Cairde Othair na Gaillimhe Men’s Awareness Night will take place in the Ardilaun Hotel on Thursday 10 November, 2016. Drinks reception at 6pm, Dinner at 7pm. Tickets €70
Guest speakers on the night:
Dr Paul Donnellan, Consultant Oncologist
Dr Evan Yacoub, Consultant Pyschiarist
Patrick O Leary, Canoeist
Eoghan Clifford, Cyclist
For further information contact the Ardilaun Hotel on 091 521433
The Saolta University Health Care Group published its 2015 Annual Report this week. The report provides details on the range and scale of services provided by the hospitals in the Group: University Hospital Galway, Merlin Park University Hospital, Portiuncula University Hospital, Roscommon University Hospital, Mayo University Hospital, Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital.
As part of the delivery of the Saolta Healthy Ireland Implementation Plan 2015-2017, the group has developed a new resource to support the health and wellbeing of staff and patients and build capacity to implement health and wellbeing activity.
Stateboards.ie, an online portal through which appointments to vacancies on State Boards are advertised, has announced an available appointment. The appointment available is the Chair of the Saolta University Health Care Group Board.
World Sepsis Day (WSD) saw initiatives in all hospitals across the Saolta University Health Care Group to promote sepsis awareness amongst hospital staff, patients, relatives and members of the public.
WSD was marked this year across all hospitals in the Saolta Group and the improvements made in sepsis identification and treatment throughout the hospitals were highlighted for patients and staff.
As part of the ‘It’s OK to Ask’ campaign, the Health Research Board (HRB) Clinical Research Facility Galway (CRFG) will open its doors and welcome the public on September 1st from 4:00- 7:00 PM. The event will include short, accessible talks about specific clinical trials, a self-guided CRFG tour, and ten thematic exhibitions highlighting areas of research and ongoing clinical studies.
The Irish Farmers Lung Health Study, undertaken by Investigators from Galway University Hospital / Saolta University Health Care Group, was published recently in Respiratory Medicine. The study was prompted by the high prevalence of respiratory problems in farmers in other countries and by recent reports of increasing mortality rates within the Irish farming community.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the world. 1 in every 2 smokers will die from a tobacco related disease, and most smokers lose between 10 to 15 quality life years. This major cause of death, illness, chronic disability and inequality is preventable, yet accounts for 5,500 deaths in Ireland each year.
On Wednesday 15th June at the Radisson Hotel Sligo a special celebration event was held to acknowledge the excellent work that is taking place throughout both the acute hospital sector and the community health services throughout the border and western counties from Donegal to Limerick.
Approximately 80 HSE staff attended the event, representing a total of 89 projects from the West who submitted applications to the 2016 Health Service Excellence Awards.
