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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 In order to protect the safety of patients/staff we are requesting that the public do not visit the hospital at this time. With the exception of: Parents visiting or staying with their Children. Nominated carer/ family member assisting with the care of psychiatric patients, confused patients or vulnerable young adults. No children … 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

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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