HSE Health and Wellbeing
As we head towards the end of 2023, I am delighted to share some of our key highlights from this year, building on the commitment shown by all our staff, locally in CHOs and nationally, in promoting health behaviour change. Chronic disease prevention is a critical component in creating a sustainable shift to deliver healthcare. […]
HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme, in association with regional Health Promotion & Improvement colleagues, have developed a suite of supports to help services to develop policies and guidelines in relation to sexual health promotion. Sexual health promotion covers a range of topics related to sexuality wellbeing. Sexuality wellbeing is about a healthy understanding […]
On the 28th November, the HSE and the Irish Heart Foundation hosted a “Celebration of Excellence in Catering event” at the Gibson Hotel, Dublin. This is part of the work of the Healthy Eating Active Living programme on improving the food environment across the health services. The Irish Heart Foundation and the HSE have been […]
Two new Units of Learning have been added to the HSE Junior Cycle SPHE Resource. Developed by HSE Health and Wellbeing, they are aligned to the new Junior Cycle SPHE specification (2023) and supported by the Department of Education and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). The two new units are: Relationships and […]
Congratulations to our Tobacco Free Ireland Programme and our CHO Health and Wellbeing colleagues and to the Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme, who won awards at the recent Irish Healthcare Awards 2023. The awards took place on Tuesday 5th December at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre. It was an evening in celebration of the […]
Minister Hildegarde Naughton officially launched the North East Inner City (NEIC) Sláintecare Healthy Communities Project: Impact Evaluation Report on 13th December, 2023, at the Killarney Court Community Centre, Dublin 1. Minister Naughton welcomed the report, which demonstrates the success of the Healthy Communities Project in the North East Inner City (NEIC) as part of the […]
The Dáil has voted in favour of banning the sale of e-cigarettes to people under the age of 18. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said that he hopes the legislation will be passed before Christmas. The changes would also see a ban on advertising of vaping products near schools and on public transport. Retailers selling […]
As part of the collaborative work on arts, creativity and health between the HSE, Healthy Ireland, Creative Ireland and the Arts Council, the HSE submitted two applications to Creative Ireland with a total of €114,470 awarded. Both applications were successful, with one receiving €54,320 for four Community Health Organisations (CHOs) and six Hospital Group (HG) […]