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Useful Guidance Documents for Health Care Professionals

Regularly updated useful guidance documents for healthcare professionals on COVID-19 are available on the websites of the following: Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) (www.hpsc.ie) Health Service Executive (HSE). Relevant COVID-19 information is available at https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus.html HSE Library. The National Health Library and Knowledge Service librarians have collated a selection of key evidence sources on COVID-19. […]

New Measure Me BMI app developed by Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street

The Measure Me app has been developed to calculate the BMI SDS and to identify if the child is a healthy weight or overweight. Parents and healthcare professionals need to know whether their child/paediatric patient is overweight so that they can address the issue as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the measurement of weight alone is […]

Cilique now GMS reimbursable for patients as an alternative to Cilest

CILIQUE NOW GMS REIMBURSABLE FOR PATIENTS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CILEST Health care professionals may be aware that Cilest (250 micrograms norgestimate / 35 micrograms ethinyl estradiol) is being discontinued in Ireland, from July 2019. Consilient Health provides an alternative medication called Cilique. Cilique contains the same active ingredients – 250 micrograms norgestimate / 35 […]