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Consultant Post Approvals 2019
CONSULTANT POST APPROVALS 2019 Medical Discipline Title of post Hospital Group / CHO Clinical Sites and Commitment Post Reference Num CAAC Meeting Anaesthetics Consultant Anaesthestist RCSI Hospitals Group Beaumont Hospital, 35.5 hours, RCSI 3.5 hours BTANAN27 Dec-18 Anaesthetics Consultant Anaesthestist RCSI Hospitals Group Beaumont Hospital, 35.5 hours, RCSI 3.5 hours BTANAN28 Dec-18 Anaesthetics Consultant Anaesthestist South / South West Hospitals Group Cork University Hospital, 39 hours CUANAN07 Dec-18 Anaesthetics Consultant Anaesthestist Saolta Hospitals Group Mayo University Hospital, 39 hours CBANAN02 Dec-18 Anaesthetics Consultant Anaesthestist Saolta Hospitals Group Mayo University Hospital, 39 hours CBANAN04 Dec-18 Medicine Consultant in Clinical Genetics Dublin Midlands Hospitals Group St James's Hospital, 39 hours STJHMCC01 Dec-18 Medicine Consultant General Physician Dublin Midlands Hospitals Group St James's Hospital, 19.5 hours, TCD, 19.5 hours JSGMGM10 Dec-18 Medicine Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases Dublin Midlands Hospitals Group St James's Hospital, 19.5 hours, TCD, 19.5 hours JSGMGM31 Dec-18 Medicine Consultant Cardiologist Dublin Midlands Hospitals Group St James's Hospital, 19.5 hours, TCD, 19.5 hours JSCACA09 Dec-18 Medicine Consultant Cardiologist Dublin Midlands Hospitals Group St James's Hospital, 19.5 hours, TCD, 19.5 hours JSCACA03 Dec-18 Tallaght University Hospital, 29 hours, Naas General Hospital 10 Medicine Consultant Dermatologist Dublin Midlands Hospitals Group hours TTDEDE04 Dec-18 Obstetrics -
Noca Quality Improvement Champion Award 2021
NOCA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CHAMPION AWARD 2021 The NOCA ‘Quality Improvement Champion Award’ recognises an individual or team who has made best use of national or local clinical audit data to improve patient care in their hospital/hospital group/healthcare organisation. Contents ENTRIES ......................................................................................................................... 3 RECIPIENTS OF THE CHAMPION AWARDS ................................................................... 6 ENTRY 1 - WINNER ............................................................................................................... 8 ENTRY 2 ............................................................................................................................ 11 ENTRY 3 ............................................................................................................................ 16 ENTRY 4 ............................................................................................................................ 22 ENTRY 5 ............................................................................................................................ 25 ENTRY 6 ............................................................................................................................. 27 ENTRY 7 – HIGHLY COMMENDED .................................................................................. 30 ENTRY 8 – HIGHLY COMMENDED .................................................................................. 33 ENTRY 9 ............................................................................................................................ -
Better Services for Patients Time 4 Us
Health Matters Vol. 4 Issue 1 Spring 2008 Item Type Report Authors Health Service Executive (HSE) Rights Health Service Executive Ireland Download date 30/09/2021 21:58:05 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10147/45763 Find this and similar works at - http://www.lenus.ie/hse New Hygiene Vaccine Delivery HfH Premiers in Campaign Success Crumlin Patients to question staff New system saves money and Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin on hand washing improves safety launches HfH Programme p9 p15 p18 KdajbZ ) >hhjZ& Heg^c\ '%%- =ZVai]NationalbViiZgh Staff Newsletter of the Health Service Executive Integrated System Can Deliver Better Services for Patients Time 4 Us Parents in Galway enjoy more recent review of how public With this approach, health services > Increases in the number of day inpatients could be treated in an quality time with children hospitals admit, treat and (within and between hospital and cases (the average in Ireland is 12 alternative to an acute hospital). p 24 A discharge patients has found community) are connected together per cent below the OECD average); The review highlights that these that patients would spend less time in seamlessly, delays between services > More discharge planning (currently practices are already working well hospital, and receive a better service, if are reduced and patients receive a no discharge date is planned for 83 in a number of Irish hospitals and all public hospitals adopted practices better service. per cent of patients); introducing them to all public hospitals that are the norm in other advanced The review recommends: > Bringing patients into hospital on the could be done relatively quickly. -
HBS08958 Group Laboratory Manager 1 Group Laboratory Manager Job Specification & Terms and Conditions Job Title and Grade Gr
Group Laboratory Manager Job Specification & Terms and Conditions Job Title and Grade Group Laboratory Manager (Grade Code 393X) Campaign Reference HBS08958 Closing Date Wednesday, 12th August 2020 at 12 noon Proposed Interview Due to the urgent requirement of this post interviews will take place as soon as possible Date (s) once the closing date has passed. This means that you may be called forward for interview at very short notice. Taking up A start date will be indicated at job offer stage. Appointment Location of Post University Limerick Hospital Group There is currently one permanent whole-time vacancy available in University Hospital Limerick. A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for University Limerick Hospital Group from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part- time duration may be filled. Informal Enquiries Mary Donnellan O’Brien Email: [email protected] Tel: 061 – 482937 Details of Service UL Hospitals Group comprises six different hospital sites: • University Hospital Limerick (UHL) • University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL) • Nenagh Hospital • Ennis Hospital • Croom Orthopaedic Hospital • St. John’s Hospital (Voluntary) The six sites collectively function as one single hospital system. We provide a range of emergency, surgical and medical services on an inpatient and outpatient basis to a population of over 473,000 people in the Mid-West. UL Hospitals Group provides a service to the people of Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary. The group reports to the Acute Hospitals Division of the HSE and is governed by an interim Board of Directors, an Executive Management Team led by the CEO supported by five Directorates (Medicine, Peri-Operative, Child & Maternal Health, Diagnostics and Operational Services) who are accountable for the operation of services across the sites. -
Foi Disclosure Log for 2019
Page 1 of 17 FOI LOG 2019 FOI DISCLOSURE LOG FOR 2019 Requester Group Received Request Decision Decision Date FOI/3957/19 Public 02/01/2019 Request for MRI Protocols for imaging - spine and major salivary glands, etc 1. The Granted 02.01.19 spine (and/or central nervous systems including the brain), e.g primary tumours, cysts and metastasis; and Major salivary glands (parotid and sub-mandibular). FOI/3970/19 Media 09.01/2019 Correspondence (email/letter) between the Beaumont Hospital Board and the Granted 27.03.19 Beaumont Hospital CEO with the following parties on the matter of the CEO role at Beaumont Hospital – Minister for Health, Department of Health Secretary General, Department of Health Assistant Secretary-Acute Hospital Division, Department of Health Assistant Secretary-HR Division, HSE Director General, HSE Director of Acute Operations, HSE Deputy Director of Acute Operations, HSE Director of HR, RCSI Hospitals Chief Operating Officer. The period of the correspondence would be 1 January 2018 to 9 January 2019. FO/3972/ 19 Public 14.01.19 Request for the following records under the provisions of the Freedom of Partial access 12.02.19 Information Act 2014: o The names and purposes of any study, research or other project being carried out at the hospital in which Genomics Medicine Ireland has involvement, including the names and titles of the principal researchers o The date of commencement of the study and expected duration o The number of patients enrolled o A copy of the consent form and information issued to any patients enrolled -
Medical Interns 2017 Additional Information
Medical Interns 2017 Additional Information Contents: Reform of the Intern Year Reform of the Intern Year (p1) Government policy on undergraduate Reform of the Intern Year continues to Principle Reforms (p1) medical education and postgraduate be jointly implemented by the Health P r i n c i p a l Re fo r m s Intern Training medical education and training is set out Service Executive (HSE), the Intern Networks (p2) in the “Fottrell” and “Buttimer” reports Training Networks, the Medical Clinical Sites (p3) (available: www.doh.ie) Council, the Medical Schools, the Intern Training Postgraduate Medical Training Bodies, Programmes (p4) The National Committee on Medical hospital medical workforce Induction (p5) Education and Training (NCMET) was management, and individual hospital Employment Contracts established to oversee implementation of and community services. (p5) Progression Through the recommendations in these reports. In Implementation reports have been 2008, the NCMET made a series of published by the HSE detailing Training and Sign-Off (p5) recommendations for reform of the Intern progress to date. Year (report available: www.hse.ie). These reports are available at: Many of the recommendations of the www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications NCMET Report have been implemented. /corporate/etr . Principal Reforms The principal reforms to intern training which have been implemented include: ● The establishment of intern training networks and the appointment of Intern Network Coordinators ● The development of a National Intern Training programme for internship ● The introduction of a modular structure and new specialties to the intern year ● The establishment of a national application system and matching system for intern posts ● The introduction of a Training Agreement between Intern Training Networks and interns ● The development of e-learning modules to enhance interns’ on-site clinical training ● The standardisation of assessment forms ● The introduction of Service Level Agreements for the support of intern training. -
The Ombudsman and Public Hospitals
The Ombudsman and the Public Hospitals The Ombudsman is Impartial Independent A free service 2 Who is the Ombudsman and what does the Ombudsman do? Peter Tyndall is the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman can examine complaints about the actions of a range of public bodies, including public hospitals. All hospitals providing public health services come within the Ombudsman’s remit. The Ombudsman can examine complaints about how hospital staff carry out their everyday administrative activities when providing public health services. These include complaints about delays or failing to take action. However, there are certain complaints that the Ombudsman cannot examine. These include complaints about: private health care regardless of where it is provided and clinical judgment by the HSE (diagnoses or decisions about treatment Is the Ombudsman independent? Yes. The Ombudsman is independent and impartial when examining complaints. 1 What can I complain to the Ombudsman about? You can complain about your experience in dealing with a hospital. This might include, among other issues, a hospital: applying an incorrect charge failing to follow approved administrative procedures, protocols or reasonable rules failing to communicate clearly failing to seek your informed consent to a procedure keeping poor records failing to respect your privacy and dignity having staff who are rude or unhelpful or who discriminate against you being reluctant to correct an error failing to deal with your complaint in accordance with the complaints process. 2 Which -
Local Occupational Health Department
Occupational Health Occupational Health Nurse Hospital Groups Address Contact No: Contact No: Physician Advisors RCSI Hospital Group Maura Cagney CNM3 Deborah Leavy, CNM2 Ciara McGowan, CNM2 Beaumont Hospital Beaumont Road, Dublin 9 Dr. Aoife NiDhuthaigh 01 8093273 Ruth Walsh, CNM2 01 8092564 Ruth Mc Loughlin Occ Health Rotunda Hospital Parnell Sq, Dublin 1 Dr Dominic Natin 01 8032813 (based In Mater) Nurse Manager 01 8176851 Niamh McCullagh CNM3 Niamh Coffey, CNM2 Anna Santos, CNM2 Jane McInerney, CNM2 Aine Kenny, CNM2 Dr. Zakiah Amir/Dr Tom Mary Devaney (secondment ) Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown Mill Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 Gaffney 01 6465220 01 6465220 Aoife Carroll, CNM2 Eileen O Connor, CNM2 Grace Brady CNM2 Charity Craig CNM2 /Karen Cavan General Hospital Lisdarn, Cavan Dr Peter Noone 041 68 57811 McCabe CNMII 041 68 57811 Monaghan General Hospital Monaghan Dr Peter Noone 041 68 57811 041 68 57811 Aoife Carroll, CNM2 Eileen O Connor, CNM2 Grace Brady CNM2 Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Charity Craig CNM2 /Karen Drogheda North Drogheda, Drogheda, Co. Louth Dr Peter Noone 041 68 57811 McCabe CNM2 041 68 57811 Aoife Carroll, CNM2 Eileen O Connor, CNM2 Grace Brady CNM2 Charity Craig CNM2 /Karen Louth County Hospital, Dundalk Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co Louth Dr Peter Noone 041 68 57811 McCabe CNM2 041 68 57811 Ireland East Hospital Group Aofie Carroll, CNM2 Eileen O Connor, CNM2 Grace Brady CNM2 Charity Craig CNM2 /Karen Our Lady's Hospital, Navan Navan, Co Meath Dr Peter Noone 041 68 57811 (Ardee base) McCabe CNM2 041 68 57811 Mater Misericordiae University Maria Lenehan, CNM2 01 8032559 Maria Hospital Eccles Street, Dublin 7 Dr Dominic Natin 01 8032813 (based In Mater) Mary Connolly, CNM2 01 8032827 Mary Occupational Health Department, Aine Kenny CNM 3 Midland Regional Hospital, Arden Road, Stephanie McCann CNM2 Dr. -
National Radiology Quality Improvement Programme 1St National Data Report 1 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2019
National Radiology Quality Improvement Programme 1st National Data Report 1 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2019 National Quality Improvement Team CONTENTS FOREWORD 5 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS 6 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 8 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE NRQI PROGRAMME 11 CHAPTER 2: ICT SYSTEMS AND DATA QUALITY 17 CHAPTER 3: WORKLOAD AND RESOURCES 23 CHAPTER 4: REPORT TURNAROUND TIME 29 CHAPTER 5: PEER REVIEW 36 CHAPTER 6: RADIOLOGY ALERTS 55 CHAPTER 7: RADIOLOGY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS 66 CONCLUSION 73 NATIONAL DATA REPORT 1 JAN – 31 DEC 2019 3 WORKING GROUP, NATIONAL RADIOLOGY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME Dr Rachel Ennis (Chair) Consultant Radiologist, University Hospital Galway Dr Niall Sheehy Dean of The Faculty of Radiologists, RCSI Consultant Radiologist, St James’s Hospital, Dublin Dr Patricia Cunningham Consultant Radiologist, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan Dr Peter Kavanagh Consultant Radiologist, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Dublin Dr John Feeney Consultant Radiologist, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin Prof Anthony Ryan Consultant Radiologist, University Hospital Waterford Dr Jane Cunningham Consultant Radiologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin Dr Ferdia Bolster Consultant Radiologist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin Dr Angela Byrne Consultant Radiologist, Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin, Dublin Dr Tadhg Gleeson Consultant Radiologist, Wexford General Hospital Dr Ian Brennan Consultant Radiologist, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT TEAM, RCPI Joanna Swierczynska Programme Manager, National Radiology QI Programme, RCPI Philip Ryan Data Analyst, RCPI Caitríona McGrath Department Manager, Specialty Quality Improvement Department, RCPI 4 NATIONAL RADIOLOGY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME Foreword This is the first annual national data report issued by the National Radiology Quality Improvement (NRQI) Programme to receive circulation within the Irish health care service. -
Overall 2019 1.0% 4.7% 2.8% 4.1% 5.5% 5.5% 4.0% 87.0% 2018
RCSI Hospital Group Absence Rate by Staff Category Health & Social Month Medical & Nursing & Care Management & General Patient & Client Overall Certified Dental Midwifery Professionals Administrative Support Care July 0.7% 4.0% 2.8% 3.9% 5.2% 5.4% 3.6% 88.6% June 1.3% 4.8% 2.8% 4.0% 6.3% 6.8% 4.3% 85.3% May 1.2% 4.8% 2.2% 4.1% 5.1% 4.7% 3.9% 90.1% April 1.2% 4.8% 2.9% 3.9% 4.8% 5.0% 3.9% 88.6% March 0.9% 4.5% 3.0% 3.7% 5.6% 5.2% 3.8% 86.3% February 0.9% 5.2% 2.8% 4.6% 6.0% 5.9% 4.3% 83.4% January 0.8% 4.8% 3.1% 4.8% 5.3% 5.4% 4.2% 86.7% 2019 1.0% 4.7% 2.8% 4.1% 5.5% 5.5% 4.0% 87.0% December 0.9% 5.0% 2.7% 5.1% 5.8% 5.2% 4.2% 87.4% November 0.6% 4.5% 3.3% 4.6% 5.7% 5.2% 4.0% 87.1% October 1.3% 5.0% 3.1% 5.1% 6.1% 6.2% 4.5% 88.8% September 1.5% 4.3% 2.7% 4.5% 4.9% 4.7% 3.8% 87.4% August 0.8% 4.5% 2.4% 4.3% 5.1% 5.3% 3.8% 89.7% July 0.5% 4.0% 2.3% 4.9% 5.8% 5.5% 3.8% 89.3% June 1.1% 4.0% 2.8% 4.4% 4.7% 5.1% 3.6% 89.7% May 1.2% 3.8% 2.9% 3.8% 5.8% 5.5% 3.7% 89.4% April 1.3% 3.9% 2.8% 4.2% 6.6% 6.6% 4.0% 89.4% March 1.0% 4.5% 2.5% 4.3% 6.3% 5.9% 4.0% 91.2% February 0.8% 5.3% 3.2% 4.6% 6.8% 7.2% 4.6% 90.2% January 1.0% 5.5% 3.7% 6.2% 7.9% 9.3% 5.3% 88.8% 2018 1.0% 4.5% 2.9% 4.7% 6.0% 6.0% 4.1% 89.0% December 2.9% 3.8% 5.2% 4.5% 7.4% 7.6% 4.8% 86.8% November 1.0% 5.1% 3.0% 4.6% 6.4% 8.9% 4.6% 88.9% October 0.8% 5.5% 2.7% 3.8% 6.6% 8.6% 4.6% 89.5% September 0.7% 4.7% 2.9% 3.9% 6.2% 8.4% 4.3% 89.0% August 0.6% 4.2% 2.2% 3.9% 6.0% 8.2% 3.9% 89.2% July 0.6% 4.0% 2.0% 3.9% 6.1% 7.2% 3.8% 89.1% June 1.0% 4.4% 2.7% 3.9% 4.4% 5.7% 3.7% 89.6% May 1.0% -
Whole-Genome Sequencing of SARS-Cov-2 in the Republic of Ireland During Waves 1 and 2
medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.09.21251402; this version posted February 10, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in the Republic of Ireland during waves 1 and 2 of the pandemic Mallon P.W.G.,1, 2 Crispie F.,3 Gonzalez G.,4,5 Tinago W.,1 Garcia Leon A.A.,1 McCabe M.,6 de Barra E.,7, 8 Yousif, O.,9 Lambert J.S.,1, 10 Walsh C.J.,3 Kenny J.G.,3 Feeney E.,1, 2 Carr M.,4 Doran P.,11 Cotter P.D.,3 on behalf of the All Ireland Infectious Diseases Cohort Study and the Irish Coronavirus Sequencing Consortium. 1. Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland. 2. St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 3. Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, and APC Microbiome Ireland, Cork, Ireland 4. National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, Ireland 5. International Collaboration Unit, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan 6. Teagasc Grange, Animal and BioScience Department, County Meath, Ireland 7. Dept of International Health & Tropical Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland 8. Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 9. Wexford General Hospital, Wexford, Ireland 10. Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 11. Clinical Research Centre, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland Corresponding author: Professor Patrick Mallon, Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research, School of Medicine, University College Dublin Tel: +3531 7164414 Email: [email protected] Key words: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, whole genome sequencing, sequencing, variant, lineage 1 NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice. -
Operational Plan 2017 RCSI Hospital Group
Operational Plan 2017 RCSI Hospital Group 1. Introduction RCSI Hospital Group was established in The RCSI Hospital Budget outturn 2015 comprising the following hospitals: Group 2017 2016 Beaumont Hospital Connolly Hospital €M €M Cavan and Monaghan Hospital Net Total 686.2 685.4 Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Increase Year on Year 0.8 Louth County Hospital 0.1% Rotunda Hospital Key challenges 2017 The Academic Partner for the Group is the €M Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Pay policy pressures 13.8 (RCSI). Efficiency savings target 10.8 Increased income target 8.9 The RCSI Hospital Group serves populations in five counties – North Dublin, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan. The area stretches from the north banks of the River Liffey in Dublin City Centre, north to the border with Northern Ireland, and west to the border with County Donegal. It comprises urban, rural and commuter belt areas, and covers approximately 6,817 square kilometres in total. There is considerable variation in population density from a low of 39 persons per square kilometre in Cavan to a high of 4,139 persons per square kilometre in north Dublin city. Residents of neighbouring areas such as South Dublin and Kildare also access hospitals for secondary care and maternity services. Beaumont Hospital, which is the largest hospital in the group, in addition to providing emergency and acute Secondary Care services to the local community is also a designated Cancer Centre, the Regional Treatment Centre for Ear, Nose and Throat and Gastroenterology and also the National Referral Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Renal Transplantation, and Cochlear Implantation - as such treating patients from all parts of the country.