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New occupational therapy initiative welcomed by Parsons at health forum
A new initiative - POTTS (Partnering for Occupational Therapy Telehealth Services) starting first in Galway and Roscommon, to deliver occupational therapy supports for children aged 8–13 with Dyspraxia/DCD and related needs, has been welcomed at the Regional Health Forum by Cllr Evelyn Parsons.
HSE spending €35,000 a week on taxis for dialysis patients
THE HSE is spending in the region of €35,000 a week on taxis transporting dialysis patients to and from their treatment in GUH, the Regional Health Forum was told this week.
Security to mind hospital patients do not have any clinical role, Health Forum told
Security officers hired to observe patients at GUH are used to ensure that patients do not present a threat to themselves or others, this week’s HSE Regional Forum was told at Merlin Park.
HSE has no funds to repair protected St Brigid’s Hospital as property goes on market
Repairs to the storm-damaged and derelict St Brigid’s Hospital site in Ballinasloe are unlikely to be carried out because the HSE does not have a large maintenace budget, the Regional Health Forum was told this week.
8,000 patients over 70 years had to wait in excess of nine hours in ED, health forum told
More than 8,000 patients over 70 years had to wait in excess of nine hours in the emergency department (ED) of University Hospital Galway last year, it was revealed this week.
Appointment of 80 new nurses means hospital beds can be reopened, health forum told
The appointment of 80 new nurses to Galway University Hospitals (UHG and Merlin Park) will mean that beds closed due to staffing shortages can be reopened and access can be restored to five day services at Merlin Park’s Hospital 1 facility.
No timelines for regional menopause clinics, regional health forum told
Timelines for a specialist menopause clinic in the west have not been been outlined, this week’s meeting of the Regional Health Forum was told.
