UL Hospitals Group News
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Specialist physiotherapists driving improved patient access and wait times at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital
13 September 2024
A TEAM of clinical specialist physiotherapists (CSPs) at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital is substantially improving access and treatment for orthopaedic and rheumatology patients, while also ensuring a dramatic reduction in wait times for those patients who require surgery.
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Minister Patrick O'Donovan launches Junior Health Sciences Academy Early Careers Online Event
11 September 2024
¦ THE MINISTER for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Mr Patrick O’Donovan TD, and students from across the Mid West, gathered at Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh in Limerick to launch the 2024 Junior Health Sciences Academy Early Careers Event, which takes place online in early October.
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New RSV immunisation programme at UMHL from this weekend to protect newborn babies
30 August 2024
ACUTE and community health service leads in the Mid West are urging parents to immunise their newborn babies against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) when the new programme is rolled out at University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL) from this weekend.
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Significant Reductions in Scheduled Care Across UL Hospitals Group
8 August 2024
SIGNIFICANT reductions in scheduled care are in effect across UL Hospitals Group until further notice as we manage high volumes of patients through our Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).
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Nenagh Hospital taps into the healing powers of art with Tipperary Arts Office
29 July 2024
NENAGH Hospital’s Healthy Ireland committee’s latest collaboration with the Tipperary Arts Office sees an exhibition of fine art prints on display throughout the hospital’s public areas.
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HSE Perinatal Self-Care Workbook now 'on the go' for audiobook listeners
22 July 2024
| A PARTNERSHIP of community and maternity hospital-based mental health services in the Mid West has launched a new audio edition of a successful HSE self-care workbook to support and empower women from conception, through pregnancy and post childbirth.
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Opening of first “see-and-treat” Colorectal Pelvic Floor Clinic at Nenagh Hospital
15 July 2024
NENAGH Hospital staff have marked another significant advance in healthcare for women in the Mid-West region, with the opening of the first Colorectal Pelvic Floor Clinic at the hospital’s Regional Hub for Women’s Health.
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A Day in the Life blog – Catherine Henry
10 July 2024
Hello, I’m Catherine Henry, a Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner (cANP) in Gynaecology at the Regional Hub for Women’s Health, Nenagh Hospital.
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'Changed landscape’ in the Mid West for couples with fertility challenges
24 June 2024
Fertility investigations and treatments are available to public patients for the first time through the development of regional hubs such as the new Mid West service based at Nenagh Hospital, writes Dr Lucia Hartigan, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Clinical Lead for the UL Hospitals Group Regional Fertility Hub.
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HSE teams up with Sport Ireland to promote Injury Units in the Mid West
7 June 2024
The HSE has teamed up with Sport Ireland and its network of local sports partnerships to raise awareness of HSE injury units in the Mid West and the expertise they offer to people who sustain a sports injury.