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Ongoing staffing shortages in Connemara are to blame for the delay in opening a number of beds at a local public nursing home.

Most patients requiring in-patient mental health care are admitted to the acute adult mental health unit in Galway on the day they “need to be admitted”, HSE West management confirmed this week.

A most comprehensive resource of wellbeing, mental health promotion and suicide prevention initiatives in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon is now more accessible than ever with the launch of the redesigned West Be Well website.

Independent Cllr Michael Kilcoyne raised the issue of GPs charging medical card holders for blood samples in certain circumstances at the HSE Regional Health Forum.

The HSE is continuing with its programme of Covid-19 test centres which enable people in those communities local to the centre get a free Covid-19 test.

Last weekend saw the official commencement of works at the site of the former Grove Hospital Tuam, with the formal commencement of the building works ceremony of the new Community Healthcare Hub for Mental Health and Disability Services.

Close to 700 people were tested by Tuesday afternoon in Ballinasloe over the Easter long weekend. The pop-up Covid-19 test centre was open from Good Friday April 2 to Tuesday April 6.

Independent Castlebar based Cllr Michael Kilcoyne raised the issue of families who are in receipt of home support to cover absences from those support workers themselves with the HSE Regional Health Forum. Cllr Kilcoyne put forward this question to the forum ahead of its meeting this week. "Why has the Home Support Department decided that they expect families who are in receipt of Home Support to cover absent periods for staff on annual/sick leave. What assessment was carried out before this decision was taken? Is there a panel in place of persons who can be employed for home support?."

On Thursday morning, January 7 2021 - 91-year-old  (Ellen) Agnes Bourke from Rathall, Crossmolina was the first resident at the St Augusitne's Community Nursing Unit in Ballina to be vaccinated against Covid-19. 

The HSE should look at hiring more carers for home help schemes rather than spending their budgets on hiring agencies, Cllr Declan McDonnell told the Regional Health Forum this week when he asked about the number of clients in Galway awaiting the service.