15 h. ago State has no secure special care space for teenage girl threatened with being shot, High Court hears

Girl is currently in non-secure residential care due to bed and staff shortages

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15 h. ago Girl threatened with being shot by drug gang cannot get secure care space, court hears

Girl is currently in non-secure residential care due to bed and staff shortages

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23 h. ago UHG launches AI Research Study to help improve GP correspondence

UHG’s Emergency Department has commenced a pioneering study aimed at enhancing the efficiency and quality of GP discharge letters through artificial intelligence. The UHG study, which is in collaboration with James Foley, an Emergency Medicine Consultant in UHG, will leverage MedWrite.ai’s AI Assistant, which generates GP letters from simple voice notes recorded by clinicians to […] The post UHG launches AI Research Study to help improve GP correspondence appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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47 h. ago Staff shortages, contentious reforms and chronic underfunding set to dominate teachers’ Easter conferences

Helen McEntee faces a daunting challenge convincing delegates the Government can tackle urgent issues facing schools

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67 h. ago Local TD demands immediate action on ED mental healthcare report

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM The Government must take immediate action on this week’s report on mental healthcare in hospital emergency departments. That’s according to Galway East TD Louis O’Hara, who’s reacting to the report released by the Mental Health Commission. It expressed concern over the inconsistent level of services provided nationwide […] The post Local TD demands immediate action on ED mental healthcare report appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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2 d. ago Derry’s Anton Tohill on mental health and sport: ‘The biggest wake up call for me was Red Óg’

Derry midfielder was close to Red Óg Murphy in Australia and now gives GPA mental health workshops to GAA clubs

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5 d. ago Council reappoints Honolulu Emergency Services Department Director Jim Ireland

Council reappoints Honolulu Emergency Services Department Director Jim Ireland  Hawaii Public Radio

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5 d. ago Staff shortages: Mental health patients forced to compete for attention in emergency departments

The Mental Health Commission has published a report warning of substantial delays, especially for ‘out-of-hours’ mental health assessments.

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5 d. ago Staff shortages and lack of space: The problems facing mental health patients in emergency departments

The Mental Health Commission has published a report warning of substantial delays, especially for ‘out-of-hours’ mental health assessments.

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6 d. ago Huge variations between hospitals in treatment of mental health emergencies

Children with psychosis and suicidality may be left for up to a week in emergency departments, unable to access appropriate care

Science

6 d. ago HSE urges public to consider all care options over Bank Holiday

Health Officials in the North West are asking people to consider all care options before presenting at Emergency Departments (ED)… The post HSE urges public to consider all care options over Bank Holiday appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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9 d. ago Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensify across the Strip

Airstrike ‘destroyed part of last functioning hospital in city’, reports say

Events

1 week ago Who was David Joyce, the Galway man shot dead by UK police at a busy train station?

Joyce, a gay man from a Traveller background with mental health difficulties, will be repatriated to be buried by his family in Ireland

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1 week ago New study at Galway hospital to use AI to write discharge letters at emergency department

The study hopes to determine the efficiency and quality of AI on creating documentation, UHG said in a statement.

Politics

1 week ago Brother of man who died by suicide after seeking hospital help describes mental health plan as a ‘failure’

‘There has to be a separate place for people who are suffering from physical health to those suffering from mental health.’

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1 week ago Dublin City Schools more than doubles mental health workers through OSU program

Dublin City Schools more than doubles mental health workers through OSU program  The Columbus Dispatch

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1 week ago Surge in ADHD among children resulting in huge waiting lists for mental health services, says minister

Mary Butler said two HSE areas were now bearing 50 per cent of the national waiting list

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1 week ago Surge in child ADHD diagnoses sees two HSE areas contain half of spiralling waiting lists

Mary Butler said two HSE areas were now bearing 50 per cent of the national waiting list

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1 week ago High levels of burnout and poor mental health among teachers

DCU research comes as schools grapple with staff shortages

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1 week ago Autism protocol promising early intervention to be rolled out as part of new mental health plan

The new mental health implementation details 30 key priorities across seven areas that will be delivered over the next three years.

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