger, who took double gold at the World Transplant Games in Perth earlier this year,  returned to...

More than 1,000 Consultants have signed new Public-Only Sláintecare Contract

More than 1,000 Consultants have signed the new Public-Only Sláintecare Contract since it was launched in March, Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly announced in November. The...

South East Palliative Care Centre officially opened

The South East Palliative Care Centre in Waterford has been officially opened by Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly. It is a crucial, specialist inpatient and outpatient...

Total of €960m extra for health services to meet increased demand in 2023

The Government has provided a total of €960m extra for the health services to meet the costs of increased demand, particularly in acute hospitals,...

Progress on waiting list reductions

Hospital waiting lists published  by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) in November demonstrated progress made on waiting list reduction across OPD, IPDC and...

Patients want to be treated as partners in their healthcare

Eighty per cent of respondents to a Medical Council survey, felt it was importantthat they be treated as a partner in their healthcare by...

Five new CAMHS hubs offer intensive supports to children and young people

Five new CAMHS hubs offering intensive supports to children and young people aged up to 18 years, were launched in September, as part of...

Ballyshannon Community Hospital

Two preview days at the new Ballyshannon Community Hospital ahead of its opening, attracted large crowds. Visitors viewed the wildflower rooftop gardens, a collection...

Roscommon Palliative Care Support Unit changing patients’ lives

The new Palliative Care Support Unit (PSCU) in Roscommon is providing life changing care patients and their families since opening its doors in February...

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