The Atlantic Diabetes in Pregnancy Team (Atlantic DIP) at Galway University Hospitals (GUH) have developed a mobile app for women who have diabetes in pregnancy (type 1, type 2 or gestational). Now women can have reliable information about preparing for pregnancy and caring for themselves during and after pregnancy at their fingertips.
The West / North West Hospitals Group has been granted planning permission from Donegal County Council for the construction of a new storm flow routing pipe and associated works at Letterkenny General Hospital (LGH).
Last year one of the top priorities for Galway University Hospitals was to reduce the outpatient waiting list to meet the national target that no patient should wait longer than 12 months for an appointment.
A new mobile app which contains all the contact telephone numbers for each of the hospital sites in the West / North West Hospitals Group* was launched yesterday in Galway.
The new app is free to download for use by staff and GPs. Users can choose which hospital to set as “home” and the app also includes many other features such as shortcuts to numbers used frequently.
In response to a series of reports into Ireland’s maternity services including the HIQA report*, last year the HSE established a National Group to oversee the implementation of a series of recommendations arising from these reports. This group has developed implementation plans for 2014 to build on the many initiatives that are already underway in maternity services and to implement the recommendations.
Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly TD visited Roscommon Hospital today (Monday 12 May) to view plans for the construction of a new Endoscopy Department at the hospital.
The tendering process has now reached the evaluation stage and it is expected that the contractor will be appointed to the project in the coming weeks. An allocation of €5.5m has been approved for this development. Construction is expected to commence in June 2014 and will take one year to build.
In response to a series of reports into Ireland’s maternity services, last year the HSE established a National Group to oversee the implementation of a series of recommendations arising from these reports. This group has developed implementation plans for 2014 to build on the many initiatives that are already underway in maternity services and to implement the recommendations.
Letterkenny General Hospital is delighted to announce that its new Pharmacy Department was officially opened by Minister of State for Primary Care, Mr Alex White TD today (Monday 12 May).
The project to develop a new Pharmacy Department had been designed and planned before the flood last July, but had to be put on hold to allow the re-instatement of patient services at the hospital after the flood. The cost of the new development was €550,000.
‘Promoting Safe Care for Mother and Baby’, was the theme of National Midwives week which took place from 28 April to 02 May.
Portiuncula Hospital hosted a number of events to celebrate the unique midwifery contribution to the high quality and excellent health outcomes for mothers and babies.
Sligo Regional Hospital has announced that an additional 220 car parking spaces are available at the hospital from this week.
The new car park along with the new ring road around the hospital are part of the enabling works for the proposed new Surgical and Emergency Department Block.
