Experts from Mater Private Network offer their top tips to improve health & well-being in mid-life so you can make proactive changes this new year and beyond.

This week we are marking the recent retirement of our esteemed colleague and good friend, Professor Declan Sugrue, who is well-known to the whole Irish medical community.

Our Radiology service is now offering extended opening hours, including weekends, in different locations in the Dublin area. These extended opening hours allow us to offer a greater range of appointments for MRIs, Mammograms and CT scans.

Mater Private Network to deliver Ireland’s most ambitious and extensive EHR platform. Backed by an investment of €26m, Mater Private Network will integrate MEDITECH Expanse across its entire Irish network.

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new app for patients, MyMaterPrivate. With patient-focused innovation a key element of our vision, we are proud to be the first private hospital network in Ireland to offer to our patients a mobile app which gives them immediate access to their medical information 24/7, all in one place.

The award recognises the vital role of frontline cleaning specialists during the pandemic in maintaining high standards at the hospital.

Ordinary residents of Northern Ireland can continue to access private medical treatment in the Republic of Ireland.

The new Spine Excellence clinic in Limerick officially opened as a collaboration between Mater Private Network and the Poynton Spine Care Institute, bringing advanced spine care directly to patients in Limerick and Munster.

There were celebrations at Mater Private Network today to commemorate the retirement of Catherine McKeon after a nursing career spanning 36 years with us.

Ireland’s first centre of excellence for women’s health in a hospital setting has been officially opened at Mater Private Network Cork.

Mater Private Network, in partnership with Boston Scientific, has announced that it is the first hospital network in Ireland and within only 25 centres in the world to introduce FARAPULSE technology for patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.

Mater Private Network in Dublin is participating in a global clinical trial to evaluate a new, investigational treatment for patients with high blood pressure.

Since it opened in 2005, the Mid-Western Radiation Oncology Centre has renewed the lives of tens of thousands of families in Clare and Tipperary, in Cork and Kerry, and of course in Limerick. A profound community need met by a visionary local trust. Saving hours in the day and years in the life.

To mark World Stroke Day on 29th October, 2021, Mater Private Network has warned of the associated risk of Atrial Fibrillation.

RepTrak® Sustainability Index 2021 ranked Mater Private Network in 5th place by the public out of 100 of the largest and most familiar organisations in Ireland.

Findings from Ireland’s largest prospective study on long COVID and heart health show a high proportion of participants presented with residual cardiac symptoms, but prevalence of lasting cardiac damage is low.

Mater Private Network has strengthened its multi-disciplinary team of consultants and specialists with the appointment of Dr. Daniel Cagney as Clinical Director of Radiation Oncology.

Patients at Mater Private Network undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer are now being offered SpaceOAR Vue™ Hydrogel, the next generation of hydrogel spacer.

Cork’s leading private hospital is the first in Ireland to use this ground-breaking robotic surgical assistant.

The current ransomware attack on HSE IT systems has caused disruption to patient referrals sent via Healthlink, as of Friday 14th May.