Regional Health Forum - Dublin North East

The next meeting of the Regional Health Forum - Dublin North East will take place on Monday, 23rd January, 2023

HSE stands up walk-in Flu vaccination clinics in Cavan Monaghan for all Children 2-17 years

The HSE has announced that walk-in flu vaccination clinics for children aged 2-17 years will be stood up from this week in community vaccination centres across the country including Cavan and Monaghan. This is in response to rising numbers of both flu cases in children as well as the significant number of children who have been hospitalised with flu this winter.

HSE stands up walk-in Flu vaccination clinics in Donegal for all Children 2-17 years and urges parents to have children vaccinated against the flu as cases continue to rise in the community

HSE advise that people aged 18 – 49 years are now eligible to receive their second COVID-19 booster

Currently there are high levels of respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, in circulation in the community. Therefore it’s important that all eligible people avail of COVID-19 booster to protect themselves and those around them from serious COVID-19 illness.

HSE stands up walk-in Flu vaccination clinics for all Children 2-17 years and urges parents to have children vaccinated against the flu as cases rise in the community

Today (Tuesday, 10th January), the HSE has announced that walk-in flu vaccination clinics for children aged 2-17 years will be stood up from this week in community vaccination centres across the country. This is in response to rising numbers of both flu cases in children as well as the significant number of children who have been hospitalised with flu this winter.

Statement – Midoc GP Out of Hours Service

There has been no disruption to the urgent out of hours GP services in the Midlands. The only change is that the private company, MIDOC GP CLG which coordinated the rotas/payments for the local GP’s and locum GP’s who worked in the out of hours service for Laois, Offaly, Mullingar and Longford ceased trading on 31st Dec 2022.

Laura Brennan HPV catch-up clinics to be held in Cavan and Monaghan in coming weeks

Clinics will be held in Cavan and Monaghan in the coming weeks as part of the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme.

The HSE is urging people to consider all options before going to a hospital Emergency Department

The HSE has issued an appeal to people seeking medical care or assessment to consider all options before going to a hospital Emergency Department, during what is going to be one of the busiest ever periods experienced by the health service.

HSE urges smokers to take back control this January

Almost 1 in 5 people still smoke in Ireland Expert support available at QUIT.ie Today, (Tuesday, 3rd January 2023), the HSE Quit service launched a new advertising campaign. The campaign shows how people who smoke can start to take back control over their addiction in 28 days with help from the Quit service.

Caredoc – GP Out of Hours Increased Level of Activity

The HSE wish to advise that the Caredoc GP Out of Hours Service are continuing to experience very high levels of activity. The service is asking for your patience in the event of longer wait times over the New Year period until this exceptionally high demand returns to normal winter activity levels