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Concerns over the downgrading of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) in Ballinasloe dominated this week’s plenary meeting of Galway County Council, where councillors from across the political spectrum voiced frustration with what they described as a lack of accountability and transparency from the HSE and the Minister for Health.

Minister Hildegarde Naughton has confirmed with the HSE that planning should be lodged for the new Galway Hospice next year. This comes after engagement between Minister Naughton and the CEO of the HSE, Bernard Gloster. The new building will be based in the Brothers of Charity facility in Ballybane.

Expectant mothers with high-risk pregnancies are being transferred from Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) as investigations continue into maternity care standards.

University of Galway this week welcomed global leaders in healthcare, regulation, pharma, medtech and patient advocacy to FutureTrials25, a landmark international conference focused on transforming how clinical trials are designed, delivered, and experienced.

University of Galway this week welcomed global leaders in healthcare, regulation, pharma, medtech and patient advocacy to FutureTrials25, a landmark international conference focused on transforming how clinical trials are designed, delivered, and experienced.

University of Galway has announced the appointment of Professor Robert Scully as Ireland’s first Established Professor of Rural and Remote Medicine.

The newly released National Inpatient Experience Survey highlights the areas of good experience as well as those needing improvement in Galway University Hospitals (University Hospital Galway (UHG) and Merlin Park University Hospital) and Portiuncla University Hospital, Ballinasloe.

The University of Galway Cancer Network, in partnership in the HSE West and North West has been accredited by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI), making it the 20th such network to achieve cancer centre accreditation across Europe.

The proposed plan for the development of the University Hospital Galway Campus which had been due to be completed in the summer is now due in October, according to Senator Seán Kyne.

Waiting times for paediatric patients requiring eye tests have been reduced dramatically from two years to six weeks in Galway under the new Ophthalmology Modernised Care Pathway.