Minister pays a visit to Waterford health facilities
The Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy Jennifer Murnane O’ Connor T.D. meeting members of the HSE’s Primary Care/Social Inclusion services in Waterford, when she visited their offices at St. Otteran’s Hospital.
Minister Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD was in Waterford recently to visit two health services.
The Minister of State at the Department of Health paid a visit to oversee the work being completed at HSE’s Health and Wellbeing Hub located in the former St. Martin’s School, Kilcohan, and at the Primary Care/Social Inclusion services offices located at St. Otteran’s Hospital.
During her stop at the Health and Wellbeing Hub, the Minister met with a number of groups, including the Waterford Vaccination Centre team, representatives from the HSE, Waterford City and County Council and The HSE’s Health Promotion and Improvement Team.
Welcoming Minister O’ Connor to the Hub, Kate Cassidy, General Manager, Health and Wellbeing, HSE, said: “We were pleased that we got to update the Minister on our current activity, which includes the Healthy Food Made Easy initiative, our smoking cessation service including the Quit and Stay Quit during Pregnancy programme, breastfeeding-friendly initiatives and peer support, chronic disease prevention and self-management supports and alcohol harm-reduction.”
At the Social Inclusion Services offices at St. Otteran’s Hospital, an overview was provided for the Minister on the services available in such spheres as addiction, homeless services, traveller health, migrant health, family support and work with the Roma community.
Having been welcomed by Lisa Robson, General Manager of the Primary Care Services for the South East, Minister Murnane O’ Connor heard from various team members as to the supports it provides locally.
