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Professor Debbi Stanistreet, Professor Conor Murphy and Dr Emilie Mahon, on behalf of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), won the Sustainability in Healthcare Award at the Irish Healthcare Awards 2024 on Wednesday 4th December. The project, entitled Optimising Medications’ Carbon Footprint in Ophthalmic … Continued

From June 2022, the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 requires organisations to report on their hourly gender pay gap across a range of metrics. RVEEH Gender Pay Gap Report 2022

Break the Bias On IWD 2022 we commemorate our luminaries and researchers including Sarah Joyce O’Malley (1896–1959), Kathleen Lynn (1874-1955), Katharine Georgina Lloyd-Williams (1896–1973), Virginia Apgar (1909–74) and Frances Mary Lehane (1944-2013). We recognise women clinicians’, educators’ and researchers’ critical contributions to the profession and to the health of our patients, both women and men. … Continued

The xRefer radiology referral platform (by xWave Technologies in partnership with the European Society of Radiology) has been chosen by the HSE Digital Transformation team as a ‘Living Lab’ in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. The HSE Digital Transformation team, led by Prof Martin Curley, has rolled out a number of Living Labs … Continued

This summer TheaPamex launched a new annual Ophthalmic Nurse of the Year Award in Ireland. In light of all of the hard work and innovation that had taken place during the Covid 19 crisis they decided to call this year’s award “The Pandemic Award” and they looked for nominations from all ophthalmic units nationwide for … Continued

The RVEEH opened our new purpose-built Macular Treatment Centre on Monday 19th  October 2020.    This unit will increase capacity to deal with the growing volume of patients requiring intravitreal treatment. Encompassing three functioning injection rooms and a suite of clinical rooms. The unit will provide a long-term solution in reducing waiting times for treatment. … Continued

Thursday 30th April is Poetry Day Ireland. Celebrate by taking a look at the Winning and Highly Commended poems from the RVEEH & Research Foundation Poetry Competition! The theme of this year’s Poetry Day is ‘There Will Be Time’ and people were asked to submit their poems under the subject ‘Time’ or ‘The Body’.  The Poet Judges … Continued

Visiting the Hospital RESTRICTING VISITING IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE IN THE RVEEH. IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS, VISITATION IS PERMITTED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND ONLY WITH ADVANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE NURSE MANAGER. PLEASE BE ADVISED TO BRING YOUR COVID PASS WHEN VISITING A PATIENT IN THE RVEEH No children should visit the hospital unless … Continued

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Closed from: 4pm Monday 23rd December 2019, re-opening: 9am Thursday 2nd January 2020. Please attend your local Emergency Department should you require Emergency ENT service. Eye Acute Eye Emergency Service will be available throughout this period from (8am to 7pm daily)

The National Inpatient Experience Survey results were launched by the Minister for Health on 25th November. We are delighted that for the second year running RVEEH was ranked top of the ratings nationally. RVEEH’s overall satisfaction rating from patients who responded to the Survey was 100% (82% “very good” and 18% “good”). This is a … Continued

Westland Row Church Choir at the RVEEH, Thursday 13 December 2019

Nursing Vacancies

Please note: The ENT ED service will close at 4pm on Thursday 18th April and reopen at 9am on Tuesday 23rd April 2019.

Please be aware, from 1st March 2019, The Emergency Department in the Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital will observe the following change to its Ophthalmic Emergency Services: Monday –Sunday 08:00-19:00 (Previously 08:00-20:00) 19:00-08:00 Doctor to Doctor Referral only, with prior telephone agreement. There is no walk in service during this time. Our ENT Emergency … Continued

With nurses expected to fully attend at work today, Wednesday and Thursday, we will endeavour to do everything we can to restore normal services. We expect outpatient, daycase and surgical procedures to go ahead as planned. We advise anyone with appointments for today, Wednesday and Thursday to attend. For outpatient enquires contact: 01 7088519 For … Continued

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Closed from: 4pm Monday 23rd December 2019, re-opening: 9am Thursday 2nd January 2020. Please attend your local Emergency Department should you require Emergency ENT service. Eye Acute Eye Emergency Service will be available throughout this period from (8am to 7pm daily)

The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital achieved a 93% overall Patient Satisfaction Rating in the recently published National Patient Experience Survey. This survey was the first of its kind held in Ireland. It involved surveying patients who had spent at least 24 hours in the hospital on a date in May 2017. The result … Continued

The Irish Heart Foundation have awarded Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital with its annual Active at Work and Healthy Eating awards. (l-r) Mr John Healy, TV Maitre’D & Irish Heart Foundation Ambassador, Dr Kate McGarry, President, Irish Heart Foundation, Ann Gillick and Yvonne Doran, Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital, Dublin 2 who achieved … Continued