Population Health is responsible for promoting and protecting the health of the entire population and target groups, with particular emphasis on health inequalities. It achieves this by positively influencing health service delivery and outcomes through strategy and policy. Population Health is responsible for immunisation programmes, infection control and the environmental health office and at local level its functions are organised through the LHOs and Hospital Networks.
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National Director - Dr. Patrick Doorley
Millennium Park, Naas, Co. Kildare
Tel: 045 882 557
Email: patrick.doorley@hse.ie
Assistant National Director, Health Protection - Dr. Kevin Kelleher
Health Protection ensures the public are protected from infectious diseases and from harm as a result of environmental hazards.
31-33 Catherine Street, Limerick
Tel: 061 483 338
Email: kevin.kelleher@hse.ie
Assistant National Director, Health Promotion - Catherine Murphy
Health Promotion aims to improve and promote health. It works to address key health issues, including promoting mental health, smoking cessation, sexual health issues, promoting physical activity and nutrition programmes.
Unit 12A South Ring Business Park
Kinsale Road
Cork
Tel: 021 492 7445
Email: catherine.murphy@hse.ie
Assistant National Director, Environmental Health - Martin Devine
Environmental Health develops and monitors policy on areas impacting on environmental health.
Millennium Park, Naas, Co. Kildare
Tel: 045 880 442
Email: martin.devine@hse.ie
Assistant National Director, Emergency Planning - Gavin Maguire
Emergency Planning ensures that the HSE is capable of responding to major emergencies. These may arise in different ways such as a major road or rail accident, storm flooding or infectious disease epidemic.
Block B, The Civic Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Tel: 01 274 4200
Email: gavin.maguire@hse.ie
Assistant National Director, Strategic Planning & Evaluation - Dr. Marie Laffoy
Strategic Planning has a key role working with PCCC and the NHO in formulating plans to ensure an entire population health approach is adopted.
Dr. Steeven's Hospital, Dublin 8
Tel: 01 635 2170
Email: marie.laffoy@hse.ie
Assistant National Director, Health Intelligence - Dr. Davida De La Harpe
Health intelligence supports the use and development of knowledge to improve the health of the population. It includes information systems use, evidence based health care, and support for research and development.
Mezzanine Floor, Stewarts Sports Centre, Palmerstown, Dublin 20
Tel: 01 642 6910
Email: davida.delaharpe@hse.ie | Website: www.healthintelligence.ie
National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP), Director - Geoff Day
The office was established by the HSE in September 2005 following the launch of Reach Out - The National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention. The office is responsible for monitoring the implementation of Reach Out, coordinating suicide prevention activities and developing services to support the actions in Reach Out. The office has a website dedicated to suicide prevention activities: www.nosp.ie and the email is info@nosp.ie
Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin 8
Tel: 01 635 2179
Email: geoff.day1@hse.ie
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