Representatives of Lodge 14 Galway, members of the Freemasons of Ireland donating teddies to the Emergency Department at Galway University Hospitals for staff to give to children who are anxious about being in hospital from left: Mark Charles; Basil Fenton, Provincial Grand Master South Connaught ; Fionnuala Naughton, Staff Nurse at the Emergency Department; Stephen Wright, Secretary of Lodge 41; and Brian Maloney.
“The Amulet” Exhibition Tour opens at Galway Arts Centre on 01 August 2014 with a panel discussion at 4pm in Áras Na Gael, 45 Dominick Street Lower, Galway.
Amulets are special objects often hidden away in drawers and cupboards which mark a significant time, occasion or person in our lives.
An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD officially opened the new Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Unit at University Hospital Galway today, Monday 28 July.
The new unit is a dedicated specialist facility for day care and outpatient services for children with cystic fibrosis where they can be treated in an optimal physical environment to reduce the risk of infection, which can have a serious impact for patients with CF.
Mayo General Hospital (MGH) is hosting a Patient Safety and Quality Symposium on Thursday 31 July in the GMIT Castlebar Campus.
The symposium will highlight practices and initiatives aimed at improving patient safety and achieving high quality care for patients. The symposium is aimed at health care providers and staff working in hospitals and has attracted delegates from throughout the West/North West Hospitals Group and from hospitals across the country.
The End of Life Care Committee in Galway University Hospitals (GUH) held a very successful information day to raise awareness of the work of both the committee and the Hospice Friendly Hospitals (HFH) Programme yesterday, Monday 21 July in the foyer of University Hospital Galway.
An exhibition titled “An + Aisthēsis” by Karen Conway is on display on the Arts Corridor at University Hospital Galway from Monday 14 July to Saturday 23 August as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.
The West/North West Hospitals Group and NUI Galway, in partnership with EY, recently organised a high level workshop in NUI Galway to promote greater understanding of the legislative and governance structures that will need to be developed to facilitate hospital groups evolving into ‘Trusts’. Key leaders from the UK looked at lessons learned within the NHS Foundation Trust system and shared their experience with senior health officials, policy makers and hospital managers in Ireland.
At an extraordinary meeting of the board of the West / North West Hospitals Group on Monday June 16th, board member Dr John Killeen agreed to take on the voluntary role of interim chair pending the imminent appointment of a new chairperson by the Minister for Health.
Dr Killeen joined the board in January 2013. He is an engineer by profession and a native of County Roscommon who became an Honorary Freeman of Galway City in 2012.
The HSE Mayo Community Services and the Mayo General Hospital Speech and Language Therapy Department will host an Aphasia Awareness Day on Wednesday 25 June from 10am to 4pm in the lobby of Mayo General Hospital.
It is indeed with deep regret that I’m writing to tell you that Noel Daly, our Chairman for the past two years, has chosen to resign.
He has made this decision to resign as, to use his own words, he did not want his personal and professional reputation or the reputation of the Group to be compromised in any way.
