Active Communities are Well Communities In response to an ageing population, growing waiting lists and the need for rethinking the delivery of health services, Cork Sports Partnership (CSP) supported by Cork Kerry Community Healthcare (CKCH) recently announced the launch of a new initiative: WellComm Active – Active Communities are Well […]
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Units idle during pandemic may create risk later on There are potential health risks associated with water-fed equipment that have been left idle during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Euro Refrigeration Limited, who also operate Ice Water, Ireland’s leading provider of premium filtered water. Such systems include ice making machines, filtered water […]
With strict restrictions now in place in maternity hospitals nationwide, new mothers are becoming increasing worried about the prospect of giving birth without the birth plan and the support team they would have wanted. “The situation is changing rapidly and mothers are contacting me in a frenzy, worried they will […]
New online forum will allow clinical nurse specialists to share information and advice with patients during the coronavirus outbreak: facebook.com/groups/heartsupportnetwork/ The Irish Heart Foundation, in partnership with clinical nurse specialists around the country, has launched a new online support network for people living with heart failure and other heart conditions – […]
Ireland’s best known Sleep Consultant, Lucy Wolfe, gives some tips for getting a good night’s sleep Sleep is necessary to ensure that you are optimally functioning. While sleeping our brain and body is repairing and restoring, supervising a wide variety of biological maintenance jobs and ensuring that we can function […]
Minister for Health Simon Harris TD has announced an initiative for patients who avail of a Ministerial licence for medicinal cannabis products to have the products delivered. Speaking today, Minister Harris said: “I am aware that the limited number of patients who avail of a Ministerial licence for medicinal cannabis […]