Following the success of last year’s flu vaccine campaign Saolta University Health Care Group have once again partnered with UNICEF to launch the 2018/2019 flu vaccine campaign “Get a vaccine, give a vaccine”. This year’s campaign was officially launched in University Hospital Galway yesterday, Thursday, 27 September by UNICEF ambassador and Galway hurler, Joe Canning. For every flu vaccine given to staff, 10 polio vaccines will be donated to UNICEF.
Galway University Hospitals has launched new Staff Recognition Awards which will be presented each quarter to one staff member who has been nominated by colleagues for exceptional effort and contribution in the area they work.
Experts from the Dermatology Department at Sligo University Hospital will be at the HSE Stand at the National Ploughing Championships from 18 to 20 September to offer skin cancer information to visitors.
The Irish Institute of Radiography and Radiation Therapy has shortlisted the X-Ray Department at Roscommon University Hospital for the 2018 Medray Radiography Department of the Year Award.
The Irish Institute of Radiography and Radiation Therapy have shortlisted three Departments at Galway University Hospitals for the 2018 Medray Awards. The X-ray Departments at University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital were both short-listed for the X-ray Department of the Year and the Radiotherapy Department at UHG was short-listed for Radiotherapy Department of the year.
Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust named as part of 2018 GSK Ireland IMPACT Awards shortlist. The GSK IMPACT Awards programme recognises and rewards Ireland’s “unsung healthcare heroes” who make a real difference to health and wellbeing in their locality. Five winners will receive €10,000 funding each, while five runner-up charities receive €2,000 each.
Last month, following completion of an in-depth accreditation checklist and site assessment, the Endoscopy Department at Sligo University Hospital was successfully awarded accreditation through the UK based accreditation programme for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy known as the Joint Advisory Group or JAG.
The JAG accreditation is regarded as one of the most innovative in the healthcare sector and focuses on a model of care which is patient-centred and work force based.
Mayo University Hospital in collaboration with the founder of the Butterfly Scheme, Barbara Hodkinson, officially launched the ‘Butterfly Scheme’ in Mayo University Hospital today, Tuesday, 04 September. The Butterfly Scheme allows people with temporary confusion, memory loss and dementia to make this fact clear to hospital staff and provides staff with practical training to offer a simple, five-point, targeted response to meet their needs.
‘Blackrock at sunset’ by Clint Coen is on display in University Hospital Galway (UHG) as part of ‘Passages’ a hospital staff arts initiative by the Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust which introduced art workshops and art installations to the seven hospitals within the Saolta University Health Care Group.
