Our CH01 Community Navigator Monica Ramsey as a member of Finn Valley Community Health Forum is supporting the provision of ‘Wellness Packs’ for service users of Alzheimer’s Groups at St Joseph Community Hospital and Cloghan Day Centre. The packs will include Fidd…

Innovation Organisation of the Year Award for the mPower project and cross-border health partnership. A partnership between NHS NSS, HSE and led by the mPower project team has won the Innovation Organisation of the Year award at the Causeway Ireland Scotland Busin…

mPower is delighted to announce that the work done by the HSE team and in collaboration with the Scottish TEC team, with support from NHS NSS has been shortlisted for the Causeway Innovative Organisation of the Year Award. The Scottish Government and NHS Scotland…

The mPower team are pleased to welcome Teresa McGarvey who recently joined us as mPower Business Service Lead for Ireland. Teresa brings a wealth of relevant experience with her and will no doubt be a huge asset to the team. As well as working within Health and Ca…

Attend Anywhere is still in the early stages of implementation, however the use of this new technology as an integral part of health service delivery is increasing, because of the benefits it can provide during and post COVID 19. These include a reduced risk of in…

The HSE are in the process of rolling out Attend Anywhere nationally across the Republic of Ireland. Attend Anywhere is a safe, simple video conferencing tool, initially used in Scotland and now elsewhere that enables health professionals to continue to see patien…

Since Covid-19 the mPower project partners have increased the use of technology to support the well-being of older people. mPower staff have maintained their support primarily via telephone and has included support for online food deliveries, staying connected wit…

The mPower partners are increasingly using technology to continue to help the elderly during lockdown. The teams have seen an increase in referrals over the last two months and have continued to offer support over the telephone instead of the usual face to face vi…

Since lockdown, the mPower team in NHS Western Isles have successfully rolled out NHS Near Me to all 10 of the Islands’ Care Homes. Working closely with the local Council, the team were able to arrange the delivery of tablet devices and provide support to Care Hom…

The Western Isles mPower team have been instrumental in rolling out a new online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) app to support those suffering from insomnia, something that is on the increase during the current Covid-19 pandemic. The use of the clinically tes…