Donegal Mental Health Services has become the first Mental Health Service in Ireland to offer a dedicated suicide crisis nurse service for teenagers within Primary Care following referral from General Practitioners (GPs) under the National Clinical Care Program for Self Harm and Suicide Related Ideation (NCPSHI). The nurse led Service went live on Monday, 7 July.
HSE Mental Health Services Ascain Training and Support Services (Letterkenny, Carndonagh and Dungloe) has won an international Gold Forum Award for their Tobacco Free Campus work. This award gives recognition to healthcare services working at the highest level of implementation of tobacco management based on the Global Network for Tobacco Free Healthcare (GNTH) Service Standards.