The team behind UHG’s ‘Serum Eye Drop’ Programme won the ‘Popular Choice Award’ at the HSE Excellence Awards, which were presented at a ceremony in Farmleigh House yesterday, Thursday 14 December. The project also won the award for Best Team.
Physiotherapy Department at Sligo University Hospital in collaboration with Sligo IT pilot first MedEx programme outside of Dublin City University since its establishment in 2006. MedEx is a novel, community-based rehabilitation and exercise programme for people with a chronic illness or disease.
The Catering department at Roscommon University Hospital were recently presented with the Silver Award at the Irish Heart Foundation’s Happy Heart Awards in recognition of the adoption of several healthy eating initiatives undertaken by the catering team in the Hospital restaurant. The aim of the awards program is to assist workplace restaurants to adopt healthier cooking practices and provide healthier food choices.
A new bereavement room for patients and families using the maternity services at University Hospital Galway was officially opened yesterday evening, Thursday, 07 December by Cathy Quinn, the First Midwife Consultant in Perinatal Bereavement Care appointed in Ireland. Semora Ciúin is the first in-patient bereavement room to be opened in the country.
The fifth annual report of the Saolta University Health Care Group Cancer Centre was recently launched by the Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD. The cancer programme in Saolta is the largest in the country and has been running since 2006 with a designated Cancer Centre at Galway University Hospital and multidisciplinary teams delivering treatment to thousands of cancer patients across the region.
The team behind UHG's 'Serum Eye Drop Programme' has been nominated as a finalist in the National HSE Excellence Awards, which take place in Farmleigh House on Thursday, December 14th. More than 300 projects were submitted to the awards programme, out of which 11 were nominated as finalists.
Merlin Park University Hospital Galway once again have won the Civic Building award in the ‘Public and Commercial Buildings Section’ of the Galway City Tidy Towns and Garden Competition for their recognition of people and businesses who work to improve their environment, foster civic pride and make Galway city a better place to live in, to work in and to visit at an awards ceremony on Monday, 27 November in the Menlo Park Hotel, Galway.
The 3rd Saolta University Health Care Group Staff Recognition Awards took place recently in the Ardilaun Hotel Galway and Letterkenny University Hospital was presented with two awards at the event, the e-Rostering project at LUH won the Non-clinical Innovation award and the Breast Unit at LUH won the Patient Experience award.
The 3rd Saolta University Health Care Group Staff Recognition Awards took place recently in the Ardilaun Hotel Galway and Mayo University Hospital was presented with the award for:
Education and Training - Surgical Teachers of Mayo Medical Academy - Mr Humair Nasim, Mr Kevin Barry, Mr Ronan Waldron, Mr Iqbal Khan, Mr Waqar Khan, Michael Flood, Asif Khan
The hospital was also shortlisted in the following categories:
