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Consilient Health Webinar: “Contraceptive Care and Dermatology”.  Date: 10th November 2022, 19.30pm – 20.30pm

Consilient Health Ltd is pleased to invite you to attend the following Webinar: “Contraceptive Care and Dermatology” on 10th November 2022, 19.30pm – 20.30pm. We will discuss contraceptive care for patients with various dermatological conditions, namely acne.

Roinn Sláinte and HRB: National Drugs Forum 2022. Gibson Hotel, Dublin. 2nd November 2022

The Department of Health and the Health Research Board will host the 2022 National Drugs Forum in the Gibson Hotel, Dublin on 2nd November 2022. The National Drugs Forum is an annual event for stakeholders working in service provision, advocacy, policy and research to learn about new developments in the drugs area and share knowledge about current practice. 

Register for National Drugs Forum

NIPC: ‘Cardiac Rehabilitation in Ireland: How to deliver best practice guidelines in current clinical practice’ course. Commences Saturday, 3rd December 2022.

NIPC are accepting applications for the next ‘Cardiac Rehabilitation in Ireland: How to deliver best practice guidelines in current clinical practice’ course. This is a free, 3-month online course designed to equip Cardiac Rehabilitation Practitioners with the core knowledge, skills and competences to deliver rehabilitation services in clinical practice.



ASOI: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Obesity in Adults in Ireland

Obesity in Adults: A 2022 Adapted Clinical Practice Guideline for Ireland: Developed by the Association for the Study of Obesity on the Island of Ireland (ASOI), the Irish Coalition for People Living with Obesity (ICPO) and the HSE Obesity National Clinical Programme (NCP) alongside 70 specialists from all over Ireland have been working on adapting the Canadian CPGs for use in Ireland, using the ADAPTE framework.

Virtual Medicines Management Masterclass. 23/11/2022

The National Nurse and Midwife Medicinal Product Prescribing Team are hosting a Virtual Medicines Management Masterclass on Wednesday 23rd November 2022 from 09.00-14.00hrs.  The masterclass will be delivered online and will focus on the importance of the safe, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines. The masterclass is suitable for registered nurses, registered midwives, registered nurse/midwife prescribers, pharmacists, doctors and other healthcare professionals involved in medicines management.

HSE appointments for monkeypox vaccines - released Monday 17th October 2022

Appointments for the monkeypox vaccine were released on Monday 17th of October. The HSE have said that due to high demand and limited capacity, all appointments have now been booked. It is understand that more vaccine appointments are to be made available in November. 

Appointments for monkeypox vaccines- Book at: http://HSE.ie/monkeypox

Vaccination Centres: Dublin (St James’, St Vincent’s, Mater hospitals); Cork, Limerick, Galway, Wexford, Portlaoise.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly launches the inaugural Menopause Awareness Week. 17/10/2022

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has launched the inaugural Menopause Awareness Week, to open the conversation around menopause. Together with a national ad campaign and http://gov.ie/menopause it encourages everyone to talk about menopause

https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/menopause/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/menopause/