Services for people with chronic illness aim to promote quality of life and independence for people with chronic illness/conditions by ensuring they receive coordinated care and support that is planned in partnership with them, around their needs and choices. These services are provided in both the Acute Hospital and Primary, Community and Continuing Care settings relative to disease and symptom presentation. As chronic conditions can present along the life cycle, depending on aetiology, services are provided accordingly within the current care group structure.
Policy document links
Diabetes
Related Link:
Link to First Report of Diabetes Expert Advisory Group
Obesity
Related Link:
Click here to link to HSE Obesity report “Our children, their future, why weight”, 2005.
Dept. of Health and Children, Slan 07 - Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland, Dietary Habits of the Irish Population, 2008 (PDF 6.49MB)
Link to DoHC Report of Inter-sectoral Group on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the National Task Force on Obesity, 2009
Link to Health Research Board Centre for Health & Diet Research
Link to HSE, Safefood and the NI Health Promotion Agency call for a reality check on obesity
Link to National Guidelines on Physical Activity for Ireland – ‘Get Ireland Active’
Cardiovascular Disease
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Last updated on: 01 / 02 / 2012