Yearly Archives: 2016

Over the last four years Lucy Nugent, HMI President and Tallaght Hospital Deputy Chief Executive, has spent part of her annual holidays volunteering in Ghana, Rwanda and Nicaragua as part of a team correcting cleft lips and cleft palates in local children. Maureen Browne reports.

Hospital Groups and CHOs are required to provide winter plans for 2016/2017, for validation by the end of this month, following publication of the HSE Winter Initiative Plan for the coming winter. Maureen Browne reports.

The action plan on waiting lists announced by Health Minister, Simon Harris last month aims to reduce by 50% the number of patients waiting over 18 months by the end of December, writes Maureen Browne.

An eight point strategy which, he said, would enable health managers to develop the necessary leadership approach to drive quality improvements in healthcare in Ireland, was spelled out by Dr. Philip Crowley National Director, Quality Improvement Division, HSE, when he addressed the HMI South Forum in Erinville, South/South West Hospital Group, Western Road, Cork. Maureen Browne reports.

If Carlsberg did healthcare, they would be wary, very wary of political initiatives, writes Denis Doherty.

In the past, I have discussed the issue of the management of the flow of patients in Ireland and possible solutions. This is not an Irish problem per se, as worldwide there is ongoing attempts to try match demand for healthcare with a finite supply of resources. The problem is that we have not really understood what demand is or how to effectively supply inpatient healthcare, writes Dr. Peter Lachman.

Dr. Leandro Herrero presented an excellent and thought provoking paper where he gave high praise to the substance and aspirations of the HSE HR People Strategy, At the HSE HR Conference “Facing the Challenges, Embracing the Future”, at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin in June writes Mary McCarthy.

The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012-2016 requires that all employees employed whether on a temporary, or agency contract, as an intern or on a voluntary basis who provide services to children under 18 or to a “Vulnerable Person” must be vetted by the National Vetting Bureau (formerly Garda Vetting Bureau), writes Davnet O’Driscoll.

Healthcare managers may be interested in these events.

A strong and clear voice for the HMI

Lucy Nugent has been elected President of the Health Management Institute for the next three years. She is the 19th President of the Institute.

The winner of the HMI Leaders Award 2016 was Dr. Des Crowley, an addiction GP specialist working with the HSE Addiction Services and Irish Prison Service, Thompson Centre, CHO 9, Dublin 7. His winning project was titled “To evaluate the effectiveness of an opportunistic outreach fibro-scanning service for Hepatitis C infection management in a community based drug treatment clinic and general practice in Dublin.”

A new programme which used a novel opportunistic outreach fibro-scanning service for Hepatitis C management, resulting in patients receiving faster and more effective treatment, won the HMI Leaders Award 2016. Maureen Browne reports.

The National Integrated Medical Imaging System, (NIMIS) which has connected all public hospitals in Ireland on a single imaging platform, enabling clinicians around the country to share electronic images, resulting in faster and improved diagnosis for patients, won the HMI Major Projects Award. Maureen Browne reports.

HMI Annual Conference 2016 Chief Director of Nursing Children’s Hospital Group UCC Nursing School Celebrates World Ranking CAWT delivers on €30 million project HSE Staff Engagement Forum New Hybrid Cardiac Catheterisation Ambulance Service Accreditation Public hospitals receive electronic referrals Review Vision for Change Data Management Standards Public want health investment Clinical Academic Directorate for Cancer Care Ban Lifted on blood donation by MSM National Cancer Registry Director Family-friendly accreditation for Tallaght WiFi HSE Budget Increased to €13.695 billion Increase in patients treated in 2015 Double Gold Cap Awards Inconsistency in quality of services Partnership for Change Need to address increasing rates of HIV and STI transmission New RCSI President Growing superbug threat

From the beginning of this month, the HSE is “fining” all hospitals which fail to carry out urgent adult colonoscopies within 28 days. Maureen Browne reports.

It is reported that nine hospitals across the country may have their emergency trauma services closed down on foot of a report from the Trauma Steering Group, which is charged with developing a policy for a national trauma network, writes Maureen Browne.

A number of issues, including hospital boards, strategy and budgetary issues were understood to have been discussed when the Chairs of the Hospital Groups, with their CEOs, met with Health Minister, Simon Harris, the Department of Health Secretary General, Jim Breslin and the HSE Director General Tony O’Brien earlier this month, writes Maureen Browne.

Policies, programmes and strategies needed to tackle the increasing demands on the Irish health services posed by the enormous increase in the number of our older people and those with chronic disease have been spelled out by Mr. Jim Breslin, Secretary General of the Department of Health. Maureen Browne reports.

The Department of Health has 14 key action areas which it plans to implement in 2016 and 2017, Secretary General, Mr. Jim Breslin told the HMI West Forum in Ballyshannon Health Campus.