HSE Health and Wellbeing
Sláintecare Healthy Communities continues to be rolled out across the 19 communities with the first local launch having taken place in Bray, Co Wicklow in May. This national initiative focusses on bringing about real, measurable change, based on an understanding of the determinants of health and evidence based health and wellbeing programmes. The launch was […]
The third All-Island Social Prescribing Conference took place on 23rd & 24th June in Derry’s City Hotel with over 200 delegates from across the island of Ireland attending. The two-day event was addressed by Frank Feighan T.D., & Minister for State with the responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and National Drug Strategy and was brought […]
The Tobacco Free Ireland Programme, HSE Health and Wellbeing, hosted a conference to mark World No Tobacco Day on the 31st May 2022. This conference, Tobacco Endgame: Nobody Left Behind explored the key elements and strategies for a Tobacco Free Ireland. Over 170 delegates from across the HSE, local authorities, community, voluntary groups and private […]
Two new eLearning modules have been published on HSeLanD as part of Making Every Contact Count. The two new 30 minute modules; Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing and Talking about Overweight and Obesity, are designed to support health professionals to talk to patients about these complex topics in a supportive and non-judgemental way, as part […]
Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Stephen Donnelly TD, Minister for Health, jointly affirmed their recognition of the health and wellbeing benefits of creativity and arts at a recent event; The Art of Being Healthy and Well Symposium. The all-of-government Creative Ireland Programme, the Department of Health (Healthy […]
Men’s Health Week (MHW) has become a permanent fixture on the HSE Health & Wellbeing calendar and once again in 2022 it was delivered in collaboration with many partners led by the Men’s Health Forum in Ireland. The idea of the week is to encourage men to take positive action when it comes to their […]
Over the years the quality of food in healthcare has featured in the national Patient Experience Surveys and there has been negative media coverage of food provision across health services. Action 6.13 in “A Healthy Weight for Ireland” tasks the HSE to “Review and improve the quality of food in hospitals and develop a food […]
The National Cancer Control Programme have launched the Early Diagnosis of Symptomatic Cancer Plan 2022-2025 which aims to provide a strategic, comprehensive approach to increasing the proportion of symptomatic cancers that are diagnosed at early stage disease (stages I and II) in Ireland. For many cancers, stage at diagnosis is the most important determinant of […]