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Theresa Lowry Lehnen, PhD, Advanced Nurse Practitioner candidate in General Practice and nurse at SETU Carlow, was appointed a Fellow (FFNMRCSI) by the RCSI Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, on Monday, December 9^th 2024. This honour was awarded in recognition of her outstanding work and leadership in the field of nursing. The RCSI Fellowship is one of the most prestigious professional qualifications to be awarded to nurses and midwives, and the highest award a Faculty can confer. 

Many congratulations to Nurse Sarah Hickey MTU Cork Student Health Centre on qualifying as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner.

After a very successful ISHA conference 2024, we would like to congratulate ATU Sligo Nurse Caroline Kennedy-Crawford on a stellar year as President of the Irish Student Health Association. Caroline and the ISHA executive committee worked tirelessly this year to advance and progress the organisation. Caroline's outstanding leadership, commitment and major input, and the teams collective efforts have brought the Irish Student Health Association and Student Health from strength to strength.

The Dr David Thomas Award for outstanding contribution to 3^rd level student health was awarded this year to Theresa Lowry Lehnen, the Nurse at South East Technological University Carlow Campus.

"Theresa has been working at SETU since 2008, and as the full-time nurse on the Carlow campus since 2014. Since commencing her post in student health, she has transformed the student health centre, and greatly enhanced the range and provision of medical/nursing services for students and the wider college community". 

Congratulations to UCC Student Health Department on winning the Pauline Carberry Memorial Award for best poster at the ISHA Conference 2024. Produced by Dr Aoife O' Sullivan, Dr Michael Byrne, Naif Almoneef, and Aileen McAuliff, their poster presentation is titled ‘Audit of physical monitoring of stimulant medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder’.

The HSE is organising into 6 new health regions in 2024. Each health region will provide integrated health and social care services for the people in that area. The 6 health regions will replace Hospital Groups (HGs) and Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs). Work is progressing to establish all 6 health regions from 1st March 2024. Two health regions, HSE Mid West and HSE Dublin South East have begun operating, with Regional Executive Officers appointed. The HSE will remain a single HSE organisation with 6 health regions.

ISHA Conference 2024. Friday 1st March and Saturday 2nd March 2024, at the Sligo Park Hotel. Hosted by ATU Sligo.

We have a wonderful line up of speakers for this year’s conference, see the agenda attached.

Cost

The attendance fee remains the same as last year:

Full 2-day conference ticket including Gala dinner on Friday night and lunch on Saturday: €120

Bayer 'Talking IUS with Young Women' Webinar. Tuesday 27th February 2024 at 8pm.

Speakers: Dr Amy Purcell and Louise Fitzgerald.

Register at: https://rb.gy/7gef9w

NIO have updated their webpages to include additional information about Measles

Please see attached important measles update from the National Immunisation Office, in response to the upsurge in enquiries.

Please circulate this information as widely as possible among your colleagues in general practice.