HPSC has now been notified of 39 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ireland. Monkeypox Report. These cases are not unexpected following the presence of monkeypox cases in the UK and many European countries.

For each case, Public Health is following up those who had close contact with the case while they were infectious. Public health risk assessments have been undertaken, and those who were in contact with the cases are being advised on what to do in the event that they become ill.

The 73rd Annual UK Student Health Association (SHA) conference took place at Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh from Sunday 19th - Tuesday 21st June 2022. ISHA was represented at the conference this year by Nurse Laura Tully from Technological University of the Shannon - Midlands.

ISHA would like to thank Laura for attending and representing the Irish Student Health Association at the conference.

Next year’s UK Student Health Association conference will be held at the University of Nottingham, from 2nd to 4th July 2023.

The All-Ireland Social Prescribing Conference, takes place in Derry on June 23rd and 24th 2022. 

The All-Ireland Social Prescribing conference is an occasion for health and community organisations, funders, policy makers and researchers to come together, reflect, recharge and identify how best to make social prescribing available for all. While our society continues to reel from the impact of Covid-19,  it is vital that the rebuild process places people at the heart of services and service design.