Mayo Roscommon Hospice CEO, Martina Jennings (left) with Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD at the launch of the Sunflower Children's Hospice. Photo: Michael McLaughlin
Martina Jennings, CEO of the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation, joined Jason Browne on the Breakfast Show this morning to discuss significant developments in children’s palliative care in Ireland, including plans for the first children’s hospice to be built outside Dublin.
“Don’t forget the children” -those words that inspired the creation of what will become the first children’s hospice in the west of Ireland.
The Sunflower Children’s Hospice, a major new healthcare project planned for Castlebar, County Mayo, will provide specialist care for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families across counties in the West and North West. Once completed, it will mark a historic milestone as the first children’s hospice outside Dublin and the first of its kind nationally since 2011.
As part of the planning process, families with lived experience—including those caring for a child with a life-limiting illness or those who have experienced the death of a child—are invited to take part in a Family Engagement Workshop, organised by Mayo Roscommon Hospice in partnership with the HSE. Martina said this is important because their advice and sharing what they will like to see is important to the success of the Hospice.
Family Engagement Workshop
- Date: Saturday, 17 January
- Time: 9am – 1pm
- Venue: Abbey Hotel, Donegal, F94 AP8W
Tea and coffee will be available on arrival, with a light lunch served at 1pm.
Families are asked to confirm attendance by emailing marie@hospice.ie
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