Health Service Executive
A new agency,
the Health Service Executive (HSE), assumed responsibility for the
health service in the Republic of Ireland on January 1, 2005
Visit www.hse.ie
for full details.
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Health Service
Executive
A new agency,
the Health Service Executive (HSE), assumed responsibility for the
health service in the Republic of Ireland on January 1, 2005.
www.hse.ie
As part of the Irish government's Health Service Reform
Programme, the functions of Health Boards, including the South
Eastern Health Board, have transferred to the HSE. The former South
Eastern Health Board is now under the auspices of the Health Service
Executive and is known as HSE - South Eastern Area.
The South Eastern Health Board website, www.sehb.ie, is no longer
functioning as an active site (except for the press and publication
pages).
The archived site is still available to view for public
information purposes but please note that information may be out of
date. Up to date information is filed on the Health Service
Executive site: www.hse.ie
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Waterford Regional Hospital Ophthalmic Consultant launches important
new publication
Mr. Stephen Beatty, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Waterford
Regional Hospital and Associate Lecturer at Waterford Institute of
Technology, has just published a book entitled "Nutrition and the
Eye: A practical approach". The book will be launched on April 6th
and is aimed at ophthalmologists, nutritionists, GPs, optometrists,
opticians and anyone involved in treating low vision.
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Return to Nursing
Practice -
A New Career Again
Are you a
registered general or psychiatric Nurse who has not been nursing for
some years and who would like to return to nursing practice? If so,
then the Return to Nursing Practice Programme runs at the Centre of
Nurse Education, HSE, South Eastern Area, in Waterford Regional
Hospital, may be of interest to you.
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Pet ownership at Christmas
Owning a pet is a long established Irish tradition and a
particularly topical issue at Christmas time. A pet is a wonderful
addition to any family, bringing with it hours of fun, exercise and
unconditional love that an animal bestows on a family who treat it
with loving care and responsibility.
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Keep safe at Christmas
The Health
Service Executive wishes service users, patients and staff a happy
and healthy Christmas. During the festive period, staff will
continue to provide essential health services to people who need
hospitals, ambulances and emergency placements. Head office and
central offices will be closed from Friday 23rd and will
reopen on Friday 30th December. Offices will be closed
on Monday 2nd January, for the New Year’s Day bank
holiday.
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Waterford’s Public Health Nursing Service has achieved another first
The Public Health Nursing school service has achieved the ISO
9001:2000 accreditation award. The ISO is an international
organisation for standardisation and this award recognises an
initiative by staff to research, identify and record the best
practises, which facilitate the school screening service.
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National Hygiene
Audit
The Health Service Executive in the South East welcomes the
publication of the first National Hygiene Audit for Irish
Hospitals. The Hse accepts the results as an accurate reflection of
the level of hygiene on the days that the audits were undertaken.
It is very disappointing that in some areas the results were below
the standards acceptable.
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Ferns Inquiry Report
The
Health Service Executive welcomes the publication of the Ferns
Inquiry Report and is committed to implementing its
recommendations. The HSE co-operated in full with the inquiry and
provided all information that was requested, made all known
files/documentation available, facilitated staff who had to attend
hearings and offered services to known victims and their families.
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New Springboard
project for New Ross
The Health Service Executive (Wexford Community Services) is signing
a unique agreement with Youth New Ross Ltd to set up a Springboard
Project in New Ross. This community project will run for three
years and has a 1.2 million euro budget spread over that time.
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National Breast Feeding
Breast is best, as the saying goes. Time and again, it has been
demonstrated that breast milk gives newborn babies the best possible
start in life. Breastfeeding, while normal and natural, is a learned
skill and both mother and child need support.
The benefits of breast milk don't just last while feeding or
during childhood, but throughout life.
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Leptospirosis - Are you
at risk?
Leptospirosis is an infection frequently found in domestic and wild
animals. It is a zoonotic disease, which means that it can pass from
animals to humans, it rarely, if ever, passes from person to person.
In Ireland, leptospirosis is usually picked up from rats, although a
milder form can be caught from cattle or dogs. A number have
occurred in people working on farms/with animals, golfers and
fishermen.
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Irish Heart Week
A Child's Heart...for Life - Irish Heart Week 25th September -
October 1
During Irish Heart Week The Health Service
Executive South Eastern Area aims to help parents today who face a
huge challenge in ensuring the health of their children and in
encouraging positive lifestyle habits for adulthood. This year Irish
Heart Week focuses on 'A Child's Heart ...for Life'
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Sexual Assault Treatment Unit
(SATU)
The 24-hour service for victims of rape and sexual assault in the
South East has now been in operation for 12 months at Waterford
Regional Hospital. Forensic medical examinations are necessary if a
case is to be processed by the criminal justice system and the SATU
in WRH enables women and men to avail of services locally.
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Junior Certificate celebrations - health programme for secondary
schools in South Tipperary
Every year sees a rise in the misuse of alcohol and illegal
substances amongst young people in the South Tipperary area.
To combat and deter the escalation this year the Education
Sub Group in partnership with the Substance Misuse Service of
the Health Service Executive South Eastern Region, Mid Tipperary
Drugs Initiative, Carrick Community Based Drugs Initiative, Clonmel
Community Based Drugs Initiative secondary schools in South
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New psychology support service for
parents in Carlow/Kilkenny
The Health
Service Executive South Eastern Area is delighted to announce the
launch of a new Drop in Psychology service for parents based in
Carlow and Kilkenny. The Carlow/Kilkenny Child & Adolescent
Psychology Service will be offering this new and innovative weekly
service to parents from Wednesday 7th September 2005.
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Notification of Bogus Staff
The Health Service Executive South Eastern Area has been informed of
a bogus worker who has visited at least two homes in the Wexford
Town area in the past month.
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Motherhood Silenced - Wexford Launch
The Health Service Executive South Eastern Area (HSE-SEA) is
holding a regional launch for Motherhood Silenced- THE
REFLECTIONS OF NATURAL MOTHERS ON ADOPTION REUNION. Dr. Mary
Corcoran from the National university of Ireland and Maynooth,
an eminent lecturer, researcher and commentator on social, political
and women’s issues will launch the book.
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Honour for Waterford Regional Hospital Consultant
Mr Stephen Beatty,
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Waterford Regional Hospital, has
been appointed to the Board of Governors at Waterford Institute of
Technology (WIT).
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HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE Welcomes
fourth Waterford
Prosecution regarding
smoking in the workplace legislation
The Health Service Executive, South Eastern Area (HSE SE), has
welcomed the prosecution of a premises in Kilmacthomas, Co.
Waterford in relation to a breach of the law banning smoking in the
workplace.
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Bedwetting
(Enuresis)
May
9th to the 15th is 'Healthy Bladder Week', the Health Service
Executive - South Eastern Area (HSE-SEA) is highlighting the issue
of bedwetting and giving parents help to reduce the problem.
Bedwetting is a common childhood complaint that affects quite
a considerable number of children.
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Minister
Launches major evaluation report.
Mr.
Brian Lenihan, Minister of State at the Department of Health and
Children, will officially launch the Evaluation Report of The
Community Playgroup Initiative 2001 -2004.
The launch will take place in the Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny on
Friday 22nd April at 11.30 a.m.
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Crypotosporidiosis
The Health Service Executive South Eastern Area has advised Carlow
County Council to issue a boil water notice for the Carlow Town
area. This came about because of an increase in cases of human
cryptosporidiosis in the past two months; 26 to date.
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BreastCheck roll-out to Carlow welcomed
The Health Service Executive South Eastern Area is delighted to
welcome the rollout of the national Breastcheck programme to Carlow.
The aim of the programme is the early detection and treatment of
breast cancer in women who show no symptoms of the disease.
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Munch and Crunch success
The Munch & Crunch Healthy Lunch Project was initiated in 1999 in
County Waterford by the Health Service Executive South Eastern Area
(formerly SEHB). It aims to encourage and support primary schools in
developing and implementing a healthy lunch policy that is unique to
their school. There are now 217 (84%) schools in Counties Waterford,
Kilkenny and Wexford that are involved in this project.
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New approach to drug education
The South Tipperary Substance Misuse Co-ordination Unit, Health
Service Executive South Eastern Area (HSE-SE) launched an innovative
approach to drug education on in Cahir, Tipperary SR. The Primary
School Transition Programme is a holistic programme for 6th class
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Health Care Assistants’ join nurses’ and midwives’ in a Shared
Vision of Patient Care
Healthcare reform has opened many doors to enhance progress within
the healthcare environment. The Health Service Executive - South
Eastern Area began the development of the Healthcare Support
certificate for Health Care Assistants (HCAs) validated by the
Further Education Training Awards Council (FETAC) at Level 2 a
number of years ago.d immune
systems.
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Toxoplasmosis
– Are you at risk?
Toxoplasmosis
is an infection caused by a tiny parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite
is harmless to most healthy adults and children, but can cause illness in people
with underdeveloped or weakened immune systems. Full
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Child
Health Information pack
The
Child Health Information Service Project (CHISP) in the Health Service Executive
– South Eastern Area is rolling out an information pack to support parents and
main carers of small babies in the South Tipperary Community Care Area during
the month of February.
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South
Tipperary Mental Health Services
The Health Service Executive South East Region is surprised
and disappointed by the decision of the PNA to take industrial action today at
South Tipperary Mental Health Services. Full
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South Eastern Health Board supporting parents.
Parents make a valuable contribution to the lives and future health and well
being of their children every day, while dealing with the many and varied
pressures of their own lives. This
contribution can sometimes be invisible and undervalued by both parents and
children.
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Pet Ownership at Christmas
21st
December 2004
Owning
a pet is a long established Irish tradition and a particularly topical issue at
Christmas time. A pet is a wonderful addition to any family, bringing with
it hours of fun, exercise and unconditional love that an animal bestows on a
family who treat it with loving care and responsibility. Full
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Keep
Safe at Christmas
The South Eastern Health Board wishes service users, patients and staff a happy
and healthy Christmas. During the
festive period, staff will continue to provide essential health services to
people who need hospitals, ambulances and emergency placements.
Head office and central offices will be closed from Thursday 24th
and will reopen on Thursday 30th December. Full
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Civil
Registration goes on-line in Waterford
The
end of an era was marked at
the South Eastern Health Board’s offices at The Cork Road in Waterford
on Dec 6th. On that day the book was closed on the last
manually written registers in use to record birth and death for the districts of
Tramore and Waterford.
These registers were started in January 1864 following an act of
Parliament which required the registering of
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Historic
day at Grogan's Road Wexford
A small piece of history was made in
the Health Board’s offices at Grogan’s Road in Wexford on
November 29th . On that day the registers of birth and
death ceased as the method of recording
key life events. These
registers were first opened in
January 1864 following an act of Parliament which required the
registering of all
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Improving
Travellers Health in the South East
The Regional Traveller Health Unit of the SEHB is launching a progress report on
the development of traveller health services. Improving Travellers Health
in the South East is being launched on 15th December in Hotel Minella,
Clonmel at
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New
Intellectual Disability facility official opening
The South Eastern Health Board’s Wexford Residential Intellectual
Disability Services is officially opening Rivendell, a residential
facility for eight people on Thursday 16th December.
Cllr. Larry O’Brien, Chairman of Wexford County Council will
perform the official opening. Full Story
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Getting
Inside Men’s Health – the inside track
Getting
Inside Men’s Health
is the culmination of a three year research study on men’s health, funded by
the Health Promotion Unit, Department of Health and Children, and carried out in
the South Eastern Health Board. The
quantitative research study was carried out across the five counties in the
South East. 570 men were selected
randomly from GP - eight focus groups were held and 20 interviews were
undertaken with GP practices.
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HSE
Appointments
The
Interim Health Service Executive, which takes over the running of
Ireland
’s
health service on a unified, national basis from
1
January 2005
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has today announced the appointments of its national directors. They
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Mumps
Activity
The South Eastern Health Board is calling on parents and young people
to be extra vigilant in relation to personal safety during the
Halloween period. Fireworks
are effectively illegal in Ireland the exception being licensed,
professional firework display companies. Full
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Safety at Halloween
The
South Eastern Health Board is calling on parents and young people to
be extra vigilant in relation to personal safety during the
Halloween period. Fireworks
are effectively illegal in Ireland; most of the illegal fireworks
and bangers on sale in markets and from street traders throughout
the country are sub-standard and liable to cause injury.
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New
Partnership approach to drugs
The South Eastern Health Board, Mid Tipperary Drugs Initiative and the
Slieveardagh Vintners Federation (SVF) have come together to develop a drug and
alcohol policy for vintners in the Slieveardagh area.
This is the first such programme to be developed in Ireland and the
partners hope that other vintners groups and community drug initiatives will
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Improving
Standards of Drinking Water
The South
Zoonoses Committee, continues to promote awareness of safe drinking water.
The Zoonoses Committee was delighted with the outcome of a recent comprehensive
seminar addressing the subject in Kilkenny, where the issues were discussed by
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National
"Children in Hospital Play Day" marked at Waterford Regional Hospital
Waterford
Regional Hospital was delighted to participate in "National Children in
Hospital Play Day" on Wednesday, 29th September 2004 last.
Additional resources and provisions were made for play and fun activities in the
Children's Ward and Outpatient Clinics for the day. Full
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Signing of contract for construction works at St. John's
Hospital, Enniscorthy.
The South Eastern Health Board Head
Office in Kilkenny was the venue last week for the official signing of contract
documents with Rohcon Ltd. for the development of Phase 1 of St. John’s
Hospital in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Full Story
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St. Patrick’s Hospital leads the way
St
Patrick's Hospital Cashel has pioneered venepuncture/cannulation training for
care of the elderly. At present St. Patrick’s Hospital is the only Care of the
Elderly hospital in
Ireland
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Meeting
the Mental Health needs of Our Children – Is there a better way?
The South Eastern Health Board and the Psychology Department of UCD are
undertaking a major research programme focusing on the mental health needs of
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Major developments to health
centres
The
South Eastern Health Board welcomes the approval to undertake the
development of three new health centres across the South East.
The cost of the new developments is 1.7 million euro and will
enable the board to provide modern, bright facilities for patients,
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New
Alzheimer’s Garden opens in
St. John’s
Hospital
Mr. Ivor Callely, Minister
for State at the Department for Health and Children, officially opens the new
Alzheimer’s Garden located in St. John’s
Hospital
, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford at 11.30 a.m. Friday 3rd September. Full
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Could this be the answer to Ireland’s Childhood Obesity Crisis?
The South Eastern Health Board
is looking at ways of tackling the Obesity Timebomb. Obesity is rapidly becoming
one of the most important medical and public health problems of our time. Its role as a health hazard in
adults has been well recognised for some time but its prevalence among our
nation’s children has only recently been identified.
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Dunne
Post Mortem Inquiry
As
part of the Dunne Post Mortem Inquiry the South Eastern Health Board carried out
an audit of post mortem records.
During this audit no records were found of the transfer of pituitary
glands to any company or agency.
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New Health Strategy
The governments new Health Strategy is now
available on the Department of Health and Children's website:
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Primary
Care Unit
Welcome to the Primary Care Unit Web Pages. Here you will find
information for general practitioners and their support staff,
practice nurses, pharmacists and dentists. This information includes
guidelines on the operation of different primary care schemes, details
of grants and application forms. Full
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European
Immunisation Week
Parents’
quiz
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Carlow: 53 Betty Kinsella, 170
Coolelogh Ave., Graiguecullen,
Carlow
Rosemary Smith, 66 Ardreigh Walk, Dunn
Brinn, Athy
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