Minor upgrading work is commencing in the Emergency Department at Sligo Regional Hospital on Monday 30 September.
Commenting on the planned works, Grainne McCann, General Manager said, “The upgrading works will involve creating a dedicated treatment and waiting area for children, an improved minor injuries area and an additional reception area. The works are due to be completed in December.
Minor upgrading work is commencing in the Emergency Department at Sligo Regional Hospital on Monday 30 September.
Commenting on the planned works, Grainne McCann, General Manager said, “The upgrading works will involve creating a dedicated treatment and waiting area for children, an improved minor injuries area and an additional reception area. The works are due to be completed in December.
Bill Maher, CEO of the West/North West Hospitals Group and Tony Canavan, Chief Operating Officer attended the Regional Health Forum meeting in Galway yesterday and gave a brief overview of the formation of the new Hospital Group and formally welcomed Sligo, Mayo and Letterkenny Hospitals to the Group.
GUH is holding its fourth annual Ecumenical Memorial Service on Saturday 05 October at 2.30 pm in the staff canteen, Nurses Home, University Hospital Galway.
On July 9, 2013, HIQA carried out an announced monitoring assessment at Letterkenny General Hospital, Donegal.
This phase of monitoring is a contributory phase towards preparing service providers for the eventual monitoring of services against the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare.
Circa €10m to rebuild eleven key areas at Letterkenny General Hospital
The second public meeting of the Board of the West/North West Hospitals Group took place in Letterkenny today (Tuesday 17 September). This was the sixth meeting of the Board since the non-Executive Directors were appointed in January this year.
The West/North West Hospital Group will hold a public board meeting in Letterkenny on Tuesday, 17 September. The agenda will include an update on the Letterkenny General Hospital (LGH) recovery plan and details of a major rebuilding programme, presented by Seán Murphy, General Manager of LGH and Bill Maher, Group CEO of the West/North West Hospital Group respectively.
The meeting will start at 2pm in Mount Errigal Hotel, Ballyraine Road, Letterkenny.
The National Newborn Hearing Screening Programme has been introduced at Mayo General Hospital. Newborn hearing screening has been part of the service at the hospital for a number of years and in 2011 the HSE contracted Northgate Information Solutions to roll out a national screening programme at all maternity hospitals in the country.
Management from the West/North West Hospitals Group met with public representatives from Galway and Roscommon this morning (Friday September 06) to provide an update on progress within the Group since the last meeting in January.
Bill Maher, CEO of the West/North West Hospitals Group and Tony Canavan, Group Chief Operating Officer, outlined the significant recent changes in the Group structure.
Since 1st October last year, Galway University Hospitals (GUH) has been leading the way in providing an emergency 24-hour heart-attack treatment programme, formally known as primary percutaneous coronary intervention or PPCI. This non-surgical procedure is the gold standard treatment for a full-blown heart attack and is used to treat the narrowed or blocked coronary arteries found in heart disease.
