Tag: Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise
2024 Nursing and Midwifery HEART Award Winners announced at Midland Regional...
The 2024 Nursing and Midwifery HEART Award winners have recently been announced at Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise (MRHP).
HEART is an acronym which stands for Honesty Empathy, Accountability, Respect...
Portlaoise Hospital launches to mark International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance...
Staff from the the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise are organising a multi-denominational service of remembrance to mark International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
The...
Neurologist needed in Portlaoise to avoid ‘stressful and exhausting experience’
The lack of a Neurologist or a Neurology Department in Portlaoise Hospital is causing to people having a "stressful and exhausting experience" when receiving...
Friends of Portlaoise Hospital raffling off Laois GAA Season Club Pass...
The charity group, Friends of Portlaoise Hospital are holding a fabulous raffle to help raise funds for the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise.
The raffle 2024...
Laois TD says cancelled hospital appointments are ‘a Government made crisis’
A Laois TD has revealed that appointment cancellations reached 571 in Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise last year, according to new data from the HSE.
Sinn...
Portlaoise Hospital helping to raise awareness of signs and symptoms of...
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise has launched a campaign to highlight the signs and symptoms of the life-threatening condition, sepsis.
Activities taking place in the hospital...
Planning permission granted for major new development at busy Laois national...
Planning permission has been awarded for a major new project in Portlaoise at Summerhill and Aghnaharna, near Holy Family National School at a total site...
‘Future of Portlaoise, Mountmellick and Abbeyleix hospitals now secure for future...
Laois TD Sean Fleming, Minister of State, said he is "pleased that the Government continues to make significant investment in healthcare in Laois.
"The Future...
HSE CEO makes first visit to Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise
CEO of the HSE, Bernard Gloster visited the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise this week, for the first time since he was appointed to the...
Laois woman appointed as new interim Director of Nursing at Midlands...
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise has announced the appointment of Olivia Lafferty as the new Interim Director of Nursing of the hospital.
Olivia takes up the...
2022 Remembered: A first for Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise as it...
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The Midland Regional Hospital (MRH) in Portlaoise is offering patients with type 1 diabetes a DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) course.
It aims to teach participants how to...
Changes to Emergency Department at Portlaoise Hospital to come into effect...
There will be a new access point to the Emergency Department at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise from next week.
"Members of the public...
A first for Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise as it offers a...
The Midland Regional Hospital (MRH) in Portlaoise is offering patients with type 1 diabetes a DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) course.
It aims to teach participants how to...
Portlaoise Hospital services need to be secured by new Government, says...
Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called on the new Government to commit to a plan that "gives certainty regarding the emergency department...
Expectant Laois parents voice frustration at HSE maternity regulations
Expectant parents of Laois babies have voiced their frustrations at the tight restrictions in Midlands Regional Hospital in Portlaoise that surround giving birth due...
Portlaoise Emergency Services needs to be secured in Programme for Government,...
Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that the retention of the Emergency Department at Portlaoise Hospital should be secured in the new Programme...
‘Government is making fools out of those who depend upon Portlaoise...
Laois TD Brian Stanley has today told the Government to not 'take the people of Laois for granted' after further delays expected in the...
In Pictures: Ballylinan NS scrub up on their medical knowledge for...
Monday May 27 saw the pupils of Ballylinan NS scrub up on their medical knowledge for Emergency Medicine Day.
Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, along with...
Portlaoise hospital among those hoping to recruit EU nurses amidst Brexit...
Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, is among the hospitals aiming to recruit at Nursing and Midwifery Job Fair in London on Saturday, April 13.
The NHS...
HSE won’t disclose if staff are liable for Portlaoise baby deaths
The HSE are refusing to say if a review has shown staff had liability in cases of avoidable baby deaths at Portlaoise Hospital, according to...
Portlaoise hospital spent €10.8 million on agency staff in 2018 –...
According to figures released to Sinn Féin, Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise was the second highest spender on agency staff in the country.
According to a statement...
Harris must now cancel proposals to downgrade Portlaoise Hospital – Fleming
Laois TD Sean Fleming has called on Minister for Health Simon Harris to immediately cancel and withdraw the proposals on his desk for the...
More than half of hospital staff in Midlands and Naas don’t...
A survey conducted with staff in Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore and Naas General Hospital has revealed that only 44 percent...
Portlaoise Hospital action committee welcomes positive Varadkar comments
The local Portlaoise Hospital Action Committee says it is no longer practical to downgrade the hospital and has welcomed positive comments from Taoiseach Leo...
Concern over foetal monitors used in 11 hospitals including Portlaoise
The Health Service Executive is reviewing safety concerns about foetal monitors used in several Irish maternity hospitals, including Portlaoise.
Eleven hospitals were issued with a...
Prisoner who escaped in Portlaoise remains at large
A prisoner who escaped from prison in Portlaoise remains at large, it has emerged.
The Irish Prison Service confirmed that Darren McInerney, who was serving...
Labour pushes for answers on the future of Portlaoise hospital
There are no plans to close the emergency department at Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told Labour Party Leader Brendan...
Decision by Minister Harris on engagement welcomed by hospital action committee
The decision by Simon Harris to order the HSE to engage in a consultation process on the future of Portlaoise hospital has been welcomed...
Breaking: Controversial HSE strategy launch cancelled
The controversial launch of a HSE strategy which included the proposed downgrade of Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise is believed to have been cancelled.
“I welcome...
Angry council exchanges as blame is dished out over hospital plan
The five-year strategy by the HSE which includes the downgrade of Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise will be “physically removed” from Dr Susan O’Reilly’s hands...