http://hdl.handle.net/10147/48916 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:08 GMT 2013-05-21T16:42:08Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/268112 Title: Second statistical report on library usage and activities from the Regional Library and Information Service of the Eastern Health Board for the 6 months April to September 1999. Authors: Eastern Health Board (EHB) Description: The Regional Library and Information Service is comprised of libraries in the following locations • The Regional Library and Information Unit, Dr. Steeven's Hospital, Dublin 8. • Library, Nurse Education Centre, St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin 7 • Library, st. Ita's Hospital, Portrane, County Dublin. • Library, St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin • Medical Library, New Academic Building, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. • Library, Nurse Education Centre, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15. A Regional Librarian was appointed to oversee and co-ordinate the development of library and information services for the Eastern Health Board area in 1998. Two Grade V librarians were appointed in March 1999 to oversee the Regional Library and Information Unit and the medical library at the new Academic Building in James Connolly Memorial Hospital. At a meeting of all health board librarians in April 1999, it was agreed that statistics would be collected from Board libraries to assist in the identification of trends and to establish rates of usage. The medical library at JCM Blanchardstown began to officially provide services in September 1999, and as such, statistics are only collected from that date. It must also be borne in mind that the libraries at St. Columcille's Hospital; the Nurse Education Centre, JCM, Blanchardstown and at St. Brendan's Hospital have to date operated on a part-time basis only. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/268112 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/268092 Title: Homelessness, housing need and asylum seekers in Ireland. Authors: Eastern Health Board (EHB) Description: Over the past three years there has been a significant increase in the number of persons applying for refugee status in Ireland. Although it is virtually impossible to predict the numbers of asylum seekers who will apply to Ireland for refugee status over the next few years, evidence from the first five months of 1997 would suggest that between 4,000 and 5,000 will apply for asylum during the coming year, a doubling of the 1996 figure, which in turn was a doubling of the 1995 figure. Even if the numbers peak in the next year, Ireland will continue to have a far greater influx ,of asylum seekers~than was the case prior to 1994. Ireland is the only member state of the European Union experiencing a large scale increase in the number of applications for asylum seekers, although its exceedingly low starting base must be taken into account. The very rapid increase over the past three years is the result of a combination of factors, including Ireland's enhanced international profile, knowledge of the relatively generous Irish welfare regime for asylum seekers within the refugee networks and, perhaps most importantly, restrictions in other European member states, both in terms of entry to the state and the welfare regime. Government policy on asylum seekers and refugees can be divided into two primary areas: policies concerned with the process of how refugees are admitted to Ireland and their claims determined, and policies relating to the settlement of refugees once admitted to Ireland. Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/268092 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/267212 Title: Violence and aggression in A&E Departments of six major Dublin hospitals: report of a working group. Authors: Accident and Emergency Steering Group; Bruton, John Description: The literature confirms that the level of violence and aggression in hospital A&E Departments has only recently been documented as a significant problem throughout the U.S.A., the U.K. and in Ireland. The purpose of this study is to define the nature and extent of this problem in the six major Hospitals in the Dublin region and to make recommendations. As part of its deliberations the Group decided to approach it's task by (a) using the knowledge, experiences and expertise of its members in A&E departments, to determine the nature of the problem and (b) conducted a study of incidents actually recorded by the six Hospitals, to identify the extent of the problem. The Group is satisfied that violence arid aggression presents as a major problem in all six Hospitals, is unanimous in its recommendations and identifies the need for action at three levels. Firstly, procedures for the reporting and recording of incidents need to be established in each Hospital. This requirement. is fundamental and crucial to the effective management of violence and aggression. Secondly, each Hospital needs to develop and implement a preventative strategy designed to address the problem. The group makes several recommendations for the focus of the strategy. Thirdly, there are external factors outside the control of individual hospitals which contribute to the problem and will need to be addressed in the context of the wider health and social care services. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/267212 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/266432 Title: Services for the homeless mentally ill: responding to the challenge. Authors: Eastern Health Board (EHB) Description: From early 1979, our Board has provided a specialist psychiatric Programme for the Homeless based at St. Brendan's Hospital, Dublin. The introduction of this programme was preceded by a year long survey to assess the characteristics and 'needs of the mentally ill of 'no-fixed-above" who were then availing of in-patient facilities in St. Brendan's Hospital in ever increasing numbers. Given the results of this survey (Appendix 11) emphasis was initially placed on caring for the needs of homeless males who then outnumbered homeless females by a ratio of over 4 :1 Tue, 01 Nov 1994 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/266432 1994-11-01T00:00:00Z