Contact an NMPDU
Find contact details for your local Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit (NMPDU):
- NMPDU South-West Cork and Kerry
- NMPDU South-East
- NMPDU North-West
- NMPDU West/Midwest
- NMPDU Dublin South, Kildare and Wicklow
- NMPDU Midlands
- NMPDU Dublin North
- NMPDU North-East
NMPDU South-West Cork and Kerry
This NMPDU covers Cork and Kerry.
Nursing & Midwifery Planning & Development Unit (Cork/Kerry), HSE South
Administration Building
St Marys Health Campus
Gurranabraher
Cork
T23 X440
Twitter: @NMPDUCorkKerry
Staff contacts
Sinéad Connaire – Director
Phone: 021 492 1203
Anne Noonan, NMPDU Officer
Portfolio: Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practice, Post Registration Education funding liaison, Continuing Professional Development and Practice Development
Phone: 021 4921206 / 087 4418753
Amy Slattery, NMPDU Officer
Portfolio: Clinical Nurse and Midwife Specialist Practice
Phone: 021 4921211/ 087 4418658
Breeda Kelly, NMPDU Officer
Portfolio: Professional Development Planning Framework (PDP) for Nurses and Midwives, Nursing and Midwifery Digital Healthcare including Telehealth, Promotion of the Professions of Nursing and Midwifery
Phone: 021 4921261/ 087 4518387
Sinead Kenneally, NMPDU Officer
Portfolio: Quality Care Metrics, Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Planning, Older Persons Services
Phone: 021 4921238 / 086 7871011
Valerie Noonan - Section Officer
Phone: 021 492 1204
Carmel Murphy - Administration to Area Director, NMPDU HSE South
Phone: 021 492 1207
Adam Guiney - Secretary to Director, NMPDU HSE South
Phone: 021 492 1203
Email: adam.guiney@hse.ie
Sinead Foley - Clerical Officer
Phone: 021 492 1205
NMPDU South-East
This NMPDU covers Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and South Tipperary.
NMPDU South-East
Kilcreene Hospital Complex
Kilkenny
R95 DK07
Twitter: @NMPDUKilkenny
Staff contacts
Judy Ryan - Director
Phone: 056 778 5627
Leonie Finnegan
Specific responsibilities: Quality care metrics and regional older persons digital project
Phone: 056 778 5639
Charmaine Scallan
Specific responsibilities: Advanced practice
Phone: 056 778 5628
Michelle Waldron
Specific responsibilities: Maternity services and clinical nurse specialist
Phone: 056 778 5620
Eva Phelan - Section Officer
Phone: 056 778 5629 or 087 7993780
Margaret Hickey - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 056 778 5620 or 087 9414297
Elaine Connolly - Clerical Officer
Phone: 056 778 5565 or 087 4081325
Deirdre Martin - Clerical Officer
Phone: 056 778 5619 or 087 4695209
Linda Hamilton - Clerical Officer
Phone: 051 848 691 or 087 4416232
NMPDU North-West
This NMPDU covers Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan.
An Clochar
Ballyshannon Health Campus
College Street
Ballyshannon
County Donegal
F94 TPX4
Twitter: @NMPDUNorthWest
Staff contacts
Michelle O'Hara Donnelly - Interim Director
Specific responsibilities:
- nursing and midwifery quality care metrics
- clinical information officer supporting nursing and midwifery informatics
- cross border nursing and midwifery services support
- digital improvement project for older persons services in the north-west.
Phone: 087 948 7097
Elizabeth Breslin - NMPDU Officer (Assistant Director of Nursing)
Specific responsibilities: Nursing and midwifery role development and practice development
Phone: 087 943 5500
Deirdre Diver - NMPDU Officer (Assistant Director of Nursing)
Phone: 087 181 9670
Anita Gallagher - Section Officer
Phone: 071 982 2106
Mobile: 087 7123240
Ann-Marie Fox - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 071 982 2106
Mobile: 087 3928296
Related Files
Service Improvement Innovation funding application 2023 (Doc, size 115.2 KB)
NMPDU - NW Annual Report 2018 (PDF, size 2.48 MB, 62 pages)
NMPDU - NW Annual Report 2019 (PDF, size 2.27 MB, 55 pages)
NMPDU West/Midwest
This NMPDU covers Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary.
NMPDU HSE West
HR Building
Clinical & Administration Block A
Merlin Park University Hospital
Galway
H91 N973
Phone: 091 775 839
Twitter:@nmpduwest
Staff contacts
Brendan Power - NMPDU Project Officer
Phone: 087 194 3247
Carmel Hoey - NMPDU Director
Phone: 091 775839 / 087 790 3569
Anne McCarthy - Research Officer
Specific Responsibilities / portfolio of work: Undertake research on behalf of the NMPDU, and liaise with services in the region to support them with research projects
Phone: 091 775 843
Mobile: 087 7082504
Paula Mc Greal – Project Officer
Specific Responsibilities / portfolio of work: Clinical Nurse / Midwife Specialist Portfolio, eHealth / Digital Portfolio, Safe Staffing /Workforce Planning (Member of the ONMSD workforce planning group) ICPOP
Phone : 087 3839920
Sarah Deeney - Staff Officer
Phone: 091 775 839 / 087-3572797
Annette Connolly - NMPDU Project Officer
Specific Responsibilities / portfolio of work: Project lead for Quality Care Metrics , Project Officer for Clinical Supervision and Project Officer for PDP Framework (Member of the ONMSD, PDP Framework group)
MBTI Facilitator and Facilitator for bespoke programmes on staff development
Coach.
Phone: 086 047 0863
Tina Vaughan, Project Officer
Specific Responsibilities / portfolio of work: Advanced Practice Portfolio NMPD Officer Lead/National Older Person Services
Phone: 087 6045831
Valerie Ryan - Staff Officer
Phone: 061 483 306
Lorraine Dunne - Clerical Officer
Phone: 061 483 306
NMPDU Dublin South, Kildare and Wicklow
This NMPDU covers Dublin South City, South County Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow.
NMPDU Dublin South
Mill Lane
Palmerstown
Dublin
D20 HY57
Twitter: @NmpdDskw
Staff contacts
Sheila Cahalane - Director
Phone: 01 7785203
Mobile: 087 3500695
Colette Twomey - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Mental Health Services, practice and service development, post-registration education funding, Coaching, Mentoring, Clinical Supervision.
Phone: 01 7785206
Mobile: 087 3612300
Leanne Madigan
Specific responsibilities:
- advanced Nursing/Midwifery Practice,
- national operational lead advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practice Impact Data Collection
- continuing nurse education funding
- digital health
- practice and service development
Mobile: 087 7215003
Anne Bursnell
Specific responsibilities: Clinical Nurse/Midwife Specialist, Work Force Planning, post-registration education funding, practice development forum CHO 6 and 7
Phone: 087 9560303
Karina O Sullivan NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Intellectual Disabilities Services, Quality Care Metrics, service improvement and innovation funding
Phone: 01 7785197
Mobile: 087 2055142
Aisling Kehoe NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Public Health Nursing Services
Mobile: 087 2121869
Helen Bohan - Senior Administrator
Phone: 01 7785192
Carol Murray - Clerical Officer
Phone: 01 7785190
Fidelma Greer - Clerical Officer
Mobile: 087 6282566
NMPDU Midlands
This NMPDU covers Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath
Scott Building - First Floor
Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore Campus
Arden Road
Tullamore
Co. Offaly
Twitter:@NMPDUmidlands
Staff contacts
Margaret Casey - Director of NMPDU Midlands
Phone: 057 935 7870 / 086 771 6229
Mary Nolan - Interim Director NMPDU Midlands
Phone: 086 7918101 / 057 93 57870
Mary B. O’Connor - NMPDU Officer (Mental Health and ID)
Phone: 057 935 7859 / 087 357 8940
Specific responsibilities: Quality Care Metrics CNS, CBAS / Hearthmath, Coaching, Health & Safety for NMPD Office, Fire Marshall for NMPD Office
Vacant post - NMPDU (Officer Older Persons Services)
Specific responsibilities: Quality Care Metrics, Graduate, specialist and advanced practice, Strategic Practice Development, Digital improvement, Project OPS, PDP Competence Scheme, QI Collaboration Phase 2
Gráinne Keena - NMPDU Officer (Maternity and Public Health)
Specific responsibilities: Research, Sláintecare, Safe Staffing/Workforce Planning, Virtual Health, First Aid for NMPDU office, Fire Marshal for NMPDU office and Impact of Post Graduate Education Funding Evaluation Report (2020).
Phone: 057 935 7869 / 087 458 0405
Jeremiah Nally – NMPDU Officer (Acutes)
Specific responsibilities: CBAS / Hearthmath, MBTI, ONMSD/NMPDU Strategy, Nursing NOW, HCA’s, Professional/Clinical Supervision, Reducing admission rates & LOS for OPS (>65 yrs)
Phone: 057 935 7863 / 087 953 3085
Sheila Browne - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 057 935 7868 / 086 8121578
Mairead Dolan - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 087 4545568 or 057 9357866
Email: Mairead.Dolan2@hse.ie
NMPDU Dublin North
This NMPDU covers Dublin North-West, Dublin North City and Dublin North.
NMPDU Dublin North
Unit 7, Swords Business Campus
Balheary Industrial Park
Swords
Co Dublin
Twitter: @NMPDDN
Staff contacts
Anne Brennan - Director
Phone: 01 813 1825 / 087 364 1275
Maria Flaherty- NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- Quality Care Nursing Metrics
- Continuous Professional Development funding
- Regional Practice Development Forum
- Service Improvement and Innovation
- Public Health
Phone: 01 813 1880 / 086 7810195
Anne Jesudason
Specific Responsibilities:
- Digital Lead / Older Persons Digital Improvement
- Development of Advanced Nursing/Midwifery Practice
- Workforce Plan
- Master classes/ Workshops
- Post Graduate & Masters Programmes for Statutory and Voluntary Organisations
Phone: 087 1005014
Sarah Roche - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- CNS Posts - process and database maintenance
- Promoting Nursing as a Career
- Project Officer for Nursing Mental Health Lead, including Eating disorders, Mind Mothers and Psychosocial Interventions
- Professional Development Planning (PDP)
Phone: 087 0671623
Lorraine McNamee - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Nursing Lead on dementia
Phone: 087 171 4675
Deirdre Duggan - Senior Administrator
Phone: 087 195 6429
Lorna Byrne - Administrator
Phone: 01 813 1810
Mairead Hallinan - Administrator
Phone: 087 096 9611
NMPDU North-East
This NMPDU covers Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan.
Nursing Midwifery Planning Development Unit
HSE Dublin North East, Mellifont Unit
St Brigid's Complex
Ardee
Co Louth
A92DRNO
Twitter: @NMPDU_Ardee
Staff contacts
Dr Grainne Gaffney - Director
Phone: 041 686 0733 / 087 2645789
Ann Lister - Assistant Director of Nursing
Phone: 087 925 7710
Portfolio: Development of Advanced Nursing/Midwifery Practice, Workforce Planning, Quality Care Nursing Metrics, NMPD lead for Intellectual Disabilities Services and Older Persons Services
Gillian Whyte - Assistant Director of Nursing
Portfolio: Professional development & continuing education, leadership development, professional development planning, practice development and workforce planning. NMPD lead for acute hospital services, mental health services and occupational health.
Phone: 041 686 0757 / 087 173 0422
Dr Vanessa Clarke - Assistant Director of Nursing
Portfolio: Research, evidence-based practice and digital health. NMPD lead for Maternity, Children’s Nursing and Palliative Care Services.
Phone: 041 685 0687 / 087 632 0034
Eimear Rogers - Assistant Director of Nursing
Portfolio: Clinical Nurse and Midwife Specialists Practice, Nurse and Midwife Prescribing support, NMPD lead for Public Health Nursing Services and Older Persons Services.
Phone: 087 0509277
Bridie Mooney - Senior Executive Officer
Phone: 041 686 0733 / 087 406 2929
Joan Lennon - Staff Officer
Phone: 041 685 0677 / 087 956 9739