Great news! Congratulations Breda Smyth All good wishes in your role as CMO.

Last day in the office as CEO of HSE. Feeling emotionally drained saying goodbye to staff that come to work every day to give people good care & hope. This has been the most inspirational time of my career. I'm humbled & a better person for the privilege. Thank you all. HSE Ireland

Today NOCA published an independent review of the National Audit of Hospital Mortality (NAHM) tinyurl.com/4rtrsxau The findings reflect the international context and accumulated scientific evidence.

Two weeks ago not a single intern was paid in our hospital on the first payday as per hospital pay schedule.

We were made to beg and involve Irish Medical Organisation before the HR dept would even confirm we would be paid at all.

No one apologised. Bills went unpaid.

#StandingUp4NCHDs

In coordination with 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦🇬🇧 I will now propose new measures to EU leaders to strengthen our response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cripple Putin’s ability to finance his war machine. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

As we remember the 60th anniversary of the Siege of Jadotville in the Congo, we think of all those brave Irish soldiers who did their country proud, especially those from Mullingar.

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As if we needed another reason for why it so wrong that our overseas doctors are denied stability in their life and equal access to specialist training but here's one more 👇
#fastTrackCitizenship
Helen McEntee TD Stephen Donnelly Micheál Martin

Despite being 'understaffed, under-resourced and under-valued' our #PublicHealth doctors have deferred strike action due to ethical considerations. Makes you wonder about the ethics of those that allowed it to come to this 10 months into a pandemic? #InvestInPublicHealth #COVID19

Our Public health Specialists have been working tirelessly since the #COVID19 pandemic began despite deeply unfair contracts. Now there are stepping up to the plate further by deferring their planned strike action to continue to protect us all #Heroes

On deferral of ph doctors strike Dr Ina Kelly: “Government neither respects nor values the work of public health doctors and it strengthens our resolve to win this battle in the coming months in order to protect the future of public health in Ireland.”

Can we put Eoin Kelleher in charge of comms at the Department of Health?👏👏👏👏 This is superb!

👏👏Brilliant illustration of the importance of public health medicine by Eoin Kelleher

Today with Claire Byrne Public Health doctors’ advice is being compared with contrasting comments by other well known doctors who are not public health doctors. Public health is a specialty.

Our public health doctors have been playing a blinder. This should be acknowledged.

That it hasn’t is reflective of how out of touch with reality at the coal face DEPR are.

I agree with Dr. Fauci—there IS a lot we can do. We can control Covid if we follow the science and work together. bit.ly/31nd75f

Latest restrictions - some thoughts

We have been well led through this crisis. We dodged a bullet in April/May/June - we didn't have army trucks transporting coffins (Italy), ICUs in tents in public parks (Spain), or burial pits (NY). Didn't happen by accident.
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Thank you to Dr Ronan Glynn & our Public Health Specialists for leading us through this crisis. They don’t always give us good news but NPHET give us evidence based recommendations.

'critical that regional PH depts are provided sufficient resources to have a staff complement and skill mix of team members to provide local support. The Crowe Howarth recommended implementation process should continue on a timely basis.' @donnellystephen @emershelley Irish Medical Organisation

While 'prevention is better than cure' it's not very popular for investment unfortunately

Long overdue to finally understand & recognise & value the role of MOH - a role that is vital to the health of our population Simon Harris TD Dr Colm Henry, CCO HSE Ireland Paul Reid