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The HSE Midlands has launched the second edition of the Portfolio of Mental Health Assessment Tools, which will enhance assessment for mental health clients. The launch, which was hosted in the Department of Nursing and Health Sciences at Athlone Institute of Technology, was attended by HSE mental heath services staff from Westmeath, Offaly, Longford, and Laois, mental heath practitioners, and service user groups.

Mental health services in the west are being stretched to the limit in the wake of swingeing health cuts imposed by the HSE.

More than 300 retired nurses from throughout the country will attend their 13th annual conference at the Carlton Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe on May 11 and 12.

Local Fine Fåil councillor John Coonan, has recently retired from almost four decades working as a psychiatric nurse with the HSE in Kikenny.

Nurses from Kilkenny travelling to Australia this year are being urged to avail of interviews taking place in the county early next month. ICE Group has been appointed by the New South Wales Department of Health to recruit 150 Irish registered psychiatric nurses for a new forensic hospital in Sydney.

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