May 12
I am helping to organise a protest at the closure of Loughloe House on Saturday, 15th May at 12 noon starting at St Mary’s Square and walking to St Peters Square, Athlone. I would urge everyone who’s concerned about this closure to join us in this protest.
Nicky
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Harney’s predilection for private health care continues
Fine Gael Longford/ Westmeath Senator, Nicky McFadden, has today (Monday) said the decision by the HSE to close Loughloe House Nursing Home, which has housed residents for 20 years, must be put on hold until a HIQA report on the facility is made public.
“Last Thursday 30 staff members and 26 residents were informed at separate meetings that Loughloe House is to be closed within two months. However, HIQA has informed me that a report it carried out on the nursing home, has still not been responded to by the HSE. …read on or make a comment
Nicky and Dr. James Reilly TD at the Fine Gael FairCare public meeting in Mullingar
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Having attended the public protest march in Ballinasloe at the weekend, Fine Gael Longford/ Westmeath Senator Nicky McFadden congratulated the Portiuncula Action Committee for organising the hugely attended public event against the downgrading of services at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.
Senator McFadden went on to compliment Dr. John Barton on his passionately delivered address to the meeting. “When in Government, we in Fine Gael will be committed to keeping open our local hospitals including Mullingar, Roscommon and Portiuncula. Under our FairCare proposal put forward by our Spokesperson on Health Dr. James Reilly TD we will deliver a health service that is fair and that will eliminate the two-tier system of service delivery. …read on or make a comment
FG, through FairCare, will deliver improved healthcare services for the Irish people that are accountable, equitable and deliver real results
Speaking in advance of the Fine Gael FairCare public meeting in Mullingar Park Hotel on Tuesday, 30th March, Senator Nicky McFadden said: ‘Over the past ten years our health service has become a complete shambles with excessively long out-patient waiting lists and short notice operation cancellations just the tip of the iceberg. The result of this appalling situation is that there is an average of 300 sick people on trolleys in hospitals across Ireland on any given day and things are only getting worse. Recently we witnessed the disaster in Tallaght Hospital whereby 58,000 X-rays were unread by a radiologist and thousands of GP referral letters were not even opened. Such are the examples of severely incompetent management by the Minister and the HSE.’
…read on or make a comment
Former Norwegian Prime Minister tells Oireachtas cross –party committee of struggle with depression
Fine Gael Longford/Westmeath Senator Nicky McFadden has called for urgent support to end the stigma attached to mental health issues, such as depression, in Ireland. Contributing to the Oireachtas cross-party group on mental health, Senator McFadden urged the Government to prioritise a plan for change and invest much needing funding for mental health services. …read on or make a comment
Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson for Social and Family Affairs, Senator Nicky McFadden has called on the Government to ensure that all sections of society have equal access to cervical cancer services and that all young girls are given the cancer vaccine. …read on or make a comment
