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Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNMEs)

There are 12 HSE Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNMEs) and 8 voluntary CNMEs including:

  • Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Education
  • Centres of Nurse Education
  • Centres of Midwifery Education
  • Centres of Learning and Development
  • Centre of Children's Nurse Education

The CNMEs are involved in:

  • supporting education to roll out and implement national clinical programmes. For example, diabetes, older persons and mental health.
  • providing nurse and midwife continuing professional development
  • ensuring that CPD activities provided for nurses and midwives by CNMEs are in line with service need and as advocated by national clinical programmes under the governance of the respective Boards of Management
  • recording, monitoring and auditing the provision of nurse and midwife CPD
  • supporting delivery of QQI Health Care Skills award Level 5 programme for Health Care Assistants via the CNMEs

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HSE Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education

HSE Dublin North-East:

  • Regional Centre of Nurse and Midwifery Education, Connolly Hospital and St. Ita's Campus Portrane (Dublin North, Dublin North West)
  • Regional Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education Louth (Louth, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan)

HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster:

  • Regional Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education Tullamore (Offaly, Laois, Longford, Westmeath)

HSE West:

  • Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education Donegal (Donegal)
  • Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education Sligo (Sligo, Leitrim)
  • Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education Galway (Galway)
  • Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education Mayo and Roscommon (Mayo, Roscommon)
  • Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education Limerick (Limerick, Clare, North Tipperary)

HSE South:

  • Centre of Nurse Education, Cork University Hospital (Cork)
  • Centre of Midwifery Education, Cork University Maternity Hospital (Cork)
  • Kerry Centre of Nurse and Midwifery Education, University Hospital Kerry
  • Regional Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education HSE South East (Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford, South Tipperary)

Voluntary Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education

HSE Dublin North-East:

  • Centre for Nurse Education, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
  • Centre of Nurse Education, Beaumont Hospital

HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster:

  • Centre of Children's Nurse Education, Children's Health Ireland
  • Centre for Learning and Development, St. James's Hospital
  • Centre for Nurse Education, St. Vincent's University Hospital
  • Centre of Midwifery Education, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital
  • Centre for Learning and Development, Tallaght University Hospital

HSE South:

  • Centre of Nurse Education, Mercy University Hospital Cork