Chief Medical Officer (CMO) - Letters and Urgent Communications

Chief Medical Officer - Letters and Urgent Communications

Report of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) 2001 (PDF 1.18 MB)

Chief Medical Officer Annual Report 2001

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Updates

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Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer for the year 2000

This is the second in a series of annual reports from the Office of the Chief Medical Officer. It takes as its theme the issue of child health. The report seeks to identify and analyse child health status, child health services and the broader socio-economic determinants of child health Download the Report here

Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer for the year 2001

Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer for the year 2001 The Chief Medical Officer's report 2001 is being presented in the context of the publication in November 2001 of the Health Strategy Quality and Fairness: A Health System for You. This strategy was developed after the most intensive consultation process ever undertaken by the Department of Health and Children and: Click here to download PDF 883kb

Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer for the year 2001

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Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer for the year 1999

The general purpose of the Report is: To make a contribution to the debate on issues relevant to the development of public health policy. To describe aspects of the health status of the Irish people by reference to certain indicators of mortality and lifestyle. To identify particular factors which are relevant to the major disease entities affecting the Irish population. To identify a specific theme of particular contemporary relevance to health in Ireland Download the Report here

Study of certain accounting issues related to the HSE (Considine Report)

Study of certain accounting issues related to the HSE (Considine Report) Click here to download PDF 759kb

Policy for annual leave/ leave of absence cover for the Local Supervising Authority Midwifery Officer (LSAMO)

This guideline relating to cover for the absence of the LSAMO for annual leave covers the period from 2012-2015.The policy sets out the arrangements to be put in place for cover for the LSAMO role and the contact details.

Your Health Matters: The Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland 2014

Northern Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Michael McBride, says everyone should receive high quality and safe health care and highlights some of the biggest public health issues facing Northern Ireland in his annual report. Some of the main topics in the report include alcohol, smoking, blind cord safety, new vaccination programmes and Ebola.

Chief Medical Officer's Report - Evidential Base and Clinical Practice Aspects of Congenital Cardiac Services (August 2013) (PDF 77KB)

Report on Evidential Base and Clinical Practice Aspects of Congenital Cardiac Services The principle drivers that should determine the optimal arrangements for the provision of congenital cardiac services, including  paediatric and adult cardiac surgery, for the population of Northern Ireland is how best those services can be configured to ensure the safest possible care that is of the highest quality possible in order to optimise outcomes and experience for patients and carers. Of necessity, this requires consideration of all requisite supporting services and arrangements to ensure access across the continuum of care. Such a configuration should support safe, high quality service provision on an on-going basis i.e. ensure sustainability as far as can be determined. In addressing this issue, consideration to the changing profile of population need and the evolving nature specialist services is required.