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.
Sligo Maternity Services in Collaboration with the Sligo University Hospital (SUH) Anaesthetic Department have commenced a new maternity specific anaesthetic clinic.
Two dog therapy volunteers are offering comfort and support to patients at North West Hospice in Sligo.
Eleven year old collie Alfie and five year old chorkie George are visiting patients in North West Hospice who may be missing their pets or who would just like some time with them.
Alfie’s owner Anne Stevenson explained why her lovable Collie started visiting patients, care of Irish Therapy Dogs.
FIVE external reviews into the care provided to women and their babies at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) have been completed and shared with the families. The Women’s and Children’s Network, HSE West and North West will now offer to meet individually with the families to discuss the findings, answer any questions and lay out our next steps.
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.
The HSE West and North West Cancer Network, in partnership with the University of Galway, has taken a significant step forward in advancing cancer services across the region by achieving formal accreditation from the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI).
Living with obesity is very challenging to our physical, emotional, mental, and social wellbeing. Obesity is a complex, progressive, and relapsing chronic disease that impairs our physical and mental health.
Ireland has one of the highest levels of obesity in Europe, with 60% of adults and over one in five children and young people living with overweight and obesity.
A new era of community-based urological care has begun with the official launch of the Integrated Specialist Continence Care Service (ISSCS) in Donegal. Designed to transform the management of urinary incontinence, the service brings expert care closer to home and offers timely, effective treatment through an integrated approach.
