HSE Health and Wellbeing
In the latest HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast Mark Smyth, HSE Senior Clinical Psychologist, talks about how to recognise the signs of mental health difficulties and explains how to seek help through others or through your services and supports on www.yourmentalhealth.ie. Mark advises that if you find you are experiencing these common mental health […]
Dr Philip Crowley, National Director for Strategy and Research, HSE, contributed to the inaugural Creative Brain Week which was hosted by the Global Brain Health Institute (GHBI) in Trinity College Dublin from the 12th – 16th March. This pioneering event explored how brain science and creativity collide to seed new ideas in social development, technology, […]
As part of the continued roll out of Sláintecare Healthy Communities, Cllr Vincent Jackson launched the Cherry Orchard and Ballyfermot Sláintecare Healthy Communities Programme at a community event in the Ballyfermot Civic Officer on Thursday 27th April 2023. Sláintecare Healthy Communities is a cross-Government initiative to deliver increased health and wellbeing services to 19 community […]
Research shows that men experience a high burden of ill-health and die too young. Their poorer lifestyles are responsible for a high proportion of chronic diseases and men’s late presentation to health services can lead to a large number of problems becoming untreatable. This high level of premature mortality and illness amongst men has wide-reaching […]
Enhancing the implementation of the National Making Every Contact Count Programme in Ireland Making Every Contact Count (MECC) aims to develop a culture within the health service where we use every opportunity possible to talk to patients about healthy lifestyle choices. The areas covered include, quitting smoking, reducing alcohol intake, improving their diet, increasing physical […]
On 20th April HSE Health and Wellbeing – Healthy Eating Active Living Programme hosted a workshop on Whole-Systems Approaches to Obesity Prevention. Sarah O’Brien, National Lead Healthy Eating Active Living Programme facilitated the seminar. The aim of the workshop was to share insights and start a dialogue on whether taking a whole systems approach could […]