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Saolta University Health Care Group
The Saolta University Health Care Group ( ga, Grúpa Cúram Sláinte Ollscoile Saolta) is one of the hospital groups established by the Health Service Executive in Ireland. History The grouping of hospitals was announced by Ireland's then Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly, T.D., in May 2013, as part of a restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care. The Group was given responsibility for the following hospitals: *University Hospital Galway *Letterkenny University Hospital * Mayo University Hospital *Merlin Park University Hospital *Portiuncula University Hospital * Roscommon University Hospital *Sligo University Hospital In 2014, the Group, which had initially been known as the West / North West Hospitals Group, became Saolta University Health Care Group. In 2016 Bill Maher, Chief Executive of Saolta University Health Care Group, was the subject of an internal audit revealing potential conflict of interest at the time of his appointment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Health Service Executive
The Health Service Executive (HSE) ( ga, Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Ireland, responsible for the provision of health and personal social services. It came into operation on 1 January 2005. The current Director-General is Stephen Mulvany on an interim basis, after Paul Reid stepped down in October 2022. The new Director General, Bernard Gloster, will take up the role in Spring 2023. History The Executive was established by the Health Act 2004 and came into official operation on 1 January 2005. It replaced the ten regional Health Boards, the Eastern Regional Health Authority and a number of other different agencies and organisations. The Minister for Health retained overall responsibility for the Executive in Government. The HSE adopted a regional structure (HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster, HSE Dublin North East, HSE South and HSE West). A new grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health, Dr. James Rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Reilly (Irish Politician)
James Reilly (born 16 August 1955) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, businessman and medical doctor who served as a Senator from May 2016 to March 2020. He previously served as Acting Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from February to May 2016, Minister for Health from March 2011 to July 2014 and deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2010 to 2017. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency from 2007 to 2016. He subsequently announced his retirement from politics after he lost his bid for election for his old seat at the 2020 general election. Personal life Reilly graduated with a medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1979 and is a qualified General Practitioner. Reilly was president of the Irish Medical Organisation prior to his election. He was appointed as party spokesperson on Health in 2007 and promoted to Deputy Leader in a reshuffle on 1 July 2010. He has worked as a GP in the North County Dublin area for the past ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teachta Dála
A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parliament'' (MP) or '' Member of Congress'' used in other countries. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil", although a more literal translation is "Assembly Delegate". Overview For electoral purposes, the Republic of Ireland is divided into areas known as constituencies, each of which elects three, four, or five TDs. Under the Constitution, every 20,000 to 30,000 people must be represented by at least one TD. A candidate to become a TD must be an Irish citizen and over 21 years of age. Members of the judiciary, the Garda Síochána, and the Defence Forces are disqualified from membership of the Dáil. Until the 31st Dáil (2011–2016), the number of TDs had increased to 166. The 2016 general election elected 158 TD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Health (Ireland)
The Department of Health ( ga, An Roinn Sláinte) is a department of the Government of Ireland. The department's mission is to "support, protect and empower individuals, families and their communities to achieve their full health potential by putting health at the centre of public policy and by leading the development of high quality, equitable and efficient health and personal social services." The department is led by the Minister for Health, who is assisted by two Ministers of State. The department attracts much controversy particularly due to the HSE. Brian Cowen, a former minister for health, referred to it as "Angola" clarifying "just when you've cleared one land mine another goes off". Departmental team The headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in Miesian Plaza, Baggot Street, Dublin. The departmental team consists of the following: *Minister for Health: Stephen Donnelly, TD ** Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Hospital Galway
University Hospital Galway ( ga, Ospidéal na hOllscoile, Gaillimh) is a major acute hospital in Galway, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group. History The hospital has its origins in the Galway Central Hospital which was completed in 1924. A new facility, which was designed by Thomas Joseph Cullen and built on the same site as the old hospital, opened as Galway Regional Hospital in 1956. It became University College Hospital Galway in 1993 and went on to become University Hospital Galway in 2006. In July 2017 Saolta University Health Care Group, who manage the hospital, announced the introduction of a new electronic-based patient record system. Services University Hospital Galway is the Saolta Model 4 Hospital delivering 24/7 emergency medicine, acute medicine, acute surgery, critical care, maternity, neonatal, paediatric, cancer, laboratory and radiology alongside a wide range of tertiary referral services for the Saolta Group. It is a designated supr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letterkenny University Hospital
Letterkenny University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal na hOllscoile Leitir Ceanainn) is a general hospital at Letterkenny, County Donegal, in Ulster, Republic of Ireland. One of Ireland's busiest, the campus is divided by a main road heading on towards the North/West of Donegal on the N56 road (Ireland). A teaching hospital, it maintains links with NUI Galway, LYIT and the Royal College of Surgeons. LUH has been affected by the problems faced by Ireland's Health Service, extending back to the Fianna Fáil– Progressive Democrat governments of Bertie Ahern and Mary Harney to the present Fine Gael– Labour coalition. A common feature is the treatment of patients on trolleys due to chronic bed shortages. The emergency department of the hospital was closed for nine months when it was destroyed by flooding in July 2013 which caused €40 million worth of damage. The hospital was closed once again due to flooding following heavy rainfall a year later, in August 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayo University Hospital
Mayo University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Mhaigh Eo) is a general hospital in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group. History The hospital has its origins in the Mayo County Hospital which was built on Westport Road in Castlebar and opened in October 1938. This facility developed into Mayo General Hospital. Taoiseach Enda Kenny opened a new Renal Dialysis Unit in December 2013. The hospital changed its name from Mayo General Hospital to Mayo University Hospital in November 2015. Notable patients Notable patients have included: * Sir Ernst Boris Chain, died in the hospital on 12 August 1979. He was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin. *Eithne Kenny, mother of former Taoiseach Enda Kenny and wife of Henry Kenny, died there at the age of 93 on 26 November 2011. *Actor Robert Shaw, died there on 28 August 1978 after suffering a heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlin Park University Hospital
Merlin Park University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Pháirc Mherlin) is a public hospital in Galway, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group. History The hospital, which was commissioned as a tuberculosis sanitarium, was designed by Norman White. It was built on the site of Merlin Park House, a late Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ... property, and opened in 1953. In October 2018, it was reported that a 200-bed elective-only facility would be built at the hospital. Notes Hospital buildings completed in 1953 1953 establishments in Ireland Hospitals established in 1953 Hospitals in County Galway Health Service Executive hospitals {{Ireland-hospital-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portiuncula University Hospital
Portiuncula University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Phortiuncula) is a public hospital located in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group. History The Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood opened a nursing home at "Mount Pleasant" in 1943, and John Dignan, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert, invited them to found a hospital, which opened on 9 April 1945. The nuns named their hospital after Portiuncula in Italy, the place where Franciscanism began. The hospital changed its name from Portiuncula General Hospital to Portiuncula University Hospital in November 2015. Services The hospital provides 195 in-patient beds and 25 day case beds. Performance In July 2014 a number of serious hygiene issues were raised during an unscheduled inspection of the hospital by Health Information and Quality Authority The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA, ; Irish: ''An t-Údarás um Fhaisnéis agus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscommon University Hospital
Roscommon University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Ros Comáin) is a general hospital based in Roscommon, Ireland. It is situated on the N61 just outside Roscommon town. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group. History Early history The hospital was built at a cost of £120,000 and at the time it was built it had "98 beds for surgical and medical cases, in addition to special children's and maternity wards".Irish Times, 31 December 1941, p. 36 It was commissioned to replace the infirmary at Abbeytown (now the County Library) and opened as Roscommon County Hospital in November 1941. Closure of maternity services St Anne's maternity ward closed in 1978 when the Health Board refused to appoint an obstetrician-gynaecologist to the hospital. Since that date, there has been no maternity department in County Roscommon. Closure of accident & emergency services The Roscommon Hospital Action Committee (HAC) was a campaign group established to protest against the downgra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sligo University Hospital
Sligo University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Shligigh) is an acute general hospital in Sligo, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group. History The hospital has its origins in the Sligo County Hospital which was built in the Mall in Sligo and opened in 1940. A major extension to the hospital was officially opened by Erskine Childers, Tánaiste The Tánaiste ( , ) is the deputy head of the government of Ireland and thus holder of its second-most senior office. The Tánaiste is appointed by the President of Ireland on the advice of the Taoiseach. The current office holder is former Taoi ... in March 1971. The hospital changed its name from Sligo General Hospital to Sligo University Hospital in November 2015. References External linksOfficial Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
