I kept thinking: ‘is my son going to die when he is 11?’
“All I kept thinking was ‘is my son going to die when he is 11?’.” Sharon Byrne remembers the fear she felt when she heard her son’s diagnosis of a rare degenerative genetic disorder when he was just two years […]
Read MoreSt. Clare’s Unit, Temple Street & St. Louise’s Unit, OLCHC Joint Conference 2017
The Sexual Abuse of Children in a Cyber Context: Considerations and Guidance for Professionals Friday March 10th, 2017, Cusack Stand, Croke Park Convention Centre Click here to download the SCU and SLU Joint Conference Brochure and Booking Form
Read MoreRCSI discovery on children’s bone growth to advance development of bone healing therapies
Study opens new avenues for bone repair in adults with severe fractures and bone degeneration Monday, 27th February 2017: Irish scientists are developing an advanced technology to speed up bone repair in adults who have suffered severe fractures and bone degeneration. This […]
Read MoreYouth Advisory Council Annual Report 2015 – 2016
The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is a group of young people who share their experiences as users of hospital services in order to improve the care children and young people receive in the three paediatric hospitals in Ireland. YAC also […]
Read MoreResponse on why St. James’s Campus is the best site for the new children’s hospital
The NPHDB and the Children’s Hospital Group Board continue to work closely with the HSE and the Department of Health to enable the government to make its final decision on the project. The NPHDB and the Children’s Hospital Group are […]
Read MoreTemple Street Children’s University Hospital approval for Nusinersen Expanded Access Programme (EAP) to treat children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1
In late 2016 Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals announced encouraging interim results from their clinical trials study called ENDEAR Phase III which involved children with SMA Type 1. The name of the drug being studied was Nusinersen. SMA1 is a rare […]
Read MoreHow helping child abusers can keep kids safe
Therapy and monitoring has been shown to reduce risk of reoffending by up to 70%. Most people who sexually abuse a child will never see the inside of a Garda interviewing room, let alone a jail cell. Only 4 per […]
Read MoreTemple Street top performing hospital for flu vaccine uptake by staff @ 58%. Now aiming for 100%
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Read MoreTemple Street continues to experience unprecedented numbers of babies with respiratory infections attending our ED and requiring admission
Over the last month the three children’s hospitals in Dublin have experienced an increase in Emergency Department (ED) attendances and admissions to inpatient beds. This week has seen particularly high levels of activity. Of particular note is an increase […]
Read MoreHelix Panto on 1st December to help Temple Street children
Dublin’s panto public have the chance to create magic of their own for the children of Temple. Read more here
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