
Rachel McNamara
@drrachelmc
Dog-lover, Democrat, Doctor. She/Her. Intrapreneur | Public Health Enthusiast | National Fellow for Innovation @ProgrammeSpark @NDTP_HSE | IMO Council @IMO_Irl
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05-01-2012 15:50:03
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I could not recommend this opportunity enough to NCHDs looking to understand and impact more on the service in which they work! HSE Ireland The programme offers enormous scope for personal and professional development. Just go for it! Applications close midnight tonight 🙌

This is not talked about enough —> Cruelty to all involved to see these cases crawling through the legal process. Have personally seen medics crippled by this. independent.ie/irish-news/hea… Report warns negligence case delays can drive doctors to suicidal thoughts Irish Independent

Well done to our shortlisted innovators taking the leap at the first HSE Mid West Innovation Design Workshop! 👏 #MidWestInnovationIrl Public Health HSE Mid West HSE Mid West Community Healthcare Health Sciences Academy Actionable innovation @ULHospitals Rapid Innovation Unit Thanks Spark Innovation Programme for supporting! Inspiring Stuff💪💪

I wrote an article in advance of the Irish Medical Organisation AGM next week on how, as public sector employees, unionising remains our sole bargaining chip for improved terms and conditions. Give it a read, and strongly consider joining your union today 🙌 DrNiamhKM Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne Ciarán Halpin

So proud of both my amazing friends today anna marie duggan & Emma Tyrrell at the #InnovateMW event. It was an honour to be among such innovative colleagues & hear their pitches. Well done all University Of LimerickHospitals Health Sciences Academy @UL HSE Mid West Community Healthcare Public Health HSE Mid West Rapid Innovation Unit Spark Innovation Programme


Very proud of the work of the MidWest Innovation in Healthcare Steering Committee today, but even prouder of the 10 clinical innovative teams who presented their ideas 🙌 our staff are the best in the world! #innovateMW Colette Cowan Dr Mai Mannix HSE Mid West Community Healthcare Spark Innovation Programme


Pauline Chapman &Geraldine Crilly Clinical Placement Coordinators,Nursing Practice Development @ULHospitals;Great Minds Don’t Think Alike-An initiative to prepare preceptors to support neurodiverse nursing students on clinical placement receive MidWest Innovation Healthcare Award


PLEASE LISTEN 🧵 This is Prof Ronan Collins Dr.Ronan collins (National Clinical Lead Stroke) scathing criticism of Dept of Health/HSE Ireland treatment of 850,000 people in Ireland living with neurology/neurodegenerative conditions and the moratorium on recruitment …

This was EXACTLY the function of the Irish Medical Organisation Agreement 2022 - to identify if NCHD rosters could be formed while adhering to safe and legal working limits. This is the tip of the iceberg in terms of unearthing Irish healthcare staffing shortages. Suzanne Crowe (she/her) @saoltagroup

So proud to know this amazing powerhouse anna marie duggan ! ☺️ Anna-Marie; you are a credit to your department, your patients and your region! @ULHospitals HSE Ireland Congrats too to Prof Harmon and Yvonne and all the team 👏 Spark Innovation Programme Caitriona Heffernan siobhan



I spoke to Medical Independent’s Catherine Reilly about the recruitment of Physician Associates in the HSE. Irish Medical Organisation Physician associates have a role; but it is not to plug the gaps of insufficient recruitment and retention of other healthcare staff Stephen Donnelly Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne

Really great opening talk from Derval at the Integrated Healthcare Conference: Disability Breakout 👍 “Children are not complex - the systems that they must navigate are complex” Inclusion Ireland People of HSE HSE Ireland Bernard Gloster 🇵🇸Sinéad Donohue🇵🇸 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, Youth


Currently on the train to Belfast! 🚂 Who’s coming? 🤗🤗 DrNiamhKM Sarah Fitzgibbon Catriona Reddin Dr Syeda Amna Azim (AKA SmileSpreader) Dr Mai Mannix Niamh Humphries Irish Medical Organisation #WiMINBelfast24 WiMIN

Despite my bizarre facial expression 😅- I am honoured to sit alongside such an esteemed panel! Lots of progress made - more work to do around working conditions, respect and grievance/bullying procedures 💪 Irish Medical Organisation WiMIN Sarah Fitzgibbon Professor Nóirín Russell Prof Deborah McNamara