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The hepatitis C scare that arose for Mayo patients following a ‘media leak’ about an infected health care worker at the weekend is not expected to result in any public contamination, according to a medical official.

Castlebar based Dr Ann Shortt has worked as a doctor in emergency medicine and general practice for 10 years but a rotation in London opened her eyes to the benefits of health screening and early detection in order to prevent strokes, heart attacks, and cancer deaths from happening in the first instance. She works both as a GP in Brooklands Medical Centre, Castlebar and in Emergency Medicine in Galway.

People can boost their health and fitness thanks to a new initiative managed by the HSE West which aims to help them prevent and manage chronic disease.

A local patients’ advocate has warned that the hepatitis C scare - which has resulted in more than 450 former public hospital patients being offered screening after it emerged they may have been treated by a surgeon infected by the virus - may further rock public confidence in an “already shaky” HSE led health service.

The timing of ward rounds at Galway University Hospitals are to be changed to ensure the earlier discharge of patients who have been treated and are waiting to go home or move to another health service.

A new direct GP referral system means family doctors may now bypass A&E when referring patients to University Hospital Galway.

Kilkenny Library Service has high quality self help books covering a range of health issues in an effort to promote the health and wellbeing of individuals and families now available to the public.

Comedy fans aged over 18 who join the Carlsberg Comedy Cat Nabbers, will have the chance to meet the comedians face to face to reunite them with their Carlsberg Comedy ‘Cats’ at the Carlsberg Cat Laughs comedy festival in Kilkenny.

The new 20,000 sq ft Ballina Primary Care Centre, which is due to open in spring 2011, will bring together a team of independent and HSE healthcare professionals to deliver integrated primary healthcare to the people and GPs of the area. The centre will also provide new services including a dedicated sports injury and rehabilitative clinic, medical imaging and a range of allied medical services.

The swine flu vaccination programme is moving into its final phase, where it is now being made available to the general population through HSE clinics nationwide.