The May edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this months newsletter you will find articles on Risk of atypical fractures with use of bisphosphonates, Update on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclersosis and Statin therapy protects the heart in patients with diabetes. Click here to view.
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This is the first edition of the 2011 Laboratory Medicine newsletter aimed at GP laboratory users. Its purpose is to bring you information on developments in laboratory medicine at St. James’s Hospital. We would be delighted with your feedback on issues you would like us to address in the newsletter. In this edition you will find information on the Fully Accredited Laboratory Service, Development in IT infrastructure, Service Developments, Extended working day, Biobanking & departmental updates, to view click here.
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A sunny Women’s Mini Marathon day in 2009
This year’s Women’s Mini Marathon will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, June 6th. Over 240 participants have so far joined the St. James’s Hospital team and will fundraise on behalf of the Breast Care Department, the Heart Support Unit, the Oncology Department and many other specialties and departments.
To join the St. James’s team, would-be fundraisers should contact the office of St. James’s Hospital Foundation at St. James’s Hospital on 01 428 4086 or e-mail to foundation@stjames.ie. Fundraisers will receive sponsorship cards, t-shirts, helpful advice from the hospital’s clinical nutritionists and physiotherapists in the run up to the big day – and massages following the race at O’Callaghan’s St Stephen’s Green Hotel – and they will feel good in the knowledge they are part of a great public contribution to the hospital.
The Women’s Mini Marathon is the biggest all-women sporting event in the world; 40,000 women have registered for this year’s race. And charities are the big winners – with most participants electing to collect sponsorship on behalf of their pet cause. 266 participants in the 2010 Women’s Mini Marathon fundraised over €36,000 for St. James’s Hospital.
Contact Us
St. James’s Hospital Foundation
St. James’s Hospital
James’s Street
Dublin 8
Telephone 01 428 4086
Email foundation@stjames.ie
St James hospital will be holding a health promotion campaign “Commit to Quit” in the main hospital reception on World No Tobacco Day 31st May 2011.
The stand is being organised and ran by the hospitals Smoking Cessation Nurse Specialist Carmel Doherty along with other hospital staff who play an active role in smoking cessation and support.
Smoking is the single most preventable cause of illness and disability and the aim of this stand is to raise awareness about the effects of smoking but also to provide advice and support about smoking cessation. The stand will incorporate:
• An ageing booth where one can see what they will look like at 72 years of age should they continue to smoke.
• There will be carbon monoxide checks
• Literature and contact details for many of the smoking cessation services will also be provided on the day.
All members of the public, staff and patients are welcome to visit the stand which will be on display from 10am until 3.30pm.
The latest Bulletin published by the NMIC is now available. This edition relates to Pharmacotherapy of Depression in Adults. Please click here to view.
The April edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this months newsletter you will find articles on the prevention of migraine, an update on contraception and drug interactions, expenditure on medicines and the HSE response to Japanese Nuclear Event. Click here to view.
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The latest Bulletin published by the NMIC is now available. This edition relates to Frequently Asked Questions on Use of Antidepressants in Adults 2011 Vol 17 No 1. Please click here to view.
Sunny Women’s Mini Marathon day in 2009
This year’s Women’s Mini Marathon will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, June 6th and entries have flooded in – so much so that the organisers have decided to close for entries before Easter. The web address for on-line entries is at: www.womensminimarathon.ie.
Over 200 participants have so far joined the St. James’s Hospital team and will fundraise on behalf of the Breast Care Department, the Heart Failure Unit, the Oncology Department and many other specialties and departments.
To join the St. James’s team, would-be participants should contact the office of St. James’s Hospital Foundation at St. James’s Hospital on 01 428 4086 or e-mail to foundation@stjames.ie. Participants will receive sponsorship cards, t-shirts, helpful advice from the hospital’s clinical nutritionists and physiotherapists in the run up to the big day – and massages following the race at O’Callaghan’s St Stephen’s Green Hotel – and they will feel good in the knowledge they are part of a great public contribution to the hospital.
The Women’s Mini Marathon is the biggest all-women sporting event in the world; more than 40,000 women participated last year. And charities are the big winners – with most participants electing to collect sponsorship on behalf of their pet cause. 266 participants in the 2010 Women’s Mini Marathon fundraised over €36,000 for St. James’s Hospital.
Contact Us
St. James’s Hospital Foundation
St. James’s Hospital
James’s Street
Dublin 8
Telephone 01 428 4086
Email foundation@stjames.ie
A multidisciplinary study day focusing on the care and management of patients with a tracheostomy will take place on the following dates in 2011:
Thursday 26th May
Thursday 29th September
Thursday 24th November
Time: 08.00 - 16.30
Venue: Centre for Learning and Development, Trinity Health Science Building, St James’s Hospital
Cost: €50.00 per person for non SJH staff – Receipts on request.
Lunch not included.
For All bookings please contact: Centre for Learning and Development (01) 4162200 / 2201, Email: CLD@stjames.ie
Enquires: Joy Norton bleep 538 jnorton@stjames.ie / Claire Noonan 410 3211 cnoonan@stjames.ie
For more information see Poster and Timetable. To view Tracheostomy Care Guidelines click here.
The latest Bulletin published by the NMIC is now available. This edition relates to frequently asked questions on hormonal contraception. Please click here to view.

The 2011 St. James’s Hospital Foundation Golf Classic will take place on Monday, May 16th at Knightsbrook Hotel and Golf Resort in Trim, Co Meath. Last year’s winner was the team from TOSH Medical, with the Bank of Ireland team in second place and the team sponsored by the John Jefferson Smurfit Foundation in third.
Companies, foundations and individuals are welcome to sponsor teams, greens, tee-boxes, raffle prizes as well as any other sponsorship related to the day, and all contributions will be most gratefully received. The proceeds of this year’s event will benefit the hospital’s new Heart Failure Unit for which the Foundation aims to raise €130,000. Funds raised will be focussed on equipping the Heart Failure Unit whose aim will be to raise the standard of outpatient care and so reduce peoples’ need for hospitalisation.
For full information with regard to sponsoring this year’s Golf Classic please contact the Foundation directly. A full report and pictures from last year’s big day are available here.
Contact Us
St. James’s Hospital Foundation
St. James’s Hospital
James’s Street
Dublin 8
Telephone 01 428 4086
Email foundation@stjames.ie
The March edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this months newsletter you will find articles on The management of breast infection, Improve risk factor control and prolong life and HPSC launches new look website. Click here to view.
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St. James’s Hospital Foundation would like to invite you to help raise vital funds for the hospital by taking part in the 2011 Flora Women’s Mini Marathon. The 10km event will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, June 6th 2011 and participants can register online at www.florawomensminimarathon.ie.
In 2010, 270 wonderful supporters of St. James’s Hospital took part in the event raising over €36,000 for the benefit of different departments, wards and services within the hospital.
Each participant fundraising on behalf of the hospital will receive a sponsorship card and t-shirt, as well as dietary and training advice from the hospital’s clinical nutrition and physiotherapy teams. Following the mini-marathon, a complimentary reception will be held for participants, their friends and their families, in the O’Callaghan St. Stephen’s Green Hotel, and a team of St. James’s Hospital physiotherapists will provide massages.
St. James’s Hospital Foundation would like thank in advance all those taking part in the event for the hospital, and also our most generous sponsors, Cornmarket Insurance and O’Callaghan St. Stephen’s Green Hotel.
For more information, or to sign up, please contact Aisling O’Dwyer in the St. James’s Hospital Foundation office on foundation@stjames.ie or 01 428 4086.
Contact Us
St. James’s Hospital Foundation
St. James’s Hospital
James’s Street
Dublin 8
Telephone 01 428 4086
Email foundation@stjames.ie
8th Annual St James's Live Course on Complex Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention
Friday 4th march 2011, 09.15 - 17.30
Venue: Robert Smith Lecture Theatre, Centre for Learning & Development, Trinity Health Science Building, St James’s Hospital
Cost: €75.00 per person for non SJH staff – Receipts on request.
Lunch included.
For more information on Registration and Programme of Events click here
Nurses Programme in conjunction with above
Friday 4th March 2011, 10 - 1.00 then join main event
Venue: Anne Young Lecture Theatre, Centre for Learning & Development
Cost: €50 per person for non SJH staff - Receipts on request.
For more information on Registration & Programme of Events click here
For All bookings please contact: Angie Doherty
Email: amdoherty@stjames.ie
Telephone: 01-4162981
4th Annual Multi Disciplinary Research, Clinical Audit & Quality Improvement Seminar
Oral & poster presentations will include:
Date: Thursday 19th May 2011
Venue: Anne Young Room, Centre for Learning & Development, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin Time: 09.00 – 16.30 (Registration 08.30)
Bookings: Centre for Learning & Development Phone: 01 4162200, Email: cld@stjames.ie
Enquiries: If you have any queries regarding the seminar please contact: Avril Lowry, Phone: 01 4162200, Email: alowry@stjames.ie or Lucy Kielty, Phone:01 428 4601, Email: lkielty@stjames.ie
Abstract Submission
Abstract submission application forms should be completed and returned to Lucy Kielty via email lkielty@stjames.ie. Please ensure all details on the abstract submission template are completed accurately as this information will be published in the Book of Abstracts. The Closing Date for receipt of completed Abstract Submission Application Forms is Friday the 15th April (see Poster). Please note time and space for oral and poster presentations is limited. Following review of all abstracts by the Nursing Research Access Committee, successful applicants will be notified in due course.
Registration
To register for the seminar please complete the Registration booking form and return with registration fee to the Centre for Learning and Development (cld@stjames.ie). Registration Fee €25 (presenters and SJH staff exempt). Please note advance booking required. A venue location map is attached for your convenience.
We look forward to your participation in this seminar which will contribute to a raised awareness of Nursing & Multi-Disciplinary Research, Clinical audit, and Quality Improvements undertaken at St. James’s Hospital and among other health service provider and affiliated academic Institutions.
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The February edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this months newsletter you will find articles on breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), possible risk of severe liver injury with dronedarone, and preventing exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Click here to view.
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Complex PCI Registration
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Tracheostomy Poster
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The Intravenous Cannulation Course for Radiographers will be taking place on the 14th and 15th February in the Trinity Centre, St. James's Hospital.
This course is designed to provide the appropriate theoretical knowledge and practical skills required for Radiographers to undertake intravenous injections competently. The course is accredited by the IIRRT. Please click here for further information.
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Innovation in Diabetes, in association with Trinity College Dublin, is taking place on January 28th & 29th 2011 in the Dublin Convention Centre.
Innovation in Diabetes will focus on the clinical science and clinical care of diabetes with a view towards finding a cure. The central focus is on innovations for the benefit of people with diabetes. The meeting will combine presentations from a panel of the world’s leading researchers and clinicians, with interactive workshops on new approaches to care. It is a multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment of diabetes and the meeting is RCPI, ICGP and An Bord Altranais CME accredited.
Programme of Events and log onto www.innovationindiabetes.com for further information.
Date: 6th May 2011
Venue: Trinity Centre, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin.
Keynote speakers:
Professor Peter Davies, Consultant Chest Physician, UK
Alistair Story, Consultant Nurse & Epidemiologist, UK
Target audience:
Respiratory physicians & nurses, public health specialists, infectious disease specialists, pharmacists, microbiologists & other health care professionals interested in this area.
Aim:
Full day conference covering epidemiology, diagnosis and management of TB, opportunity for networking and professional discourse for those involved and interested in Tuberculosis in Ireland.
Organisation:
Dr. Anne‐Marie McLaughlin & Ms Bettina Korn, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin
Contact:
Ms Jaye Farran
Ph: 01 4284716
Email: jfarran@stjames.ie
The January edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this months newsletter you will find articles on the cardiovascular effects of cocaine, exercise in type 2 diabetes, and patients who stop taking statins. Click here to view.
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