68 HEALTH MATTERS news // dublin mid-leinster SUCCESSFUL SEMINAR FOR VES


THE VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY Services (vES) subcommittee of the Eastern Regional Working Group for Major Emergency management (mEm) recently held a successful seminar in Punchestown Racecourse, opened by john lahart, director of Services, Kildare County Council.


over 140 delegates attended the seminar in February,


representing the organisations of the VES and incorporating the Civil Defence, the Irish Red Cross, Order of Malta Ireland, St john’s Ambulance Brigade of Ireland, the Irish mountain Rescue Association, the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation, the Search and Rescue Dog Association of Ireland and the Irish Underwater Council Search and Recovery; in addition to representation from the Principal Response Agencies of the HSE, the Local Authorities and An garda Síochána.


+ Front Row (l-R): Paddy Agnew, Irish Underwater Council Search and Recovery; john mcgrath, St john’s Ambulance Brigade of Ireland; david williams, dublin wicklow mountain Rescue Team; duncan Foster, Irish Cave Rescue organisation. Back Row (l-R): jimmy maye order of malta Ireland; Bill Powderly Civil defence; melissa O’Sullivan, Irish Red Cross; Diarmaid Scully Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team; Brian Haskins – Search and Rescue dog Association of Ireland; david o’Sullivan Chief Emergency Management Officer, HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster; and Chairperson of the Voluntary Emergency Services subcommittee of the Eastern Regional Working Group for Major Emergency Management.


The seminar was convened within the context of major emergency management and under the guidance of the Framework for major Emergency management (department of Environment, Heritage and local government, 2006), and its objective was to reinforce links between the VES and their respective Principal Response Agencies.


For further information, please contact: HSE DML Emergency management office. Tel: 087 782 5517


PARENT SUPPORT LEAFLET HAS PROVED HUGE SUCCESS


ClInICIAnS In BEECHPARk Services, based in Clonskeagh, Dublin, possess many years of experience in providing specialised, evidence-based and best practice clinical support to children and families affected by Autistic Spectrum disorder (ASd). In recognition of this bank of expertise, the bi-monthly, user- friendly Parent Support Leaflet was launched to provide information to parents of children under six with a diagnosis of ASD, and consists of articles from the different clinical disciplines within Beechpark Services. Viewing the child’s development as firmly rooted in the context of the family as a whole, the leaflets provide a platform to distribute important information to parents in a positive, non-judgmental and informal manner. Davida Hartman, Educational


Psychologist, Beechpark Services said, “The leaflet facilitates all parents to access this information, in addition to serving as a reminder of the services and supports available to them as clients of Beechpark Services.” meanwhile grainne Bray, director, Beechpark Services, said “The feedback from this initiative has been overwhelmingly positive, with parents praising the practical aspects of the leaflets.” Beechpark Services, HSE, provides clinical supports to children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders ASDs without a significant intellectual disability who attend a range of designated classes and special schools in the Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow regions. For further information, please contact Beechpark Services on (01) 463 2210


NEW FACILITY IN MULLINGAR GETS GREEN LIGHT


IN A POSITIVE development for Longford Westmeath, approval was granted for construction of a 100-bed Care of the Elderly facility at St Mary’s Care Centre, Mullingar.


It is intended that the new centre will facilitate the enhancement of services for older people and mental health services in the locality. The development consists of a main entrance, administration area, ward areas, therapy areas, support services areas, staff facility and external services compound, and has been designed in accordance with the National Quality Standards for Residential Care settings for older people in Ireland and to standards as set by the Mental Health Commission, providing an accessible, safe, hygienic, spacious and modern facility to meet residents’ individual and collective needs in a comfortable and homely way. It is intended that the project will be completed before the end of 2011.


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