Yearly Archives: 2024

Additional €10 million funding for mental health services

Minister for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler has confirmed that she has secured an additional €10 million in funding for mental health...

New Unit for Sligo Hospice

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has turned the sod on a new €14 million, 12-bedded, single-roomed, in-patient unit at North West Hospice, Sligo. The HSE-funded new-build...

NOCA Launches Irish Potential Donor Audit

The National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA), in conjunction with Organ Donation Transplant Ireland, has announced plans for the national expansion of the Irish...

Minister introduces additional measures to protect children from tobacco and e-cigarettes 

Health  Minister Stephen Donnelly has commenced further sections of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 to strengthen the protection...

Minister announces measures to alleviate overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly announced a raft of measures to alleviate overcrowding at University Hospital, Limerick, when he visited the hospital in April and...

National Children’s Research Centre incorporated into Children’s Health Ireland

The National Children’s Research Centre (NCRC) has been incorporated into Children’s Health Ireland. The NCRC had been based on the CHI at Crumlin campus, working...

New laboratory for Kerry

A new laboratory has been opened at University Hospital Kerry. This marks a significant enhancement in the hospital’s laboratory services, benefiting the community of...

New Mental Health Bill due in summer

Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler has requested priority publication for the new Mental Health Bill in the upcoming summer legislative...

New state-of-the-art robotic-assisted surgery programme

This cutting-edge technology, a €2 million investment by Bon Secours Health System, represents another significant milestone for the hospital group in Ireland. Pictured at...

Shortage of outpatient neurology services leads to poorer outcomes for patients, warns Neurological Alliance of Ireland

Neurology patients are travelling over 200km roundtrip to see their neurologists which leads to poorer outcomes for patients, according to the Neurological Alliance of Ireland (NAI). The...

Robot Producing Chemotherapy Drugs

The Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute at St James’s Hospital in Dublin has begun using a robot to produce chemotherapy drugs for cancer patients. The...

First Consultant-led Respiratory Clinic at Ennis OPD

The first Consultant-led Respiratory Clinic has been opened at Ennis Outpatient Department. The clinic aims to improve patient access to an expert team that will...

New HSE mental health respite care centre in Clonmel

Haven House, a new €4 million HSE mental health respite care centre in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, has been officially opened by the Minister of...

Government urged to develop new national strategy on cardiovascular health

The Government has been urged to immediately develop a new national strategy on cardiovascular health akin to that in place for Cancer. Croí, the heart...

Minister Opens Swan Ward

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has officially opened the Swan Ward in Naas General Hospital. Capital funding of €6.5M had been allocated to this development to...

HSE to appoint a Chief Social Worker

For the first time, the HSE is appointing a Chief Social Worker. CEO Bernard Gloster said they had  two key priorities – to develop the...

Significant improvements in health outcomes in Ireland over decade

There have been significant improvements in health outcomes in Ireland between 2013 and 2022,according to the National Healthcare Quality Reporting System 2023 Report, published...

Inaugural meeting of new Commission on Care for Older People

The Commission on Care for Older People, which was appointed by the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, and the Minister for Mental Health and...

Tallaght University Hospital Publishes its New Five Year Research & Innovation Strategy- 2024-2029

Tallaght University Hospital has launched its new five-year Research & Innovation Strategy. The new strategy will provide the direction for scaling Research & Innovation at the frontline,...

Minister Opens Ballyshannon Community Hospital

Minister of State, Mary Butler has officially opened the HSE Ballyshannon Community Hospital, in Co. Donegal, which she said, would serve the area for...

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