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IRELAND’S FIRST NATIONAL Pelvic Floor Health Centre has been opened at St Michael’s Hospital in Dun Laoghaire today.
The new centre provides a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to addressing the needs of patients with complex pelvic floor dysfunction, such as pelvic organ prolapse and bladder or bowel incontinence.
The condition primarily affects women, with 23% of women suffering some form of pelvic floor disorder in their lifetime.
Approximately one in three women experience urinary incontinence postpartum. Faecal incontinence is less common, occurring in one in 25 new mothers.
The centre, opened by Taoiseach Simon Harris today, facilitates rapid diagnosis and is a collaborative approach taken by St Michael’s Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital and the National Maternity Hospital.
The CEO of St Michael’s Hospital, Sharon Ryan said today that since the specialist team expanded under the service, which is consultant-led, a reduction in waiting of 12 months has been achieved. In recent years, the number of patients attending the pelvic floor service increased by 152%.
The new centre, which is the first and only multidisciplinary clinic for the assessment and management of pelvic floor conditions, means appointments for dedicated physiotherapy for pelvic health can average 56 appointments per week.
The Taoiseach said the new dedicated centre provides an innovative approach and establishes new treatment pathways for people with pelvic floor dysfunction. He said it will have a significant impact on waiting times.
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I won’t be voting for any of those parties.
You’ll be glad to know that FG are topping the opinion polls.
@9QRixo8H: The real poll will take place tomorrow.
@Gavan Hogan:
Unfortunately Gavan, he might be right.
Although I personally think SF will shade it nationally
@Gavan Hogan: cool, I will.
Not one mention of crime. Antisocial behaviour is absolutely rampant in inner city Dublin. Drug dealing is quite literally on every street corner in Dublin 1. Kids on scramblers rallying up and down through traffic on bikes they’ve either robbed or bought with the proceeds of crime. Ffs the only party I see mention antisocial behaviour is those absolute loons in the national party. Why do I have to look to the far right ethnonationalists before I find a party that takes crime seriously? Can anybody recommend local councillors in the inner city that focus on crime reduction? Advocates for more prisons or reopening old ones? The soft touch approach has clearly failed for all to see.
Oh wait, more fool me, just saw the paragraph where labour wants “wardens” handing out fines for antisocial beheviour. I’m sure that’ll stop it! LOL. How many fines were paid to councils for things like dog poop in the past 4 years? A quick Google search shows 1 (yes, one in 4 years). Why do they think fining people for this will help?
@Sean Stevenson: but, how many were faced to clean up.before been fined?
@Sean Stevenson: very well said and so true.
We all know how much a promise from a politician is worth. Why not check the promises they made previously and how they’ve lived up to them. Or not.
More false promises that mean nothing to the people of Ireland
Blowing up a school now Israel…what happened…miss the orphanage? Ah well not to worry, plenty time for that!
@Ulysses 31: Ah bless…have I got to the racist thicko…good.
@damien leen: Maybe if Hamas stops building tunnels and hiding flammable ammo under schools and kids bedrooms. It’s either Israel blowing it up or Hamas firing those rockets at Israel ( good thing there’s the Iron dome) – I know what I would do.
Politics seem to attract poor specimens of society, ie, accomplished sleight-of-hand artists and polished liars. It’s best to vote them out regularly and not leave them too long in government!
FF was the largest party since 2019 local election, will they continue to be the largest after tomorrow or will people vote change? #VoteTomorrow.
Apathy and cynicism will be the ruin of us all.
None of them mention ensuring economic growth or how much extra they will tax and misspend??
@Eric: economic growth is not something county councils are exceptionally renowned for. They should have more powers to attract investment though.
As for taxing… County councils only collect commercial rates I think? Happy to be corrected if I’m wrong
It’s great that they can get rid or lower taxes and yet increase services
Could probably have bundled most of the looney parties here into one doc to save time. That document could then more easily be put through a shredder and recycled into toilet paper or perhaps bedding for someone who maybe keeps rodents as a pet.
Lol! so a whole pile of nothing? not a road, bridge, train, etc. ‘empower local council’… to be against any national plans? It’s 2 steps back, if we’ve learned anything it’s that we cant solve the problems facing us, putting more people infront of these problems will make it even harder.
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