Annual report 2002 (2.74Mb) Item Type Report Authors Northern Area Health Board (NAHB) Rights NAHB Download date 25/09/2021 14:27:51 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10147/43593 Find this and similar works at - http://www.lenus.ie/hse northern area health board 02 annual report 2002 02 Mission Statement ’To deliver quality health and personal social services in partnership with other agencies and health care providers, to achieve the maximum health and well-being possible for the population in our area through the best use of available resources.’ northern area health board | annual report 02 1 02 Section 1 - Northern Area Health Board 1Mission Statement 8 Chief Executive’s Overview 4Map 14 Board Members 5Information Note 16 Meetings/Committees 6 Chairman’s Overview 18 Management Team Section 2 - Services 20 Population Health Status 88 Mental Health Services Demographic Profile 95 Services for Older Persons Public Health Specialist Services 106 Alcohol & Opiate Addiction Services Communicable Diseases 111 Social Inclusion Environmental Health Asylum Seeker Services 47 Acute Hospital Services Services for Travellers section 1 Adult Homelessness 54 Primary Care Services northern area 114 Health Promotion 67 Children and Families 121 Cardiovascular Strategy health board Domestic Violence 123 Cancer and Palliative Care Services Laragh Counselling 78 Disability Services Intellectual Disability services Physical and Sensory services Section 3 - Corporate Services 126 Finance 142 Communications 133 Eastern Health Shared Services 144 Freedom of Information 134 Human Resources 146 Customer Services 140 Special Projects 148 Voluntary Organisations northern area health board | annual report 02 3 section 1 •Balscaddan •Balbriggan northern area health board 02 N1 information note •Balrothery •Naul •Skerries •Garristown •Damastown The Northern Area Health Board (NAHB) provides health and social COMMUNITY CARE AREA services to people of Dublin city and county north of the River Liffey. 8. dublin north The population of the Board’s geographic area is 486,000. •Oldtown •Ballyboughal •Lusk •Rush To meet the health and personal social service needs of the local population our Board works in close collaboration with voluntary Portrane • organisations, acute and psychiatric hospitals, general practitioners, St. Ita's Hospital N1 •Donabate dentists and orthodontists in the region and fosters strong liaisons Killsallaghan • Headquarters Swords with the local authorities and other State agencies. Irish Sea •Malahide Our services, which are provided locally, include Our Board has approximately 5,600 (Whole Time •Cloghran Acute Hospital, Children & Family, Addiction, Mental Equivalent - WTE) staff including management/ N2 •St. Margaret's Health, Intellectual Disability, Social Inclusion, administration (194), administrative support – Kinsealy • Physical & Sensory Disabilities, Primary Care, Dental patient/client services (912), nursing (1,793), medical Portmarnock COMMUNITY CARE AREA • Care, Health Promotion, Environmental Health and & dental (365), paramedical (846) and support staff – 6. dublin northwest •Balgriffin M1 Counselling Services. attendants, domestics, porters, household staff, care N3 •Darndale staff, maintenance – technical (1,556). •Donaghmeade Mulhuddart Ballymun Coolock Services are delivered locally through three • • Beaumont Hospital• Sutton James Connolly Memorial Hospital Beaumont St. Joseph's Hospital • Blandchardstown Finglas • community organisational management areas – The membership of the Board includes elected public • • COMMUNITY CARE AREA •Raheny •Howth 7. dublin north central Community Care Area 6 (Dublin North West), representatives, representatives of the voluntary •Clonsilla •Glasnevin •Killester Community Care Area 7 (Dublin North Central) and hospitals, disability agencies, other voluntary Castleknock Drumcondra • Cabra • Community Care Area 8 (Dublin North). providers, health professions and a Ministerial M50 • •Fairview St. Brendan's Hospital •Phibsborough •Clontarf The Mater Hospital nominee. St. Mary's Hospital •Stoneybatter •East Wall Palmerstown dublin city centre Inchicore Ringsend Irishtown Sandymount northern area health board | annual report 02 5 section 1 02 chairman’s overview 02 It has been my great pleasure to serve as Chairman of the Board during The Laragh Counselling Service officially opened its new accommodation at Prospect House, Glasnevin during the year. This is a very important service, which provides an extensive therapeutic programme to adults who 2002 following my election to the position at the Board’s annual general have been sexually abused in institutions or elsewhere in their childhood or youth. It’s very important that services like Laragh exist to value and understand those who have been abused in childhood. meeting in July. I was also fortunate to be present in St. Monica’s Nursing Home in Belvedere Place during November for the opening of the new Day Centre there. This Centre is a very welcome development for older people in the area. It is a privilege as Chairman to be invited to represent the Board and One of the most enjoyable functions I attended was the Expressions 2002 art exhibition held in St. Brendan’s speak at various events and functions during the year. These visits are Hospital, Grangegorman. This featured the works of mental health service users attending the hospital and community based services in Community Care Area 6. also an opportunity to meet many of our frontline staff and I wish to As we enter 2003 the Board must strike a delicate balance between the conflicting demands of managing record my great appreciation of their commitment and dedication. services within finite available resources while responding effectively and compassionately to the almost limitless demand for those services. As 2002 came to a close construction of the new €96m hospital building at James Connolly Memorial Hospital I have no doubt that the Board’s management and staff will meet the challenges that are ahead with great skill (JCMH), Blanchardstown was nearing completion. The new facility will be a great step forward for health and resourcefulness and continue to deliver services with the commitment and dedication which they have services in the hospital’s catchment area of Dublin North West, North Kildare and South County Meath. always shown. As one of the six teaching hospitals designated for the delivery of acute hospital services in the Greater Dublin My thanks and appreciation go to my fellow Board members, the general public and Board management and Area, JCMH has a vital role to play in the provision of health services in our city. staff for all your support. The construction of the new hospital is a very welcome development for the people of Dublin and also for the staff who are looking forward to making the transition to the building. Significant progress was made during the year in locating a highly suitable, accessible and central location for the development of an Orthodontic Dr. Dermot Fitzpatrick Unit at Ashtowngate. Chairman The Department of Health and Children allocated €864,000 for the provision of this Unit and it is intended that services will be delivered from Ashtowngate in Spring 2003. I was also gratified to note that funding was obtained for a major refurbishment and extension to Cabra Health Centre. This development will provide high quality primary care facilities for both staff and clients of the Centre. The new development will enable core members of the primary care team in Cabra to operate from one location for the first time. 6 northern area health board | annual report 02 northern area health board | annual report 02 7 section 1 02 chief executive’s overview 02 2002 was a year in which our Board focused on the consolidation of our For example: There was an increase in the uptake of primary immunisations at 12 months from 70% in 2000 for each of the vaccines to 74% in the last quarter of 2002. The uptake of the Meningococcal C vaccine for existing services and resources to meet the health needs of our children who reached their first birthday in the last quarter of 2002 was 89%. population. While the focus was on achieving value for money, The uptake of the MMR vaccine was 68% in the last quarter of 2002. There had been a marked decline in uptake at 24 months of age between the first and third quarters of 2001 when it fell from 75% to 61%. accountability and improved governance arrangements we also managed During 2002 a total of 138 cases of Hepatitis B, majority female, were notified – an increase of 35.3% from 2001. to realise considerable increases in activity and the expansion of patient Forty cases of bacterial meningitis were notified in 2002 and the number of TB cases at 70 represented a services and improved service quality in a number of key areas. 21.35% reduction on 2001 (89 cases). We worked closely with BreastCheck to ensure maximum update of the BreastCheck service. A total of 6,404 € Our Board’s expenditure outturn in 2002 was 519.341m compared with the expenditure outturn of women were screened as part of the BreastCheck Screening Programme from 8,603 eligible clients – an uptake € 452.697m in 2001. The population in our Board’s area is now 486,305 – the third largest health board area rate of 74%. in the country and keeping up pace with health care demands in 2002 was particularly challenging for our Board and staff particularly with the downturn in the economic climate midway through the year. Our Environmental Health Service inspected 2,449 food premises, carried out 4,284 food inspections and made 3,561 pest control visits. The Health Strategy, Quality & Fairness - A Health System for You, together with a number of other reports, € e.g. Value for Money and Bed Capacity, are the key documents on which our Board’s strategies and plans are Expenditure at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown was in excess of 62m due to increased € based. costs and additional demands made on services. A 96m new hospital capital development programme was completed within budget. During 2002 additional funding was allocated for implementation of key priority areas for the Strategy, e.g.