HSE Health and Wellbeing
Bray & North Wicklow Area Partnership’s Social Prescribing service delivered a 5-week evening programme Thrive Through Menopause, in September and October 2025 in Bray, providing expert information in the areas of medical options, bone health, nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle options. Twenty women attended each week and had the opportunity to ask workshop facilitators questions […]
This January 2026, HSE Health and Wellbeing is launching a focused six-week activation to promote Balancing Stress. Balancing Stress is an evidence-based online resource developed by HSE psychologists and Health and Wellbeing. It consists of six 35-minute self-guided video sessions that people can watch in their own time, on their phone, tablet or computer. The […]
The inaugural Sláintecare Healthy Communities National Conference 2025 was held this week on October 21st in DCU St. Patricks; bringing together stakeholders from across health, local government, and community sectors to champion the ongoing work to address health inequalities. This is the first occasion where all the stakeholders in the programme have been brought together. […]
Movember launched the ‘Real Face of Men’s Health’ report recently. The report highlighted that while there have been notable improvements in men’s health and their life expectancy since the introduction of the National Men’s Health Policy in 2009, that men in Ireland continue to die too young from largely preventable causes. The comprehensive study, produced […]
Our Suicide Bereavement Podcast episode has been nominated for the Shine Mental Health Media Awards – Audience Choice Award, and we would appreciate it if you could support us and help spread awareness by giving it a vote. The Shine Audience Choice Award celebrates a piece of Irish media (print, online, broadcast, or podcast) that […]
The HSE has recently launched a new public vaping prevention campaign. Vaping (e-cigarettes) and nicotine pouches (snus) are a relatively new health risk. While most young people don’t vape or use nicotine pouches, the use of these products among young people is increasing and is a public health concern for the HSE. A recent study […]