Welcome to Health Manager Journal September 2025

Welcome from Breda Crehan-Roche, President of the Health Management Institute of Ireland

President's Message HMI - 0
Managing and Leading Health and Social Care in a VUCA World.

HMI

Compassionate Leadership

Leadership

Leadership for design thinking in Healthcare

Opinion HMI - 0
Dr Claudine Kearney (Senior Lecturer and Programme Director), RCSI Graduate School of Healthcare Management

Opinion

Awards

Appointments

News from around the health services

Celebrating Rehabilitation in December 2025

HMI -

Ireland’s first cancer prevention theatre opens in Cork

HMI -

Minister Higgins Launches Ambitious Strategic Plan to Transform Rehabilitation Services for Peamount Healthcare

HMI -

€27.4bn health budget for 2026

HMI -

Children’s Health Ireland is to be fully integrated into the HSE

HMI -

New Patient Communications Passport

HMI -

Over half of 18 – 30 year olds in Ireland have never tested for an STI

HMI -

Major trauma centres development

HMI -

Tallaght University Hospital Launches 2025–2029 Strategy to Advance Patient-Centred Care

HMI -

New AI in Healthcare course

HMI -

New state-of-the-art €8 million Endoscopy Unit at Bantry General Hospital

HMI -

New €213m Bon Secours Hospital opened in Limerick

HMI -

Blackrock Health Women’s Health Centre officially opened

HMI -

Minister for Health launches new BowelScreen endoscopy services at Cork University Hospital

HMI -

Crowding in EDs must be eliminated in interest of patient safety and successful implementation of new Emergency Medicine MO

HMI -

Tallaght University Hospital opens new €8.8 Million Aseptic Unit

HMI -

New Beacon Breast Centre

HMI -

New Rare Diseases Strategy aims to set Ireland on a course to become a global leader in caring for people with rare diseases

HMI -

TUH brings the joy of reading directly into the lives of patients, staff, and visitors

HMI -

CCO reaches ‘rooftop of Africa’ for charity

HMI -

Minister for Health publishes Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025

HMI -

A memorial to Dublin Foundlings

HMI -

Appointments in Cork and Kerry Hospitals now included in App update

HMI -

Statistically significant reduction recorded for in-hospital mortality

HMI -

Many older adults remain undiagnosed or inadequately treated – report

HMI -

Virtual ICU Tour Supports Recovery & Understanding for Patients

HMI -

Minister Butler Appoints Expert Advisory Group for Ireland’s Next Suicide Reduction Strategy

HMI -

Stress and expense ‘barriers to women’s heart health’

HMI -

First protected theatre resource dedicated to cancer prevention surgery for people at high genetic or clinical risk

HMI -

Increase in numbers treated for problem alcohol use

HMI -

Official launch of regional Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team

HMI -

Minister for Health celebrates success of the National Rehabilitation Hospital redevelopment project

HMI -

First cancer centre in Ireland to be accredited as  Comprehensive Cancer Centre

HMI -

Plans and Commitments in HSE People Strategy, 2025 to 2027

HMI -

Two new surgical hubs

HMI -

App for children due for admission to University Hospital Waterford

HMI -

Significant increases needed in long and short term residential care beds for older people

HMI -

Over €2.3 million investment in cancer services in HSE South West

HMI -

Advanced Diploma Employment Law

HMI -

Innovative care pathway for patients with atrial fibrillation

HMI -

Irish Voluntary Hospital Leaders more optimistic about the future of Irish healthcare

HMI -

Dr. Kathleen Lynn Cataract Unit

HMI -

Minister Carroll MacNeill visits new €50m developments in Cork

HMI -

Physiotherapists to refer patients for investigation

HMI -

New HSE Integrated Hub

HMI -

Modernised Care Pathway for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

HMI -

Close to 2,500 couples have been referred by Reproductive Specialist Consultants

HMI -

New in-patient hospice unit

HMI -

Clinical news

Maureen Browne

Editor, Health Manager Journal

Learn with HMI

ABOUT US

The HMI is the professional body for healthcare managers across all sectors of the health services in Ireland. Its overall aim is the development of standards of management competence and practice. We inform, educate and involve members and stakeholders in professional development and networking activities.

CONTACT US

Health Management Institute of Ireland (HMI)
Unit 7, 78 Furze Road, Sandyford
Dublin, D18 YW20

T: +353 1 297 4070
E: info@hmi.ie
W: www.hmi.ie

© Health Management Institute of Ireland (HMI) 2025 | Digital content by The Learning Rooms, Dublin