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Mater Private Network announces €4.5 Million investment in Cancer Services in Mid-West Region for 2025

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The Mater Private Network has announced €4.5 million investment in its cancer care services in the mid-west region in 2025. The investment was outlined at...

Older adults in Ireland continuing to experience positive levels of health and wellbeing

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Older adults in Ireland are continuing to experience positive levels of health and wellbeing, according to the latest "Health at a Glance: Europe 2024"...

Dublin’s inner city remains a hotspot for non-fatal drug overdose

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Dublin’s inner city remains a hotspot for non-fatal drug overdose, driven by socio-economic challenges, limited access to long-term supports and the high prevalence of...

Opening of South Dublin Surgical Hub

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Health Minister, Jennifer Carroll McNeill has  officially opened the South Dublin Surgical Hub, which  is a partnership between St James's Hospital Dublin and the...

New HSE Surgical Hub at Merlin Park

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It is planned that the new three storey HSE Surgical Hub at Merlin Park University Hospital in Galway will consist of four operating theatres,...

Total of €420 million allocated to Waiting List Action Plan 2025

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Significant funding of €420 million has been allocated to the Waiting List Action Plan 2025, comprising €190 million for the HSE and €230 million...

Private and voluntary nursing homes scheme

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Minister of State for Older People and Housing, Kieran O’Donnell has opened the Nursing Home Residential Premises Upgrade (RPU) Scheme for applications. The scheme aims...

New enforcement powers for residential care centres for older people and people with disabilities

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New enforcement powers to residential care centres for older people and people with disabilities to ensure people are receiving safe, quality care have been...

New HSE Patient App

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The HSE has launched a new Health App which allows patients to carry a list of their current medications, their  medical card, European health insurance...

Call for Establishment of Regulator to Oversee Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

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The Minister for Health and the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment have been urged to appoint an independent regulator and commissioner to oversee...

Valve replacement without open heart surgery

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The Mater Private Hospital in Dublin has become the first private hospital in the country to perform a transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement using the...

Reducing overprescribing of benzodiazepines, z-drugs, and gabapentinoids in Ireland

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Recommendations aimed at reducing the initiation and overprescribing  of benzodiazepines, z-drugs, and gabapentinoids in Ireland, have been made by a multiagency Working Group established...

Consultant workforce in Emergency Medicine will need to almost double in size by 2038

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It is anticipated that the consultant workforce in Emergency Medicine in Ireland will need to almost double in size by 2038, according to a...

RCSI supports updated Green Theatre Checklist to advance sustainable surgery

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The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has played a key role in updating the Green Theatre Checklist, a sustainability initiative designed to...

Minister for Health launches the HSE National Genomic Test Directory for Rare and Inherited Disease

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Health Minister, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD has launched the HSE National Genomic Test Directory for Rare and Inherited Disease (Test Directory). The development and publication...

Guidance on best practice for developing and managing a robotic assisted surgery programme

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The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has issued a guidance document on best practice for hospitals looking to develop and manage a robotic...

University Hospital Galway carries out innovative cardiac procedure

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University Hospital Galway has become the first public hospital in the country to employ the minimally invasive convergent procedure, for the treatment of atrial...

Physician Associates Cannot Be Seen As A Substitute For Doctors – Medical  Council

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The Medical Council has issued a statement articulating its  position on the scope of practice and regulation of physician associates (PAs) in the Irish...

Families requiring access to genetic testing and clinical expertise facing significant challenges

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Families requiring access to genetic testing and clinical genetic expertise are facing significant challenges in their personal lives due to the lack of access to correct expertise and...

A decrease In Number of Patients With A Heart Attack Brought Directly To Specialist Hospitals

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The number of patients brought directly by ambulance to a PCI centre following a heart attack decreased from 58% in 2021 to 55% in...
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