UL Hospitals Group News
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Call-out for PALS Volunteers in acute hospitals in Mid West
15 November 2024
The Patient Advocacy Liaison Service (PALS) of HSE Mid West is looking for volunteers to join their teams in University Hospital Limerick, Ennis and Croom Orthopaedic Hospitals
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Introducing Occupational Therapy for Mental Health Recovery
13 November 2024
New resource highlights benefits of Occupational Therapy in mental health recovery.
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HSE Winter Vaccination Programme commences
30 October 2024
The HSE Mid West Winter Vaccination Programme gets underway, with the roll out of the free flu and COVID-19 vaccines to recommended groups.
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New digital service launched for lymphoedema patients during Public Service Transformation Week 2024
25 October 2024
A NEW digital service, the ‘Lymph Active’ app launched this Wednesday to support lymphoedema patients, as part of Public Service Transformation Week 2024. The resource provides information and exercises to help reduce the risk of lymphoedema after cancer treatment.
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UHL Physiotherapists Recognised for Reducing Incidence of Lymphoedema in Cancer Patients
15 October 2024
A TEAM of specialist physiotherapists from University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has been recognised for significantly reducing the incidence of clinical lymphoedema in cancer patients in the Mid West.
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Successful Read-a-thon at UMHL sees staff promote parent-baby reading in neonatal department
24 September 2024
STAFF at University Maternity Hospital Limerick helped to forge a distinctively intimate bond between 30 newborns and their mums and families over the past week, during what has become an annual ‘readathon’ event in the hospital’s neonatal department.
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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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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.