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A plan by the HSE to impose a three per cent cut to funding for the Galway Hospice Foundation for this year has been condemned by Fine Gael Galway West TD Brian Walsh.

Mayo General Hospital is advising that due to the presence of the suspected norovirus (winter vomiting bug) in one ward in the hospital, visitors will only be permitted to non-affected areas during visiting times.

Mayo General Hospital is advising that due to the presence of suspected norovirus (winter vomiting bug) in one ward in the hospital visitors will only be permitted to non-affected areas during visiting times.

The Ecumenical Service for Let Love Shine a Light in aid of Mayo Roscommon Hospice takes place on Sunday January 15 in St John’s Rest and Care Centre, Knock at 3.45pm.

The Department of Health is to consider a review of the way public funding is provided to the Galway Hospice after concerns were raised in the Dáil recently by Fine Gael Deputy Brian Walsh.

Carney’s Bar and Eating House Ballinrobe will host a gourmet evening on Wednesday November 16, with all proceeds from the event being donated to the Mayo-Roscommon Hospice.

The Susie Long Hospice Fund has stressed the need for the HSE to deliver on targets set out in its own five-year strategy for Hospice provision for the south-east. In the week of the fourth anniversary of the death of Susie Long, the group has expressed concerns that targets for a hospice in Waterford and a satellite unit in Kilkenny will not be met, given that provisions have not been made in the capital budget for 2012.

Providing more effective primary care in the community is one of the keys to easing the pressure on University Hospital Galway which is functioning on a “knife-edge”, Fine Gael senator Fidelma Healy Eames said this week.

The annual South Westmeath Hospice Coffee Morning will take place next Thursday September 15. Each year in September, families and businesses all over Athlone host coffee mornings to raise money for the South Westmeath Hospice. People are asked to collect €2 for each cup of fresh ground coffee consumed.

Plans for the long awaited upgrade of several departments in St Luke’s General Hospital were revealed earlier this week at a media briefing at the Education Centre at the hospital. The new development is expected to get underway in September of this year.