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Jack & Jill to extend its age limit for provision of home nursing care and respite to children up to 5 years old, based on recommendations of the service evaluation report published today by Coventry University and Trinity College Nurses urge the HSE to abolish ‘loco parentis’ clause in homecare nursing contracts which makes virtual ‘prisoners’Read more

Open letter in relation to the Submission sent, 5 Sept. 2016, by Connolly for Kids Hospital group to the Oireachtas Committee on Health to Michael Harty,TD. Chairman, Oireachtas Joint Select Committee on Health 6 September 2016 Dear Dr Harty Connolly for Kids Hospital (C4KH) understands that the Committee on Health has an important oversight role in monitoringRead more

Dear friends, Irish charities have been in the news again, sadly for all the wrong reasons. Our Fundraising Team want you to know exactly where the money goes at Jack & Jill, and to thank you, once again, for every donation large and small. Every €16 raised funds one hour of home nursing care forRead more

Jack & Jill has done its best over the last 3 years to highlight the madness of locating the National Children’s Hospital in the St. James’s; it is good to see others adding their professional, personal, sincere voice to the debate! “The location of the new children’s hospital is something that I care deeply about. Today, I’mRead more

The evidence by Jonathan Irwin, the CEO of the Jack & Jill Foundation, against the proposal was supported by the evidence of the following: Ciaran Mc Keon of Transport Insights; Diarmuid Keaney from ICAN Acoustics; Richard Butler CSR Landscape Architects; Dr Imelda Shanahan of TMS Environmental Ltd; and Eamonn Prenter of CSR Town Planning Jack & JillRead more

Palliative care week “On this palliative care week, we must remember that palliative care for children is not about dying, but about living well, for whatever time we have with our precious children. And home is the best place; it’s where their parents want to care for them and caring for these children at homeRead more

Last Friday we’ve posted on our Facebook Page a message from The Extra Special Kids Group calling on general public to support the campaign against the proposed site for the National Children’s Hospital. Since then, their appeal has reached over half million people with over 5400 sharing the story and hundreds commenting in favor! www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story “WeRead more

At a recent meeting of The National Association for General Practitioners National Council, Jonathan Irwin, Chairman of Jack & Jill made a presentation outlining the reasons why the new National Children’s Hospital should be located in a green-field site at Blanchardstown as opposed to St James hospital Presenting his reasons, he cited numerous arguments includingRead more

National Children’s Hospital Reasons The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation Is opposed To St. James Campus as Location for NCH Poor access Entrances Parking Security Cost No Room for Expansion Nor Room for Maternity hospital Open Space Provision Density Noise Drainage Lack of Consultation with the 2000 Jack & Jill Families Construction Impact Lock downRead more

“How can the Children’s Hospital Group refer to the St. James’ location for the National Children’s Hospital as a ‘done deal’ as they did over and over again this evening? I was under the impression that this project has yet to receive planning permission and presenting this project as a ‘done deal’ shows a realRead more