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The Minister with responsibility for mental health, Kathleen Lynch, has failed to provide any reassurance that the planned downgrading of mental health services in Mayo will not proceed by the end of February, according to Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary, who raised the issue in the Dáil this week stating that these units are “an essential part of the health services in Mayo”.

Galway is the only county with a dedicated Community Nurse who provides a heart failure service as part of a HSE Community Heart Failure Management Programme. The aim of the programme is to integrate care between hospitals and General Practitioners and in this way help prevent patients having to visit hospital.

A Kilkenny Labour Party TD has said that she is pleased with the assurance from HSE South Management that the continued roll-out of primary care centres such as Ayrfield Primary Care Centre, will be at the heart of community health.

Mental Health Reform presented Minister for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch this week with 6,000 signatures from its petition to fight for mental health in next week’s budget.

On Monday, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny officially opened the brand new Ballina Primary Care Centre in Ballina, the first of its kind in the county. The centre, which is a venture between Drs Tom and Sean Moffatt in partnership with the HSE, will provide primary care services to a large number of people in the Ballina area.

The Minister for Health was welcomed to Kilkenny for a happy occasion last week when he visited the new state-of-the-art Primary Care Centre and Medical Park at Ayrfield on Friday.

The aim of Galway Community Acupuncture is to make acupuncture more accessible by making it more affordable. Treatments are provided in a comfortable and relaxed group setting. This way more than one person can be treated at a time, which allows the cost to be significantly lower. Treatments are offered on a sliding fee scale of €25 to €45.

Health Directory.ie is Ireland’s newest dedicated on-line health directory tailored specifically to conventional/ complementary health practitioners and health service providers.

Health Directory.ie is Ireland’s newest dedicated on-line health directory tailored specifically to conventional/ complementary health practitioners and health service providers.

The Village Nursing Care Centre near Craughwell has been shortlisted for an award for its outstanding efforts to change the course of tomorrow for patients in Ireland. The Village Nursing Care Centre was one of the 15 inspirational and important shortlisted projects from the healthcare sector in the inaugural Astellas Changing Tomorrow Awards.