Monthly Archives: August, 2025

Minister welcomes Mental Health Commission’s report on the declining use of restrictive practices in approved centres

Minister for Mental Health Mary Butler  has welcomed the Mental Health Commission’s report on the declining use of restrictive practices in approved centres in...

Maternity hospital goes live with electronic health record

HSE Mid West region University Maternity Hospital Limerick has gone live with Oracle Health electronic health record.HSE Deputy CEO Damian McCallion said great benefit...

Health Managers invited to help shape new strategy to tackle obesity

Health Managers still have just over two weeks to  share their insights, experiences, and recommendations in shaping a new, inclusive strategy to tackle obesity. The public...

HIQA to estimate risk of alcohol-related hospital admission and mortality associated with different levels of alcohol consumption

The Health Information and Quality Authority is undertaking a study to estimate the risk of alcohol-related mortality and hospital admission in Ireland associated with...

Joint work to improve healthcare in prisons

The HSE and the Irish Prison Service (IPS) have begun a series of joint engagement events to look at ways they can work more...

Strengthening the Future of General Practice

The Irish College of GPs has published “Strengthening the Future of General Practice,” a set of 5 priorities to ensure General Practice is at...

Ministers for Health publish independent evaluation of the National Drugs Strategy

The Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill  and the Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor   have  published...

Minister Butler Convenes New Cross Government Group to Coordinate Mental Health Policy

What is planned as a major step toward integrated mental health policy has been taken as Minister for Mental Health and Government Chief Whip,...

Patient Advocacy Strategic Plan 2025 – 2027

The National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (NAS) and the Patient Advocacy Service have published their Strategic Plan 2025 – 2027. The Plan sets...

Leopardstown Park Hospital Development

Leopardstown Park Hospital, Dublin has submitted a planning application to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for a 125 bed unit for care of the older...

Seven out of ten patients rates their experience in TUH as “good” to “very good” – survey

Seven out of every 10 respondents rated their experience in Tallaght University Hospital as “good” to “very good,” in the hospital’s 2025 National Inpatient...

Minister Butler announces establishment of Traveller Mental Health Specialist Group under Sharing the Vision

The Minister for Mental Health and Government Chief Whip Mary Butler has announced the establishment of a Specialist Group for Traveller Mental Health under...

New Report Highlights Major Breakthroughs in Bowel Health Diagnostics Across Ireland

Ireland is leading a new era of innovation in bowel health diagnostics, according to a landmark report published by Professor Deirdre McNamara, Consultant Gastroenterologist...

University Hospital Galway Achieves Global First with Revolutionary Device for Treating Complex Venous Obstructions

University Hospital Galway has achieved a global medical breakthrough by becoming the first hospital in the world to successfully trial a revolutionary new catheter device, designed to...

Mater Private Network Brings Groundbreaking Cancer Treatment Technology to Ireland for the First Time

Mater Private Network has announced a €5.6 million investment in Ireland’s first TrueBeam LINACs with HyperSight – an advanced radiotherapy system that uses high-quality...

Innovative approach to treating Atrial Fibrillation

The Mater Private Network electrophysiology team, led by Professor Gabor Szeplaki, Head of Electrophysiology, has successfully performed Ireland’s first atrial fibrillation procedures using Abbott’s...

St James’s Hospital Implants First Aurora EV ICD in an Irish Public Hospital

The Cardiology team in St James’s Hospital, Dubliln. became the first in Ireland to implant the Aurora EV Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) in an...

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