The 3rd Saolta University Health Care Group Staff Recognition Awards took place recently in the Ardilaun Hotel Galway and Sligo University Hospital was presented with the award for the development of Anaesthesia App. The hospital was also shortlisted in the categories of Research, Education and Training and Innovation - Clinical Area.
Sligo University Hospital will hold a Remembrance Service for all bereaved parents and families who have experienced the loss of a child. The service will take place in the Outpatients Department on Level 3 on Wednesday November 22nd at 7.30pm
Parents who have experienced the death of a child, baby or pregnancy loss at any stage, together with their family, friends and hospital staff, are all welcome to attend this service.
Sligo University Hospital (SUH) was named as the 2017 Winners of the prestigious Pakman award for Food Waste Management sponsored by Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment at the third annual Pakman awards ceremony, which took place in Dublin recently.
Sligo University Hospital in conjunction with the Institute of Technology Sligo and the National Health Sustainability Office held a Sustainability Seminar in Sligo recently which was open to all interested organisations and individuals.
A culmination of several months work has led to both Sligo University Hospital and Our Ladys Hospital, Manorhamilton ready for a NIMIS (National Integrated Medical Imaging System) Dexa go live in both hospitals. With a collaborative team based effort by clinicians, clinical admin staff, nursing staff, IT and Radiology staff, this project has shown how
Sligo University Hospital Medical Specialty has partnered with Allocate Software to implement E-rostering software for NCHDs. A Project Board was set up with project clinical lead Katherine Finan as executive sponsor. It approved a local team consisting of a Project Manager and Systems Administrator, to work with Allocate. The initial scope of the project is to deliver “Medics On-Line” and “Medics on-Duty” to 50 NCHD staff from the Medical Specialty.
Peter Sweeney, Emma O' Toole, Ciara Glynn and Simon Fahy are final year students from Public Health and Health Promotion in IT Sligo. They have been working in partnership with Sligo University Hospital (SUH) in creating a supportive environment for staff, patients, visitors of SUH and the IT Sligo population to carry out physical activity. This has involved mapping and developing appropriate walking routes around SUH/IT Sligo area.
As part of the HSE Healthy Ireland Policy and HIQA Nutritional & Hydration Standards Better Health & Well-being, Sligo University Hospital (SUH) is always actively promoting Healthy lifestyle initiatives, in efforts to support the health and wellbeing of staff, families, patients and service users and on Wednesday 01 March, 2017 saw the unveiling of the ‘bench project’ as part of their Health and Wellbeing initiative.
