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In April 2023, young people and professionals came together to highlight what is needed to achieve better mental health and a sense of belonging for students in third-level education. Today, September 11th 2023, the report on the findings of this event is launched.

Jigsaw, the youth mental health charity, and HSE Mental Health and Wellbeing, co-hosted a roundtable event which gathered together university staff, national stakeholders and higher education students from across Ireland to talk through what is needed to support the mental health of higher education students.

Minister for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler has today announced the launch of the new National Youth Mental Health Office in the Health Service Executive (HSE). The new National Office will focus on delivering strengthened and more integrated supports for child and youth mental health care across Ireland.

This new HSE office will provide for coordinated input across service, legislative and policy developments for all child and youth mental area areas, from prevention and early intervention to the specialised Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

Bayer. World Contraception Day Webinar with Dr Deirdre Lundy.

Date: Tuesday, 26th September, 2023

Time: 20:00 - 21:30

Register at: https://www.womenshealthmatters.ie/register-events

New updates on Antimicrobial use in Urinary Tract Infections (UTI).

Visit: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/2/gp/antibiotic-prescribing/conditions-and-treatments/whats-new-on-antibiotic-prescribing.htm

Please click on the link below to view photos from the ISHA Conference 2023, hosted by the Student Health Centre at University of Galway.

Congratulations to our colleague Theresa Lowry Lehnen who won two awards; the ‘Nursing Project of the Year’ award and the ‘Student Programme’ award at the Irish Healthcare Centre Awards 2023, for the SETU Carlow campus Nurse Prescriber (RNP) delivered Free Contraception and Sexual Health Services for 3rd level students. Read more here: https://www.itcarlow.ie/news.htm/view/id/18898

Many thanks to Dr Serena O Connell, GP at University of Galway and the outgoing President of ISHA, whose outstanding leadership, commitment and major input over the years, has brought the Irish Student Health Association and Student Health from strength to strength. 

Go raibh míle maith agat Serena, from all your friends and colleagues at the Irish Student Health Association.

Congratulations to Nurse Eilish Corley, ATU Sligo, the 2023 recipient of the Dr Thomas Davis Award for outstanding contribution to 3rd level student health. So very well deserved.

Many congratulations Eilish from all your colleagues at the Irish Student Health Association.

Read Eilish's nomination in the attached documents.

Many congratulations to Nurse Eilish Corley and Nurse Caroline Kennedy Crawford from ATU Sligo, who are the very worthy winners of the Pauline Carbury memorial award 2023. 

Well done Caroline and Eilish, from all at the Irish Student Health Association.

The HSE Partner Pack 6th April 2023, is available at: https://hsestakeholder-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/hse-partner-pack-6th-april-2023