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
Anne Walsh - Director
Phone: 021 492 1207
Johanna Downey - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Nursing and Midwifery Quality Care Metrics
Link Officer: Public Health Nursing & Midwifery Services
Phone: 021 492 1211
Sinéad Connaire - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Peer group clinical supervision, education funding liaison.
Link Officer: Intellectual Disability Services
Phone: 021 492 1206
Deirdre Feehely - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Clinical Nurse and Midwife Specialist Practice, ONMSD Digital Healthcare Network , Deteriorating Patient Improvement Programme, Older Persons Services Digital Documentation Project, Professional Development Plan (PDP) link.
Link Officer: Acute, Children’s and Older Persons’ Services
Phone: 021 492 1238
Dr Aoife Lane – NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Digital Response Group (Telehealth Initiative), Evidence-Based Practice Initiative Collaborative (EBPIC), Return to Nursing and Midwifery Practice National Steering Group, Promotion of the Professions of Nursing and Midwifery National Group
Link Officer: Mental Health Services and Continuing Nurse and Midwife Education
Phone: 021 492 1261 / 087 698 4752
Helen Walsh - Staff Officer
Phone: 021 492 1204
Mary Sexton - Secretary to Area Director, NMPDU HSE South
Phone: 021 492 1203
Olive Clarke - Clerical Officer
Phone: 021 492 1205
Catherine McCarthy - Clerical Officer
Phone: 021 492 1207
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
Eithna Coen
Specific responsibilities: Advanced practice and coaching
Phone: 056 778 5628
Michelle Waldron
Specific responsibilities: Maternity services and clinical nurse specialist
Phone: 056 778 5620
Marie Wilson - Section Officer
Phone: 056 778 5629
Margaret Hickey - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 056 778 5620
Elaine Connolly - Clerical Officer
Phone: 056 778 5565
Anne Monaghan - Clerical Officer
Phone: 056 778 5619
Linda Hamilton - Clerical Officer
Phone: 051 848 691
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
Dr Anne Gallen - Director and National Lead Nursing and Midwifery Quality Care Metrics
Phone: 071 982 2106
Elizabeth Breslin - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Nursing and midwifery role development and practice development
Phone: 087 943 5500
Deirdre Keown - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Nursing and midwifery quality care metrics
Phone: 087 060 7916
Michelle O Hara Donnelly - NMPDU Officer
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
Michelle Quinn - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Nursing and midwifery quality care metrics
Phone: 087 634 9583
Anita Gallagher - Section Officer
Phone: 071 982 2106
Ann-Marie Fox - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 071 982 2106
Colette McGowan - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 071 982 2106
Related Files
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
Carmel Hoey - NMPDU Director
Phone: 091 775839 / 087 790 3569
Anne McCarthy - Research Officer
Phone: 091 775 843
Mary B Rice - NMPD Officer
Phone: 094 904 2038 / 087 908 7482
Paula Mc Greal – Project Officer
Phone : 087 3839920
Sarah Deeney - Staff Officer
Phone: 091 775 839 / 087-3572797
Jackie Lillis - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 091 542 399
Fiona McMahon - Project Manager
Phone: 087 236 3913
Annette Connolly - NMPD Officer
Phone: 061 483 306 / 086 047 0863
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 - Interim Director
Phone: 01 620 1713
Colette Twomey - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Practice and service development, continuing nurse education funding, post-registration education funding and clinical nurse/midwife specialist.
Phone: 01 620 1803
Denise Doolan - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities
- reducing admission rates from the older persons residential services to acute hospital services
- quality improvement project
- post-registration education funding
- practice development forum CHO 6 and 7
- quality care metrics
- digital improvement for older persons project
Phone: 01 620 1735
Margaret Williams - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Research and innovation funding, practice development, clinical nurse/midwife specialist, public health assessment documentation and care planning
Phone: 01 620 1685
Mary Nolan - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Quality care metrics, regional nursing and midwifery research strategy and practice development
Phone: 01 620 1737
Leanne Madigan
Specific responsibilities:
- advanced nursing/midwifery practice
- national lead for the workstream on the transition of advanced practice data collection tool from the Department of Health to the HSE
- NMPDU Dublin South annual regional conference
- practice development
Phone: 01 620 1731
Helen Bohan - Senior Administrator
Phone: 01 620 1773
Carol Murray - Clerical Officer
Phone: 01 620 1772
Lisa Cleary - Clerical Officer
Phone: 01 620 1710
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 - Acting Area Director Dublin Mid Leinster/ Director of NMPDU Midlands
Phone: 057 935 7870 / 086 771 6229
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
Mary Doolan - NMPDU (Officer Older Persons Services)
Phone: 057 935 7858 / 087 098 2002
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
Jerry 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
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
Gwen Regan - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Development of Advanced Nurse/Midwife Practitioner, coaching and masterclasses.
Phone: 01 890 8703 / 087 916 0264
Dr Ciara White - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Quality care metrics, regional practice development forum research and post graduate and masters programmes
Phone: 01 813 1880 / 087 645 8059
Thomas Glynn – NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Mental health and Eating Disorders, Clinical Information Officer supporting nursing and midwifery and Digital improvement project for older persons services for Dublin North.
Phone : 087 239 7993
Emma Fleming - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Clinical Nurse Specialist Lead and coordination of continuing professional development.
Phone: 01 890 8703 / 087 098 1938
Lorraine McNamee - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Nursing Lead on dementia
Phone: 087 171 4675
Deirdre Duggan - Senior Administrator
Phone: 01 813 1802
Lorna Byrne - Administrator
Phone: 01 813 1810
Mairead Hallinan - Administrator
Phone: 01 813 1830
Prof. Kate Irving – Professor of Clinical Nursing
Specific responsibilities: Leading clinical nursing research, education and practice development
Contact: kate.irving@dcu.ie
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
Joan Donegan - Director
Phone: 041 686 0732
Margaret Nadin
Specific responsibilities: Quality care metrics and chronic disease projects.
Phone: 041 987 5281
Rose Lorenz
Specific responsibilities:
- continuing professional and practice development (third level funding and service improvement and innovation
- clinical nurse and midwife specialists CN/MSp development programme
- quality improvement masterclasses
- nurse midwife medicinal product prescribing for Dublin North & the North East
Phone: 041 685 0658 / 087 286 4075
Gillian Whyte - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Nursing and midwifery advanced practice, clinical nurse/midwife manager and community nurses leadership development.
Phone: 041 686 0757 / 087 173 0422
Vanessa Clarke - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities: Research and evidence-based practice
Phone: 041 685 0687 / 087 632 0034
Bridie Mooney - Senior Executive Officer
Phone: 041 686 0733
Joan Lennon - Clerical Officer
Phone: 041 685 0677