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n annual inpatient survey, which gives people an opportunity to share their healthcare experiences, is under way at Galway’s public hospitals.

Mayo native Professor Breda Smyth has been appointed interim Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at the Department of Health, to replace the retiring Dr Tony Holohan who will step down from the role on July 1.

Local Fine Gael Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, recently visited Westmeath County Council to hear about a new co-ordination service that is supporting older people to remain living at home independently.

Management at Galway’s public hospitals assured patients that appointments and procedures would resume as quickly as possible this week in the wake of the nationwide disruption to services caused by the industrial action taken by medical scientists on Tuesday. They carry out critical diagnostic testing of patient samples.

Young people in Ireland have enjoyed the sharpest decline in the consumption of sugary soft drinks across Europe, researchers at NUI Galway have found.

Sean Canney Independent TD has criticised the Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement which was put in place to deliver the Primary Care Centres.

The public has been called on this March to 'raise some dough for the 19,000 people who acquire a brain injury each year in Ireland'.

A new student sexual health service was launched at the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) in Athlone this week, coinciding with SHAG week - a national event intended to raise sexual health awareness.

Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the Department of Health and the HSE to take emergency action to address 'the alarming lack of dentists offering services to Medical Card patients through the Dental Treatment Services Scheme/DTSS.

Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the Department of Health and the HSE to take emergency action to address 'the alarming lack of dentists offering services to Medical Card patients through the Dental Treatment Services Scheme/DTSS. Speaking in the Dáil recently, Deputy Conway-Walsh said: "Of all the dental practices throughout the county of Mayo, only one is currently treating Medical Card patients and taking on new patients, but even then, only for specific treatments.