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Patients did not show up for 35,000 outpatient appointments at Galway University Hospitals (UHG and Merlin Park) last year.

A new air ambulance base is to be located at Custume Barracks, Athlone.

Steps have been taken to prepare for increased numbers of patients attending the emergency department at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, according to HSE West which this week moved to reassure the public.

Despite its status as the third best hospital in the country, the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar’s share of expected HSE cuts will lead to the loss of up to 20 experienced nursing staff within the next month, the Advertiser has learnt.

An estimated one in eight calls to the Samaritans last year related to the recession and very often concerned financial insecurity.

The Department of Health is to consider a review of the way public funding is provided to the Galway Hospice after concerns were raised in the Dáil recently by Fine Gael Deputy Brian Walsh.

The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney joined together with Kathleen Lynch Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health and the IFA to launch Let’s Talk: Dealing with Stress, a helpful resource for farmers on dealing with the particular pressures of farm life and seeking help and support.

Fine Gael TD for Mayo, John O’Mahony, has warmly welcomed the news that funding has been approved for the recruitment of a consultant endocrinologist for Mayo General Hospital.

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum said this week he was not “shocked” to learn that University Hospital Galway has been rated the worst performing hospital in the country again.