
Rachel McNamara
@drrachelmc
Dog-lover, Democrat, Doctor. She/Her. Intrapreneur | Public Health Enthusiast | National Fellow for Innovation @ProgrammeSpark @NDTP_HSE | IMO Council @IMO_Irl
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05-01-2012 15:50:03
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Well done to our shortlisted innovators taking the leap at the first HSE Mid West Innovation Design Workshop! 👏 #MidWestInnovationIrl Public Health HSE Mid West HSE Mid West Community Healthcare Health Sciences Academy Actionable innovation Follow @HSEMidWest Rapid Innovation Unit Thanks Spark Innovation Programme for supporting! Inspiring Stuff💪💪

I wrote an article in advance of the Irish Medical Organisation AGM next week on how, as public sector employees, unionising remains our sole bargaining chip for improved terms and conditions. Give it a read, and strongly consider joining your union today 🙌 DrNiamhKM Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne Ciarán Halpin

Very proud of the work of the MidWest Innovation in Healthcare Steering Committee today, but even prouder of the 10 clinical innovative teams who presented their ideas 🙌 our staff are the best in the world! #innovateMW Colette Cowan Dr Mai Mannix HSE Mid West Community Healthcare Spark Innovation Programme


Pauline Chapman &Geraldine Crilly Clinical Placement Coordinators,Nursing Practice Development Follow @HSEMidWest;Great Minds Don’t Think Alike-An initiative to prepare preceptors to support neurodiverse nursing students on clinical placement receive MidWest Innovation Healthcare Award


PLEASE LISTEN 🧵 This is Prof Ronan Collins Prof. Ronan Collins (National Clinical Lead Stroke) scathing criticism of Dept of Health/HSE Ireland treatment of 850,000 people in Ireland living with neurology/neurodegenerative conditions and the moratorium on recruitment …

This was EXACTLY the function of the Irish Medical Organisation Agreement 2022 - to identify if NCHD rosters could be formed while adhering to safe and legal working limits. This is the tip of the iceberg in terms of unearthing Irish healthcare staffing shortages. Suzanne Crowe @saoltagroup

So proud to know this amazing powerhouse anna marie duggan ! ☺️ Anna-Marie; you are a credit to your department, your patients and your region! Follow @HSEMidWest HSE Ireland Congrats too to Prof Harmon and Yvonne and all the team 👏 Spark Innovation Programme Caitriona Heffernan siobhan

Please note that paediatric services Follow @HSEMidWest will continue as normal - do attend your scheduled appointments

I spoke to Medical Independent’s Catherine Reilly about the recruitment of Physician Associates in the HSE. Irish Medical Organisation Physician associates have a role; but it is not to plug the gaps of insufficient recruitment and retention of other healthcare staff Stephen Donnelly Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne

Really great opening talk from Derval at the Integrated Healthcare Conference: Disability Breakout 👍 “Children are not complex - the systems that they must navigate are complex” Inclusion Ireland People of HSE HSE Ireland Bernard Gloster 🇵🇸Sinéad Donohue🇵🇸 @dcediy


Currently on the train to Belfast! 🚂 Who’s coming? 🤗🤗 DrNiamhKM Sarah Fitzgibbon Catriona Reddin Dr Syeda Amna Azim (AKA SmileSpreader) Dr Mai Mannix Niamh Humphries (@niamhhumphries.bsky.social) Irish Medical Organisation #WiMINBelfast24 WiMIN

Despite my bizarre facial expression 😅- I am honoured to sit alongside such an esteemed panel! Lots of progress made - more work to do around working conditions, respect and grievance/bullying procedures 💪 Irish Medical Organisation WiMIN Sarah Fitzgibbon Professor Nóirín Russell Prof Deborah McNamara

There is a fantastic Community Pulmonary Rehab team in HSE Mid West Delighted to work with you on this service evaluation, proving significant benefits for dyspnoea and mobility in this group💪 🇵🇸Sinéad Donohue🇵🇸 Sarah Cunneen Brian Fitzgibbon Dr Máire Curran Irish Thoracic Society Public Health HSE Mid West

Hitting the nail on the head as usual Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne Think too big, and too progressive, and lose your seat. A tale as old as time.

So great to be invited to the Spark Innovation Programme National Innovation Network meeting today 🥰 Always wonderful to reconnect with my innovation family 🙌 anna marie duggan Eleanor Campbell Jared Gormly Dermot Burke Catherine Marsh Rapid Innovation Unit Dr Maureen Flynn Mater Transformation Caitriona Heffernan HSE Mid West



Public sector contracts wield enormous power to shape health systems and sustain workforces. We can’t mess this up 👀 Department of Health HSE Ireland People of HSE Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne NDTP Medical Independent