Contact an NMPDU
Find contact details for your local Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit (NMPDU):
- NMPDU South-West Cork and Kerry
- NMPDU Dublin and South East
- NMPDU North-West
- NMPDU West Mid West
- 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
Amy Slattery, NMPDU Officer
Portfolio: Professional Development Planning Framework (PDP) for Nurses and Midwives
Phone: 021 492 1211/ 087 441 8658
Breeda Kelly, NMPDU Officer
Portfolio: The Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD) Specialist and Advanced Practice Nursing and Midwifery Expert Reference Group, Nursing and Midwifery Digital Healthcare including Telehealth
Phone: 021 492 1261/ 087 451 8387
Sinead Kenneally, NMPDU Officer
Portfolio: Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Planning, Older Persons Services, Post Registration Education Funding Liaison
Phone: 021 492 1238 / 086 787 1011
Johanna Downey, NMPDU Officer
Portfolio: Quality Care Metrics, Promotion of the Professions of Nursing and Midwifery
Phone: 021 492 1221 / 087 093 8368
Section Officer
Phone: 021 492 1204
Carmel Murphy - Administration to Area Director, NMPD HSE Dublin and South East and HSE South West
Phone: 021 492 1207
Adam Guiney - Clerical Officer
Phone: 021 492 1205
NMPDU Dublin and South East
This NMPDU covers South East Dublin, East Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and South Tipperary.
NMPDU Dublin and 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
Linda O’Callaghan
Specific responsibilities: Work Force Planning
Phone: 056 778 5518
Email: Linda.OCallaghan@hse.ie
Deirdre Halford
Phone: 087 181 9580
Email: Deirdre.halford2@hse.ie
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 - Staff 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
Phone: 071 98 22106
Staff contacts
Michelle Donnelly - Interim Director
Phone: 087 948 7097
Elizabeth Breslin - NMPDU Officer / Assistant Director of Nursing
Specific responsibilities: Nursing and midwifery role development for ANP, AMP, CNS and CMS
Phone: 087 943 5500
Anita Gallagher - Senior Executive Officer
Phone: 071 982 2106
Mobile: 087 7123240
Emma Ward - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 071 982 2106
Mobile: 087 457 6074
Email: emma.ward@hse.ie
Fidelma Greer - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 074 912 3684
Mobile: 087 628 2566
Email: fidelma.greer@hse.ie
Gráinne Glacken - NMPDU Officer / Assistant Director of Nursing
Specific responsibilities: Work Force Planning and Professional Development plan
Phone: 071 982 2106
Mobile: 087 268 2195
Email: grainne.glacken@hse.ie
Related Files
Service Improvement Innovation funding application (PDF, size 224 KB, 4 page)
NMPDU West Mid West
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
Email: sarah.deeney@hse.ie
Email: hazel.ohalloran@hse.ie
Twitter:@nmpduwest
Staff contacts
Carmel Hoey - NMPDU Director
Phone: 091 775 839 / 087 790 3569
Annette Connolly - NMPDU Officer
Phone: 086 047 0863
Sarah Deeney - Staff Officer
Phone: 091 775 839 / 087 357 2797
Lorraine Dunne - Clerical Officer
Phone: 061 483 306
Marcella Kelly - NMPD Officer
Phone: 091 492 828
Email: MarcellaM.Kelly@hse.ie
Anne McCarthy - Research Officer
Phone: 091 775 843
Mobile: 087 708 2504
Paula Mc Greal - Project Officer
Phone: 087 383 9920
Brendan Power - NMPDU Officer
Phone: 087 194 3247
Valerie Ryan - Staff Officer
Phone: 061 483 306
Tina Vaughan - Project Officer
Phone: 087 604 5831
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 / 087 3500695
Colette Twomey - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- Mental Health Services
- Practice and service development
- Post-registration education funding
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Clinical Supervision
- Team Coaching
Phone: 01 7785206 / 087 3612300
Leanne Madigan - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- Advanced Nursing/Midwifery Practice
- Continuing Nurse Education funding
- Digital Health
- Practice and service development
Phone: 087 7215003
Anne Bursnell - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- Clinical Nurse/Midwife Specialist
- Post-registration education funding
- Professional Development Planning (PDP)
- Promotion of nursing and midwifery professions
Phone: 087 9560303
Karina O Sullivan - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- Intellectual Disabilities Services
- Quality Care Metrics
- Service improvement and innovation funding,
- Practice Development Forum CHO 6 and CHO 7
- National Network of Advanced Nurse Practitioners Intellectual Disability Nursing
Phone: 01 7785197 / 087 2055142
Aisling Kehoe - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- Public Health Nursing Services
- Practice Development Forum CHO 6 and CHO 7
Phone: 087 2121869
Deirdre Halford - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- Advanced Nursing/Midwifery Practice
- Continuing Nurse Education funding
Phone: 087 181 9580
Biny Anoop - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- Older Persons Services
- Quality Care Metrics
- Service Improvement and Innovation funding
- Work Force Planning
Phone: 087 218 8573
Helen Bohan - Senior Executive Officer
Phone: 01 778 5192 / 087 452 7881
Donal Smartt - Administrator
Phone: 01 7785190
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
Maura Loftus - Interim Director NMPDU Midlands
Phone: 087 631 8568 / 057 93 587870
Email: maura.loftus@hse.ie
Jeremiah Nally - link for Acutes including Children’s
Specific responsibilities:
- Digital
- Professional Development Planning (PDP)
- Mentoring
- Team building
- Schwartz Rounds
Phone: 087 953 3085 / 057 935 7863
Email: Jeremiah.Nally@hse.ie
Gráinne Keena - link for Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Phone: 087 458 0405 / 057 935 7863
Email: Grainne.Keena@hse.ie
Specific responsibilities:
- Advanced Practice
Finola Gill - link for Public Health Nursing and Midwifery
Specific responsibilities:
- Specialist practice (CNS/CMS)
- National transfer letter (acute to OP residential and OP residential to Acute)
Phone: 086 815 7322 / 057 935 7859
Email: finola.gill@hse.ie
Emer McTiernan - link for Older Persons services
Specific responsibilities:
- Quality Care-Metrics
Phone: 086 025 3138 / 057 935 7858
Email: emer.mctiernan@hse.ie
Sheila Browne - Senior Executive Officer
Phone: 086 812 1578 / 057 935 7868
Email: sheila.browne@hse.ie
Jennifer O’Shaughnessy - Assistant Staff Officer
Phone: 087 454 5568 or 057 935 7866
Email: jennifer.oshaughnessy@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
- Workforce Plan
- Master classes/ Workshops
- Post Graduate & Masters Programmes for Statutory and Voluntary Organisations
Phone: 087 1005014
Sarah Roche - NMPDU Officer
Specific responsibilities:
- Development of Advanced Nursing/Midwifery Practice
- 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
Deirdre Duggan - Senior Administrator
Phone: 087 195 6429
Lorna Byrne - Administrator
Phone: 087 490 4329
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
Lorraine Flynn - Assistant Director of Nursing
Portfolio: Clinical Nurse and Midwife Specialists Practice, Promoting Nursing and Midwifery as a career, NMPD lead for Public Health Nursing Services, Older Persons Services, Regional Nurse Prescribing and Public Health Protection.
Phone: 087 940 2411
Email: lorraine.flynn@hse.ie
Bridie Mooney - Senior Executive Officer
Phone: 041 686 0733 / 087 406 2929
Joan Lennon - Staff Officer
Phone: 041 685 0677 / 087 956 9739