Monthly Archives: November, 2024

RCSI Announces Blackrock Health as Lead Partner for Ireland’s First Public Health Gallery 

RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has announced Blackrock Health, as the Lead Partner for Ireland’s first public health gallery.  RCSI said this innovative...

Taoiseach opens Phase 1 of New National Rehabilitation Hospital

Taoiseach, Simon Harris has officially opened the €129 million Phase 1 of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire. Phase One, which provides for 120...

Mater Private Network Opens New Multimillion Euro Cath Lab Suite

Mater Private Network has opened its new, state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (Cath Lab) at its Eccles Street hospital in Dublin, representing a significant €8...

Advanced Technology for Cardiac Arrhythmias

The Mater Private Network in Dublin has introduced the Optrell™ Mapping Catheter in its electrophysiology laboratory. “Our Electrophysiology team is leveraging this cutting-edge technology to...

Irish Health Services To Be funded By New Population-Based Resource Allocation

A new population-based resource allocation (PBRA) mechanism is due to be introduced for healthcare in Ireland for the first time. It is proposed that the...

Patient partners help pave the way for future HSE health regions

Patient partnerships were an important and valuable resource for the HSE. Ensuring the voices and experiences of people with lived experiences were heard, and enabled...

How to Put National Standards into Practice – An Implementation Guide for Health, Mental Health and Social Care Services

A new practical guide to support people working in health mental health and social care services to implement national standards and drive quality improvements...

New RCSI course to enable health professionals to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare

A new Sustainable Healthcare course from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences is empowering health professionals to apply the principles of sustainable healthcare...

Record €25.8 billion budget for health services in 2025

A record €25.8 billion budget has been provided for the delivery of health services in 2025. This includes: €33 million investment in 2025 to provide more...

‘Ruadhan’ matches NTPF and hospital waiting lists

An AI and Automation robot called ‘Ruadhan’ is working overnight in University Hospital, Galway to match the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and hospital...

Good Patient Experience at TUH

A recent survey of patients attending Tallaght University Hospital showed that 86% of people said they’d had a good experience at TUH.

Costly No-Shows

In 2023, missed appointments cost University Hospital Kerry €1 million. The hospital has appealed to its patients to confirm or reschedule their appointments via SMS...

Steering Group to examine policy options to increase folic acid intake

A Steering Group has been established to examine policy options to increase folic acid intake, which could prevent many cases of Neural Tube Defects...

Five additional Consultant Neurologists To Be Recruited – Minister

Five additional Consultant Neurologists and a clinical support member, are to be recruited to complete hospital-based neurology cover nationally, according to Health Minister, Stephen...

Details of €4 million allocation for National Trauma Strategy in Budget 2025

The Minister for Health announced details in October of €4 million allocation for the National Trauma Strategy in Budget 2025. The funding, which has a...

Allocation of €2.3 million under National Drugs Strategy

Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Colm Burke has allocated funding of €1.5 million to sustain existing community-based drugs services...

Decrease in drug poisoning deaths in 2021

A decrease in drug poisoning deaths for 2021 and the risks of mixing drugs were highlighted in the latest findings from the Health Research...

Growth of Specialist Memory Clinic

The Memory Service at Tallaght University Hospital which celebrated its tenth anniversary in September, now has over 20 permanent staff, with expertise in neurology...

Celebrating Onam in Waterford

HSE CEO, Mr. Bernard Gloster visited Waterford to meet some of the 300 families who make up the Syro Malabar Catholic parish there. They are...

Annual Mindfulness Conference

The theme this year’s Conference was “Mindful Values Based Leadership”

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