UHL CEO Cowan returns from leave period
*Colette Cowan. CEO of UL Hospitals Group, Colette Cowan has made a surprise return from leave to resume her duties.
HSE
Slow pace continues for primary care centres in Ennistymon & Sixmilebridge
*The primary care centre on Station Rd is the only one of four Clare facilities first announced in 2021 to have opened. COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS for the delivery of primary care centres in Ennistymon and Sixmilebridge are to be finalised this year, HSE officials have said.
Independent report into Aoife Johnston death behind schedule
*The late Aoife Johnston. AN INDEPENDENT REPORT into the death of Shannon teenager Aoife Johnston will not be completed on time.
Howard hits out at ‘cruel’ dental waiting list for children with additional needs
*Cllr Mary Howard. Photograph: John O’Neill CHILDREN WITH additional needs have been subjected “cruelty” by the wait times for dental treatment.
HSE finding it ‘challenging’ to source staff for Ennistymon Community Hospital
LACK OF STAFF meant respite care could not be provided at Ennistymon Community Hospital for twelve of the last twenty four months, a North Clare representative has claimed.
Friends of Ennis Hospital refute advice of HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer not to reopen emergency department
FRIENDS OF ENNIS Hospital have refuted the clinical advice of the HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer not to reopen 24 hour emergency departments in Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s.
HSE’s plans to appoint Dr Holohan as cancer consultant causes outrage
*Dr Tony Holohan. Photograph: Joe Buckley A LEADING health activist and patient advocate has said he is “outraged” by the HSE’s plans to appoint Dr Tony Holohan as a cancer consultant with a salary of €257,000.
Rodent droppings prompt FSAI to force partial closure of Cloughleigh store
AN ENNIS store was ordered to close its external food store room by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
Losses at Cahercalla Community Hospital narrow by 50% as revenues rise
*Photograph: John Mangan LOSSES at Cahercalla Community Hospital halved to €386,751 in 2022 as the nursing home increased revenues to €5.88m.
Clarity needed for Clare pyrite homeowners on access to the fair deal scheme.
Local Fianna Fáil Election candidate for the Shannon MD David Griffin has written to the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Older Persons, Mary Butler TD on behalf of affected pyrite homeowners to seek clarity on their access the fair deal scheme.