There was fun indoors and outdoors on Sunday June 22nd at St John’s Community Hospital Sligo, as the second Wise Roots Age Friendly Festival took place.
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.
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.
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.
As part of Heart Failure Awareness Week (05 to 11 May), staff from across HSE West and North West Heart Failure Services stand united with individuals living with heart failure, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and the entire community, to raise awareness about this common, yet often overlooked condition. Events have been organised across the region with information stands and educational activities in hospitals and community settings.
The first brick of the new 90 bedded Community Hospital in Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim was laid by Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill today, Friday May 2nd 2025.
Representing a major investment in health and social care for older people across country Leitrim, the construction of a new Community Hospital located at Ballynamony Road, Carrick on Shannon has commenced and is expected to be complete in Q1 2027.
The first HSE West and North West Dementia Conference took place in Galway in April in partnership with University of Galway, Ireland. The conference was chaired by Paula Noone, Assistant Director of Nursing for Dementia Quality Improvement, HSE West and North West and Dr Maria Costello, Consultant Geriatrician, University Hospital Galway and Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine, University of Galway.
Health services in the West and North West wish to remind the public of all their care options ahead of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
Bank holiday weekends and extended good weather usually bring additional pressure on the health system but we have plans in place across hospital and community services to ensure patients can access the care they need in the right setting.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) is making significant progress in improving healthcare for older adults and individuals with chronic diseases through the Enhanced Community Care (ECC) Programme. A key pillar of Sláintecare, the ECC Programme is bringing services closer to home, reducing hospital admissions, and enhancing patient care.
