Health Manager Journal, January 2018
- Ireland’s first Medically Supervised Injecting FacilityThe HSE has confirmed that Merchants Quay Project CLG is the preferred bidder to operate a Medically Supervised Injecting Facility in Dublin... Read more »
- A €7.6 million cross-border mental health projectA €7.6 million EU INTERREG VA funded cross-border project has been launched in response to the increase in numbers of people with... Read more »
- A new year and new opportunitiesWelcome to the first 2018 edition of Health Manager. The post A new year and new opportunities appeared first on Health... Read more »
- Joint Winners of HMI Leaders AwardTwo projects tied for the 2017 HMI Leaders Award which were presented by HMI President, Lucy Nugent at a ceremony in the... Read more »
- Leaders in a movement for changeThe WALKways Tallaght Hospital Project is a one year programme which helps 11 job seekers with intellectual disabilities gain relevant and meaningful... Read more »
- From strangers to friendsA short film project, “Personal Journeys of stigma and recovery," made by the Blackrock Hall Men’s Group in Cork and the HSE... Read more »
- Review says thousands of extra beds requiredNearly 2,600 extra acute hospital beds, a 48% increase in the primary care workforce, 13,000 extra residential care beds for older persons... Read more »
- HSE has €6 million less to send on acute hospitals this yearThe HSE will have €6 million less to spend on acute hospitals this year compared to last year, according to the HSE... Read more »
- What the NSP will fund – MinistersThe HSE National Service Plan 2018 will provide Increases in Respite and Home Support Hours, Speech and Language Therapy, Community Intervention Team... Read more »
- Open Disclosure and Periodic Payment Orders passed into lawThe Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill, which provides for Open Disclosure of patient safety incidents and Periodic Payments Orders for claimants, has passed... Read more »
- Framework to support right mix of health staffA Framework to support the recruitment and retention of the right mix of staff across the health and social care system and... Read more »
- Hospital Group Five Year Strategic PlanThe Dublin Midlands Hospital Group’s new five year strategic plan 2018 - 2023 focuses on five key strategic aims that will drive... Read more »
- An inclusive trauma systemIt was anticipated that the new National Trauma Network Report would advocate for an inclusive trauma system which would comprise two major... Read more »
- Rights and responsibilities of managers under new legislationThe rights and responsibilities of individuals, employers and employees when the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on May... Read more »
- Leadership and investment key to successLeadership and investment were the keys to success if the Irish health services were to move from structural change to implementing integrated... Read more »
- Gaming the System!When the Chairperson of the Housing Agency claimed recently that some people were ‘gaming the system’ by declaring themselves homeless in order... Read more »
- Planning for winter pressures – more of the same is not going to workWinter is here and the papers are full of the challenges that healthcare systems are facing with increasing demand on acute care... Read more »
- Reducing the level of severe avoidable medication harmThe Irish Medication Safety Network (IMSN) is a voluntary, independent group of hospital pharmacy based specialists with an interest in medication safety,... Read more »
- Scan4Safety improves patient safetyRisks to patient safety occur when there is a mismatch between a patient and the care they receive. GS1’s Director of Innovation... Read more »
- What is bullying?In January 2016, the Irish Times carried an article on workplace bullying in which a well known researcher in the area is... Read more »