Orla Kirwan

Orla Kirwan

CAI Congress 2021

Welcome to CAI Congress 2021 “We are all apprentices in a craft where no-one ever becomes a master”. Ernest Hemingway. After a year of tragedy and disappointments, the practitioners of our disciplines have gained recognition worldwide for their value, and…

Inaugural IPOMs Webinar Launch

From the IPOMS team: “We are absolutely delighted to invite you all to attend the Inaugural Irish Perioperative Medicine Society (IPOMS) launch webinar. It will be delivered online on Tuesday the 23rd of March 2021 from 6pm to 8.30pm. This event…

Peri-operative Nurses Wellbeing Survey

Peri-operative Nurses Wellbeing in Relation to Staff Involved in a Critical Incident. Researcher: Cora Brennan. Contact: corabrennan1@hse.ie Place of employment: Theatre Department Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar. Survey aimed at peri-operative nurses. Thank you for considering participating in this research project.…

Annual Congress of Anaesthesiology

The Annual Congress will take place online on the 20th – 21st May and has dedicated event platform for delivering of lectures and workshops during 2 days. For more information, visit: The programme can be found on the following…

First Do No Harm

“It is an essential principle of patient safety that the regulatory environment gives sufficient voice to legitimate concerns reported by patients, families and campaigners, works alongside them and responds in a rapid, open and compassionate way to resolve issues when…

Guidance on resumption of scheduled surgical services

On 1th May, the National Public Health Emergency Response Team (NPHET) approved the interim guidance scheduled care pathway for acute operations which included risk assessment of patients in advance of hospital attendance/ admission and SARS-CoV-2 testing for patients to undergo…

Scaling back up Acute Adult Hospital Services

This guidance contains a compilation of updated versions of a set of documents previously issued separately by HSE Acute Operations for adult (non-maternity) services. They have been compiled into a single document for convenience. Paediatric and maternity services are outside…

CAI Webinar on Resuming Surgical Services

CAI Webinar on Resuming Surgical Services

Delivery of Non Covid Services in a COVID environment – Zoom Webinar   Chaired by Dr Niamh Hayes Wednesday 24th June 2020   Speakers Include:Professor Martin Cormican (HSE) Dr Vida Hamilton (HSE) Professor Debbie McNamara (RCSI) Mr Paul Gallagher (IEHG)…