Monthly Archives: February, 2025

High Potential Innovation Awards Initiative For Managers

A new High Potential Innovation Awards initiative, open to healthcare managers and administrators has been launched. It is run by the RCSI Graduate School of...

Mental Health Bill 2024 to be progressed

Minister for Mental Health, Mary Butler TD, has welcomed the restoration of the Mental Health Bill 2024 to the Oireachtas legislative programme. The move means...

Growth in the Virtual Ward Programme

The Virtual Ward programme is scaling up rapidly, providing more patients with the opportunity to receive acute care, monitoring and treatment from the comfort...

Beaumont Hospital opens digital hybrid operating theatre

A new €5 million digital hybrid operating theatre has been officially opened at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. A hospital spokesperson said it allowed more complex  procedures...

Spending on health in Ireland almost doubled in decade

Spending on health  in Ireland almost doubled between 2014 and 2023, and this was reflected in the enhanced availability of services all over the...

Eighty one per cent of people in Ireland reported their general health as ‘good’ or ‘very good.’

Eighty one per cent of people in Ireland reported their general health as ‘good’ or ‘very good,’ while the number reporting a probable mental...

Eighty-five per cent of patients discharged from acute public hospitals in Ireland in May 2024 rated their overall experience of hospital care as good...

The majority of patients (85%) discharged from acute public hospitals in Ireland in May 2024 rated their overall experience of hospital care as good...

HSE Response to InPatient Experience Survey

HSE CEO, Mr. Bernard Gloster said it was reassuring for him to see that the majority of patients, 85% of those who responded, rated...

Ireland’s first National Mental Health Research Strategy Launched

Ireland’s first National Mental Health Research Strategy has been launched by the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Health Research Board. The Department said...

Two Additional Eating Disorder Teams Established

The Minister for Mental Health, Mary Butler, has announced the locations for two additional eating disorder teams, being funded under Budget 2025. Fourteen of...

€60m Centre of Excellence for Brain Health & Dementia

Tallaght University Health Foundation has announced that permission has been granted for the €60m Centre of Excellence for Brain Health & Dementia in Tallaght...

HSE launches new campaign to address HIV stigma in Ireland

The HSE in partnership with people living with HIV, has launched ‘You, Me and HIV,’ a new nationwide campaign to address misconceptions around HIV...

New National Pelvic Centre

The new National Pelvic Centre has been officially opened at St Michael’s Hospital in Dun Laoghaire. This new state of the art facility will be...

Mater Private Network Offers Video Capsule Endoscopy

The Mater Private Network has announced it is the first private hospital in Ireland to offer Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE) — a non-invasive diagnostic...

New 100-bed community care facility for people who are homeless

A total of €4.9 million has been provided in Budget 2025 funding for the operational costs of the new 100-bed community care facility for...

Significant Uptake of HSE ‘My Mental Health Plan’

There has been a significant uptake of the Health Service Executive (HSE) 'My Mental Health Plan,' an online and interactive tool designed to help...

New Medical Off Site Ward

Sligo University Hospital has opened its Medical Off Site ward at the St. John's Community Hospital campus. This acute 26 bed ward is under...

Significant uptake of new supervised injecting facility services

There were more than 300 visits by a total of 108 people to the  country’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Facility (MSIF) in its first...

New Limerick Hospital to open this year

The new 150 bed €190 million Bon Secours Hospital in Limerick is  due to open this year. A spokesperson said the hospital is being built to...

New Strategic Plan for Beaumont Hospital

Rooted in seven key principles, Building Excellence in Care, Together, Beaumont Hospital’s Strategic Plan to drive excellence in healthcare for the next five years, is a...

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