Galway City Council has granted Retention planning permission for the temporary emergency department at UHG.
University Hospital Galway moved the ED to a new location...
The HSE is starting its Spring COVID-19 booster vaccine programme for people for older and vulnerable people.
Following the most recent NIAC (National Immunisation Advisory...
Public Health West is encouraging the public to ensure they have no respiratory symptoms prior to visiting hospitals and long term care facilities.
With cases...
The HSE has urged people to consider all healthcare options before attending emergency departments over the June bank holiday weekend, saying there will be...
The HSE intends to build a new Microbiology Laboratory at UHG due to the strain that COVID-19 testing has placed on existing facilities.
Planning permission...
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called on the HSE to take extra measures to protect the nursing and midwifery workforce.
INMO General Secretary,...
Over 15,000 people in Ireland are admitted to hospital each year suffering from COPD, a nasty progressive respiratory disease.
To mark World COPD Day on...
The HSE has warned that criminals are sending text messages claiming to offer COVID-19 vaccination appointments.
The texts provide a link to pre-book a vaccination...
The HSE has warned that Emergency Departments across the country are very busy today and patients who need non urgent care should expect significant...
Calls have been made for the HSE to tackle the backlog of Primary Medical Certificate applications and appeals with interim certificates.
Galway East TD Seán...
An Garda Síochána, HSE and the Department of Social Protection have warned of an increasing number of "sophisticated" phone scams in recent days.
The Department...
