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Fears that Portiuncula University Hospital would lose its maternity and emergency department services were allayed this week.

A total of 75,413 patients attended the emergency department of University Hospital Galway in the past year. Of these 71,230 were new patients while 4,183 were review patients. Some 21,324 were medical card patients.

Fianna Fail TD for Mayo, Lisa Chambers, has hit out at what she says is the government's failure to approve a much-needed extension to the emergency department at Mayo University Hospital.

HSE nursing homes in Co Galway are being paid 80% more to provide care per person than their private and voluntary counterparts, new figures published by the HSE reveal.

Waiting lists for HSE dental services for children are out of control in Galway which is putting their oral health at risk, according to a Galway city councillor.

The HSE Mayo Primary Care Psychology Service, Community Healthcare West in association with The Mayo Suicide Prevention Alliance, this week launched a new ‘Stress Control’ course which will run over six consecutive Tuesdays, commencing Tuesday March 5 at 7pm in An Sportlann, Castlebar.

There has been an outbreak of Mumps in the HSE (Health Service Executive) Western Region according to the executive

New figures reveal that children and adolescents in Galway are waiting up to eight weeks for mental health services - twice the stated HSE target, a situation one local councillor has called "the most worrying parts of the crisis gripping the health service".

More than seven pre-school services in Westmeath received their Healthy Ireland status recently at an awards ceremony celebrating the second annual Healthy Ireland Smart Start Awards, held in Athlone Institute of Technology.

A five person delegation from the HSE West’s regional health forum will meet the Minister for Health in Dublin at the end of the month.