HSE Health and Wellbeing
In the last couple of months, E-cigarettes and vaping has been in the media. Only yesterday, 2nd October, the Faculty of Paediatrics RCPI released a position statement strongly supporting the introduction of legislation to ban disposable vapes. Dr Paul Kavanagh said this is a helpful reminder of the risks posed by e-cigarettes to the health […]
The inaugural Physical Activity Pathways in Healthcare Symposium took place on the 14th September 2023 in the Hilton Kilmainham Hotel. The event was hosted by the HSE Health & Wellbeing – Healthy Eating Active Living programme and was attended by over 80 colleagues in the health services including Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and those working in […]
The results of the HSE Talking Health & Wellbeing Podcast Listener Survey are in and they certainly provide the impetus to keep going with this new communication channel for our work. Following the end of Series 1 in July, a survey was undertaken to see what our listeners thought of the podcast series. 90% of […]
“On Feirm Ground equips trusted professionals coming in regular contact with farmers with the skills to spot the signs of a farmer who may be struggling.” On Feirm Ground 2, an expanded programme to raise awareness and support farmers’ health and wellbeing, was launched on day one of the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska. The […]
The HSE is inviting people who smoke to ‘Take Back Control’ by trying the 28-day no smoking challenge this October. Our message is once you quit smoking, you realise it’s not the friend you thought it was. Quit for 28 days and start taking back control. Find out how at Quit.ie Early this year the […]
On the 22nd of September the Read Mór ‘Book Doctors’ and their teams gave 3,600 free books from their Library Trolleys as they visited the wards and public spaces in 7 hospitals across Ireland including Letterkenny Hospital : Connolly Hospital, Dublin; Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Galway; St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny; Naas Hospital, Kildare; Ennis Hospital, Clare; […]
