Minister for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler has announced the launch of the new National Youth Mental Health Office in the Health Service Executive (HSE). The new National…
Read MoreMinister for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler has announced the launch of the new National Youth Mental Health Office in the Health Service Executive (HSE). The new National…
Read MoreThe Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced the expansion of the free contraception scheme to include women aged 27 to 30 years. The free contraception scheme is open to…
Read MoreMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly announced the opening of registrations for free GP care for children aged 6-7. The Under 6s GP Visit Card scheme has been expanded to become…
Read MoreMinister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, visited several HSE facilities in Connemara North and noted the significant progress on the development of a new HSE…
Read MoreMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced Cabinet approval for the Health Service Executive (HSE) Health Regions Implementation Plan. The coordination and delivery of health and social care services along…
Read MoreThe Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, and the Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler have announced that increased funding has been secured for state-funded home support providers,…
Read MoreThe Minister of State with Responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton has welcomed commencement of drafting of the new National Sexual Health Strategy (NSHS)….
Read MoreMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly has published the National Women and Infants Health Programme’s (NWIHP) Annual Report for 2022. The NWIHP’s role in the Health Service Executive (HSE) is to…
Read MoreThe Minister for Health has launched an innovative new online visual health data monitoring tool, created to provide an overview of the performance and health outcomes of the health service….
Read MoreMinister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, and Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, have welcomed the publication of the Health Service Executive (HSE) Climate Action…
Read MoreMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced the acceleration of plans to deliver additional bed capacity at University Hospital Limerick. Construction is continuing on a 96-bed ward block at the…
Read MoreThe Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy Hildegarde Naughton has announced the successful projects for a new €1.5 million drug prevention and education funding scheme. This…
Read MoreNew data released has found that 10 per cent of adults in Ireland have experienced symptoms of long Covid following an initial period of infection with the virus. The data…
Read MoreThe Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton, launched the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026. Skin cancer is the most commonly-diagnosed cancer in Ireland, with…
Read MoreMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly has published the 2023 Waiting List Action Plan. The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan sets out the ongoing priorities to continue to address waiting lists…
Read MoreThe Department of Health has hosted a research conference titled, ‘Evidence for Reform: where research meets policy’. The purpose of this event was to explore ways to facilitate research for…
Read MoreMinister for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler welcomed the opening of the recruitment process for the post of Child and Youth Mental Health Lead in the HSE. This…
Read MoreA large number of children and adolescents seeking mental health treatment don’t receive necessary follow-up care, a CAMHS report has found. An interim report into an independent review of the…
Read MoreAs schools and childcare facilities reopen, the Chief Medical Officer Professor Breda Smyth is urging parents to continue to be mindful of others when their children are sick and to…
Read MoreThe HSE Board has approved the appointment of Mr Bernard Gloster as Chief Executive (CEO) of the HSE. Bernard Gloster, who is currently CEO of the state Child and Family…
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