Dr. Lorcan Keenan – Cashel

Health and personal social services are delivered by the Health Service Executive (HSE), through medical professionals and hospitals and through a network of Local Health Offices, health centres and clinics at a community level.

Health services can be broadly defined as those services that are concerned with the promotion of good health, prevention of illness (for example, food safety services, immunisation and vaccinations services, health screening, infant and child health services) and the diagnosis and treatment of illness (for example, family doctor (GP) services, hospital services).
Community care and personal social services can be broadly defined as those that are designed to enable people to remain living in their communities, especially when they have difficulties doing so because of illness, disability or age. Examples include home nursing services, home help, occupational therapy and social work services.