HSE Health and WellbeingIssue 4 21 October 2021
Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD and Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Frank Feighan TD, recently launched a new €13m Sláintecare Healthy Communities Programme to support increased health and wellbeing services to 19 communities in Ireland. This is a new cross-Government initiative to deliver increased supports targeting health inequalities. The […]
Let’s go easy on the treats, is the latest phase of the START campaign, running for five weeks, it began Monday, 18th October 2021, on TV, radio, cinema, digital and social media. The campaign encourages families to give treats in small amounts and less often than perhaps they normally do. START research found that parents […]
Breaking the stigma around this chronic disease The HSE, Health Eating & Active Living, Health & Wellbeing, hosted its third event, Overweight and Obesity…Lets Talk! on the 7th October. The event aimed to; share the science behind obesity as a chronic disease give practical information to help people manage and understand behaviours related to weight […]
The HSE Health and Wellbeing Alcohol Programme hosted a Webinar ‘Alcohol and Cancer – Reducing the Risk’, to support Mouth Cancer Awareness Day (MCAD) in conjunction with Mouth Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Ireland (MHNCAI). The webinar can be viewed here. The serious impact of cancer on the lives of thousands of people in Ireland […]
Contraception for women aged 17-25 years old will be free from August next year, as part of measures announced in Budget 2022. Comprehensive information on the range of contraceptive methods is very important to enable people to make informed decisions about the most appropriate method of contraception for them. This year to mark World Contraception […]
The HSE National Framework for the Governance, Management and Support of Research (RGMS Framework) aims to protect research participants and to support health and social care staff to do research in a very complex ethical, legal and regulatory environment. The RGMS Framework is the first key output of the 10-year HSE Strategic Action Plan for […]
