Hospital Medicine

It is essential that a national committee for children’s palliative care is appointed as soon as possible to advance the recommendations in the new national policy document on palliative care for children with life-limiting illnesses, the Irish Association for Palliative Care (IAPC) has stated.

Two representatives of the Tallaght Hospital Action Group have met the Chairman of the Tallaght Hospital inquiry, Dr Maurice Hayes, to discuss the review into the delay in reporting radiological examinations and the management of GP referral letters at the hospital.

An innovative action research project was launched on March 19 on the palliative care needs of people with nonmalignant diseases.

The Mater Private Hospital has become the first private hospital in Ireland to join the online national Health Link project, which is a web-based messaging service.

The Coombe Women’s and Infants University Hospital (CWIUH) has announced the appointment of Aidan O’Hogan as Chairman of the Hospital Board of Directors.

A national development committee for children’s palliative care should be established, the Irish Hospice Foundation has warned.

The CEO of the HSE has been requested by Health Minister Mary Harney to propose an outline governance structure for the operation of the new national children’s hospital.

An eating disorder unit is to be set up in the new National Paediatric Hospital for six to eight inpatient children, Prof Fiona McNicholas, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Crumlin Hospital, told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health recently.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has outlined a series of actions it is taking in relation to issues that have arisen in AMNCH.

The problem of non-attendance at outpatient departments is highlighted in new research.