I keep being asked what I make of the UFO thing in Congress yesterday, so here it is: I watched a few clips and saw some people who seemed to believe stuff saying extraordinary things without presenting extraordinary evidence. Therefore I have nothing more to say, other than: It

Thinking of moving west ? Wonderful opportunity to join a well established team. Clinical Nurse Specialist - Dementia Care in County Sligo with Sligo University Hospital - Rezoomo ⁦@Saoltajobs⁩ ⁦@ICPOPIreland⁩ ⁦Mary Casey⁩ rezoomo.com/job/52377/?Cli…

We are expanding. There are a number of new posts available. Clinical Nurse Manager II (Patient Flow Coordinator / Bed Manager) in County Sligo with Sligo University Hospital - Rezoomo ⁦@Saoltajobs⁩ ⁦Helene Horsnell⁩ rezoomo.com/job/46159/?Cli…

"The willingness of those at the 'sharp end' to speak and of those at the 'blunt end' (senior leadership) to listen exist in a reciprocal relationship."

It is not possible to achieve zero-error cancer screening via Irish Times Opinion irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/0…

'SKIP THE DIP for UTI in over 65s' campaign launched in HSE older persons RCFs by the HSE Community Antimicrobial Pharmacists Group, Quality and Patient Safety. #keepantibioticsworking hse.ie/eng/services/l… Antibiotic Prescribing Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 @ICPOPIreland Deirdre Lang ONMSD

SUH has recently opened a beautiful modern critical care unit. This is a new managerial post . Clinical Nurse Manager III Intensive Care Unit in Sligo with Sligo University Hospital - Rezoomo ⁦Derek Cribbin⁩ ⁦@Saoltajobs⁩ rezoomo.com/job/53396/?Cli…

Get Up, Get Dressed, Get Moving conference is underway this morning @thegibsonhotel with Prof. Mark White and Brian Dolan OBE, RMN, RGN kicking off this morning with powerful messages about deconditioning, the biggest harm event in Healthcare #GUGDGM #GetUpGetDressedGetMoving #EndPJparalysis

Assisting someone to die well is a very different thing to administering euthanasia ..our efforts as a humane society should surely concentrate on good care first and access to that good care....legislating for assisted dying is fraught with sinister ethical dangers #primetime

Falls Prevention - Test your blood pressure, balance, and strength at this information event for international #FallsPreventionDay on Friday 22nd September @SligoUniversityHospital #saolta

Calling all staff and attendees in #SUH friday week 22nd September Let's battle #falls #deconditioning #delirium #osteoporosis together! Emergency Dept Sligo University Hospital Brona Taaffe Georgina Kilcoyne Mary Casey Deirdre Schoen Deirdre Lang @ICPOPIreland

There's vitriolic misinformation about CervicalCheck circulating, due to release of Dr Holohan's book 'We Need To Talk'. Very angry people who believe women were not told they had cancer. I thought it's worth writing another thread to try counter these very harmful myths. /1

To mark World #Alzheimers Day today #SUH hosted an event in the Main Foyer of the hospital showcasing some of the wonderful services and supports available to our patients with Dementia and their families in Sligo. Saolta Arts invited harpist Ramona Sakalaustkaite to perform.

Who is the poet with #brendan this morning? Loving interview but missed start Brendan O’Connor

Well done Mary Casey and ciara gibbons, two fantastic and passionate patient advocates #delirium #4AT #SUH

Whilst blanket bans are silly, there are innumerable clinical staff hired with no space to see patients, no desk to work at, no admin support to access charts. These hires will not be able to impact wait lists because they are not able to see patients. m.independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

Rehabilitation can fix the existential problem of 1/3 of patients getting sicker in hospital. Rehabilitation in tandem with, and especially after, an acute care episode can unblock our hospitals. Not “step down”. Not “convalescence”. Not “transitional care”. Rehabilitation.

“The College believes that we can do better in providing compassionate care to those who are dying than to introduce assisted suicide and euthanasia in Ireland.” Read the College’s response to the report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying. encr.pw/OOHah