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Letterkenny University Hospital welcomes positive results from the National Maternity Experience Survey 2025

Letterkenny University Hospital (LHU) welcomes the National Maternity Experience Survey 2025 findings, which reports on the positive maternity care experienced by women earlier this year. The hospital acknowledges the value of this feedback. The results of this survey are contributing to ongoing quality improvements in maternity care.

The 2025 report was published by the National Care Experience Programme this week, read the 2025 National Maternity Experience Reports

University Hospital Galway Emergency Department wins bronze accreditation for sustainability excellence

The Emergency Department (ED) at University Hospital Galway (UHG) took part in the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) GreenED initiative and has been awarded Bronze Accreditation by recognising the team’s commitment to environmental responsibility and innovative waste-reduction practices in one of the hospital’s busiest clinical areas.

HSE is urging the public in Galway to help control the spread of flu

Health services in county Galway are under significant pressure with increasing rates of flu in the community. Today, we are treating 60 patients with flu across Galway University Hospitals and Portiuncula University Hospital with a particularly high number of older people and children attending the ED with symptoms. 363 people in Galway were confirmed on laboratory testing with flu since the start of this flu season, including 175 last week.

Galway University Hospitals are hosting a virtual career’s evening for secondary school students

Health and Social Care professionals at Galway University Hospitals who will be hosting the virtual career’s evening for secondary school students, from left: Fiona Rodgers, Speech and Language Therapy; Andrew O’Leary, Dietician; Deirdre Jennings, Medical Social Work; Sarah Connelly, Dietician; Eilish Keogh, Physiotherapy; and Sarah Lydon, Occupational Therapy.

A group of health and social care professionals at Galway University Hospitals (GUH) will be holding a virtual Career’s Evening for secondary school students on Thursday, 11 December from 6pm. The event will be hosted on the Microsoft Teams platform via https://teams.live.com/free and join the meeting using meeting ID: 338 411 167 795 60 and Passcode: Tc3HK3Ta

HSE urges immediate vaccine take-up in Mayo

HSE West and North West has called on all eligible people in Mayo to get vaccinated against flu immediately. Data shows that the total cases notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) nationally have more than doubled, showing that flu cases are surging within communities. The number of people presenting to hospital with flu is increasing and this is putting pressure on already busy healthcare services.

HSE urges immediate vaccine take-up in Galway

HSE West and North West has called on all eligible people in Galway to get vaccinated against flu immediately. Data shows that the total cases notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) nationally have more than doubled, showing that flu cases are surging within communities. The number of people presenting to hospital with flu is increasing and this is putting pressure on already busy healthcare services.

HSE urges immediate vaccine take-up in Roscommon

HSE West and North West has called on all eligible people in Roscommon to get vaccinated against flu immediately. Data shows that the total cases notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) nationally have more than doubled, showing that flu cases are surging within communities. The number of people presenting to hospital with flu is increasing and this is putting pressure on already busy healthcare services.

HSE urges immediate vaccine take-up in Sligo

HSE West and North West has called on all eligible people in Sligo to get vaccinated against flu immediately. Data shows that the total cases notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) nationally have more than doubled, showing that flu cases are surging within communities. The number of people presenting to hospital with flu is increasing and this is putting pressure on already busy healthcare services.

HSE urges immediate vaccine take-up in Leitrim

HSE West and North West has called on all eligible people in Leitrim to get vaccinated against flu immediately. Data shows that the total cases notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) nationally have more than doubled, showing that flu cases are surging within communities. The number of people presenting to hospital with flu is increasing and this is putting pressure on already busy healthcare services.

HSE urges immediate vaccine take-up in Donegal

HSE West and North West has called on all eligible people in Donegal to get vaccinated against flu immediately. Data shows that the total cases notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) nationally have more than doubled, showing that flu cases are surging within communities. The number of people presenting to hospital with flu is increasing and this is putting pressure on already busy healthcare services.

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