Therapeutics Today May
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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Lab Newsletter
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.
Women’s Mini Marathon
Will you be there?
Please join our team
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
World No Tobacco Day 31st May 2011
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.
NMIC Bulletin Volume 16, No. 6
The latest Bulletin published by the NMIC is now available. This edition relates to Pharmacotherapy of Depression in Adults. Please click here to view.
Therapeutics Today April
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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NMIC Bulletin
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.
Entries close for Women's Mini Marathon before Easter
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
Tracheostomy Study Day
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.
NMIC Bulletin
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.
2011 Golf Classic
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
Therapeutics Today March
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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2011 Women's Mini Marathon
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
Live Course on Complex PCI
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 Seminar
4th Annual Multi Disciplinary Research, Clinical Audit & Quality Improvement Seminar
Oral & poster presentations will include:
- Clinical audit,
- Research
- Quality Improvements
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.
AbstractForm
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Therapeutics Today February
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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Intravenous Cannulation Course for Radiographers
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.
Intravenous Cannulation Course Details
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Innovation in Diabetes
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.
National TB Conference
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
Therapeutics Today January
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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St. James’s Hospital Liberties Fun Run
St. James’s Hospital Liberties Fun Run –[6.5K]
Thursday, July 21st 2011, 7.45 pm
A charity event for the Heart Support Unit at St. James’s Hospital
*** Race entry includes timing chip, souvenir t-shirt and massage ***
** ONLINE REGISTRATION HAS NOW CLOSED. PLEASE COME ON THE NIGHT **
* Cash prizes for first, second and third placed men and women to be won! *
Runners, joggers and walkers are now invited to take part in the third annual St. James’s Hospital Liberties Fun Run. The 2011 race [6.5 K] will start at 7.45 pm on July 21st in the IMMA/RHK. The good times will start at 6.30 pm with music and fun and a full warm-up conducted by the hospital’s chartered physiotherapists.
This Fun Run offers athletes of all levels an interesting route around the historic Liberties area of Dublin, and provides an opportunity for supporters of St. James’s to raise much-needed funds for the hospital.
All participants will be provided with a timing chip. Cash prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third placed men and women.
To enter
Advance entry – before Friday, July 15th
On-line entry costs €21 To enter on-line, please click here
Postal entry costs €20 To download an entry form, please click here.
Late entry
Entry on the night costs €25
For more race information please click here.
The hospital’s new Heart Support Unit is the focus of current fundraising. Thanks to the generosity of our main sponsors, Diageo and Momentum Support, the net entry fees (a processing fee of €1.74 will be deducted for each on-line entry) and all sponsorship raised by the Fun Run will support much-needed advancement to outpatient care for heart failure patients at St. James’s Hospital.
In 2009 St. James’s Hospital Foundation held the first annual St. James’s Hospital Liberties Fun Run – a fun event to benefit the patients of St. James’s. 685 people entered the 2010 race. They gathered in the beautiful grounds of the Irish Museum of Modern Art at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (IMMA/RHK), had their faces painted by FM104’s Beetle Bug team, warmed up with hospital physiotherapists and then ran, jogged or walked 6.5 k around the Liberties and received post-race massages. As well as all that, they contributed €21,000 for the Stroke Service at St. James’s. For a full report on last year’s Fun Run please click 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
Therapeutics Today
The December edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this month's newsletter you will find articles on caffeine and depression in women, how chocolate may be good for your heart and your head and how antibiotics are wasted on colds and flu.. Click here to view.
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Therapeutics Today October
The October edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this month's newsletter you will find articles on the effect of patient payment status on antibiotic prescribing, updated Immunisation Guidelines, the length of anticoagulant treatment and risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism, and psychoactive medications increase crash risk in older drivers. Click here to view.
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Therapeutics Today September
The September edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this months newsletter you will find articles on What is the value of electronic drug interaction alerts in primary care, 2010 Annual Report from the National Poisons Information Centre, Interpreting asymptomatic bacteriuria and Respiratory disease and air travel: BTS recommendations. Click here to view.
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Therapeutics Today June
The June edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this months newsletter you will find articles on how to manage nocturnal enuresis in children and young people, longterm benzodiazepine usage affect on cognition in younger adults, and newer-generation antiepileptic drugs and pregnancy. Click here to view.
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Therapeutics Today July
The July edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this months newsletter you will find articles on traveller's dirrhoea, the management of common infection in primary care, how dose rather than duration is important for aspirin GI toxicity, and strategies for safer prescribing, . Click here to view.
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Therapeutics Today August
The August edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this months newsletter you will find articles on Management of acute infective conjunctivitis, Safety Update and Treating pain may reduce behavioural disturbances in patients with dementia. Click here to view.
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Therapeutics Today November
The November edition of Therapeutics Today newsletter published by the National Medicines Information Centre is now available. In this month's newsletter you will find articles on Update on oral contraceptives and venous thromboembolism, Female smokers more likely to get heart disease and Drug induced photosensitivity. Click here to view.
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NMIC Bulletin - Update on Helicobacter PylorI Infection
The latest Bulletin published by the NMIC is now available. This edition is an update on Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Vol 17 No 4. Please click here to view.
NMIC Bulletin Vol 17
The latest Bulletin published by the NMIC is now available. This edition relates to The Management of Stroke Vol 17 No 3. Please click here to view.
Prospectus
The prospectus of learning & development opportunities open to external staff/agencies has just been launched, to view it please click here.
Haematology Course
4 day haematology course in St James’s on 4 consecutive Thursdays from the 8th September. The 4-day Haematology Education Programme aims to provide nurses with an overview of a wide variety of topics relating to haematology.
Course Fee: €200 (No course fee for SJH employees)
Email: Mairéad at bmtco-ord@stjames.ie; or Kathleen at kbeston@stjames.ie
All applications & payment must be submitted before 01/08/2011. Limited number of places.
For more information see Programme and Application form.
Application Form
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NMIC Bulletin
The latest Bulletin published by the NMIC is now available. This edition relates to Management of Dementia Vol 17 No 2. Please click here to view.
Traffic
St James’s Hospital is introducing a traffic management strategy to reduce the volumes of through traffic to the site for Safety and Security reasons.
This will result in Restricted Access Via the Rialto Gate, i.e. access only for Staff with Valid Permits, Emergency Vehicles and Dublin Bus.
James’s Street Entrance to the Hospital will now be the main public access point going forward.
It is Imperative that this information is communicated to all future Out patient appointments with effect immediately. Public Access Route
There will be traffic restrictions at the James’s Street entrance at peak traffic times but this will not affect bona fide visitors to the hospital as Intercoms which are monitored via the Hospital’s Security Control Room are in operation at both entrances.
There will be no restrictions to Emergency Vehicles or Dublin Bus at any time.
Private Vehicles wishing to gain access to the Hospital’s Emergency Department should use the Intercom located at the Access Barrier.
Public Access Route
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