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Councillor ‘at wits’ end’ trying to help families get home support

A NORTH Mayo councillor says that trying to get information from the HSE about extra home-support hours for a 100-year-old woman has left him at his wits’ end. Speaking at the HSE Regional Health Forum West meeting, Fine Gael councillor John O’Hara ...

07 Oct 2023 at 14:30

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'Soul destroying' for people who do not receive promised home help – Kilcoyne

A CASTLEBAR councillor says it is 'soul destroying' for patients when they fail to receive any home help despite being told they will receive some when they leave hospital. Figures released by the HSE revealed that as of the end of January, there ...

03 Apr 2024 at 12:01

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Kilcoyne hits out at ‘frightening’ number of deaths at MUH emergency department

ONE-HUNDRED-and-seventeen people died in Mayo University Hospital’s emergency department between 2019 and 2023, according to new HSE figures. The number of deaths which occurred in the Castlebar hospital was presented to the HSE Regional Health ...

02 Jun 2024 at 19:00

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Mayo councillor questions timeline for Ballina hospital project

A NORTH Mayo councillor has questioned if the extra costs associated with completing the National Children's Hospital is resulting in delays in starting new projects such as the extension to the Ballina District Hospital. Plans for in place to ...

24 Sept 2024 at 16:30

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HSE urgency to complete Mayo Primary Health Care Centre questioned by councillor

A MAYO councillor has questioned the urgency to complete the delayed Ballyhaunis Primary Health Care Centre despite being informed it should be open to the public by the end of 2025. The completion of the Ballyhaunis Primary Health Care ...

24 Sept 2024 at 17:31

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HSE acknowledge overreliance on agency staff in Mayo University Hospital

A SENIOR HSE official in the west of Ireland has acknowledged there is an overreliance on agency staff in Mayo University Hospital after it was revealed that €7.5 million was spent on agency staff in 2023. The HSE revealed that €7.5 ...

25 Sept 2024 at 15:30

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Rising population putting pressure on GPs, says top HSE official

THE country’s rising population is putting more pressure on GP services in the west of Ireland, a top HSE official has admitted. Tony Canavan, Regional Executive Officer, HSE West and North West and Executive Chair of the Regional ...

19 Jul 2024 at 12:30

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