Tag: Portlaoise Hospital

Laois TD Sean Fleming has called on Minister for Health Simon Harris to immediately cancel and withdraw the proposals on his desk for the...

Nurses and midwives are set to go on strike for 24 hours on Wednesday January 30, with further days of striking in February if...

Laois TD Brian Stanley says that progress on Mountmellick, Portlaoise and Abbeyleix Hospitals is likely to halt. The Sinn Fein TD made the claim and...

Two parents are hosting a vital fundraiser for a cause very close to their hearts, the Special Care Baby Unit in the Midlands Regional...

A Laois TD has said that the people of Laois are being 'hoodwinked' with promises made by the government to 'drag the issue beyond the...

Sixty-eight elderly people have waited on trolleys for over 24 hours in the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. This is according to statistics released to Sinn...

88% of patients report positive experience at Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise in National Patient Experience Survey 2018. The hospital scores significantly higher than national average...

A Laois TD has received confirmation from Minister Simon Harris that an external facilitator will be appointed to head up the consultation process on...

A table quiz is being organised for the Special Care baby unit in the Midland Regional Hospital in Humes Pub on Main Street in Portlaoise...

The Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise has launched a new ‘Medicines App’ aimed at increasing accessibility to medication management and medication safety information for frontline...

The Catering Department of the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise won two awards at the National Q Mark Awards and were named overall national winner...

Portlaoise Hospital was filled with both new and experienced mothers alike as they celebrated National Breastweek yesterday, Thursday October 4. Members of La Leche League...

A Laois TD has expressed his beliefs on 'inaction' which us causing, 'damage and undermining the hospital in Portlaoise'. Sean Fleming TD has said: "The...

Portlaoise hospital has appointed a new director of nursing. Sandra McCarthy from Kildare is a registered general nurse and a registered general nurse tutor with...

Portlaoise Hospital Action Committee have provided the public with an update of activities. Recently, upon invitation and facilitation from deputy Brian Stanley, the committee...

On her recent visit to Laois, Mary Lou McDonald met with, and spoke about, Portlaoise Hospital and the Portlaoise Hospital Action Committee. The group, which...

Laois TD Brian Stanley has claimed that waiting lists for Ophthalmology (eye) services in Laois/Offaly are, 'the symptom of a dysfunctional in health system'. A...

The Friends of the Portlaoise Hospital, a voluntary committee recently donated four Doppler Fetal Monitors to the Maternity Unit of The Midlands Regional Hospital...

Laois TD Sean Fleming has expressed his concerns at what he says are two contradictory messages given out by Ministers in relation to the future...

Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has said “There isn't a family in the State that has not been affected by the current crisis of...

Laois has bucked the trend of falling birth rates with the hospital in Portlaoise being one of only two in the country to show...

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin has hit out at Minister for Health Simon Harris over his handling of Portlaoise Hospital. Martin is on a tour...

The Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise hosted their second ever free information day for public and staff to improve asthma awareness and care. The Hospital Paediatric...

The Minister for Health Simon Harris has said that 'no decision' on the future of Portlaoise Hospital has been made. The Fine Gael TD made...

The Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise will once again participate in the National Patient Experience Survey. Pictured at the Hospital recently, were groups of staff representing...

Sean Fleming says the current proposals by the HSE to close the A&E Department in the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise is 'utter madness'. The...

Portlaoise Hospital has been forced to cancel all routine surgeries and out patients appointments for the next two days. Following the upgrade of the weather warning...

The group behind the campaign to save the A&E services at Portlaoise Hospital are holding a key meeting this evening. They are due to hear...

Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley says the current trolley crisis shows just how vital it is that Portlaoise Hospital A&E remains open and is...

Sinn Féin TD, Brian Stanley, has welcomed today's announcement by Minister for Health Simon Harris. The Minister announced that there will be consultation with local...