Our Members

Beaumont Hospital

Beaumont Hospital, located in Dublin 9, is one of Ireland’s largest voluntary teaching hospitals with 820 beds and almost 4,000 staff. Affiliated with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Dublin City University, it serves as a national referral centre for neurosurgery, renal transplantation, cochlear implantation, and several regional specialist services, including cancer and gastroenterology.

Beaumont is also a leading academic and research hub, and home to the Smurfit Education & Research Centre and the Dublin Brain Bank, supporting both clinical research and the training of future healthcare professionals.

The Hospital, as an Accreditated Centre of Excellence, is designated by the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) as an accredited Stroke Centre. In addition, Beaumont Hospital is a designated Cancer Centre, recently acccreditated by the OECI, and the regional treatment centre for both Otolaryngology and Gastroenterology, as well as having certification by Eurospine as a Surgical Spine Centre of Excellence (SSCOE)

As a proud member of IVHA, Beaumont upholds the voluntary healthcare ethos—delivering public services with independent governance—while contributing to sector‑wide innovation, policy development, and excellence in care.     

Children’s Health Ireland

Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) treats and cares for children and adolescents from all over Ireland who have complicated and serious illnesses, and who are in need of specialist and complex care. CHI is leading the clinical and operational transformation of acute paediatric healthcare and operates in four children’s hospitals in Crumlin, Temple Street, and Tallaght, as well as an urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown. CHI also acts as the “local” children’s hospital for common injuries and illnesses. CHI Connolly provides paediatric outpatient care and operates an emergency care unit on the northside of Dublin, while CHI Tallaght provides the same services on the southside. The New Children’s Hospital will house a CHI unit providing local care to children and adolescents in the inner city.

Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital of Ireland

Clontarf Hospital is an incorporated charitable voluntary hospital providing healthcare services since 1876. Originally providing paediatric orthopaedic care, the hospital switched to adult orthopaedic rehabilitation in 1972. It now has a total capacity of 160 beds providing post-acute rehabilitation services to patients referred from older persons services in the Mater and Beaumont Hospital, orthopaedic patients from orthopaedic units in the Dublin acute hospitals, as well as more specialised rehabilitation patients from Beaumont Hospital. Beds are also allocated to the Integrated Care Programme for Older People (ICPOP) in Dublin North city and county. The hospital is proud of its long tradition of providing healthcare services, and plans to continue developing services to meet the increasing rehabilitation healthcare needs of the populations it serves.

Leopardstown Park Hospital

Established in 1917, Leopardstown Park Hospital (LPH) provides a range of key healthcare services including long-term care, day care, respite, rehabilitation, and supported accommodation. LPH did have a capacity of 145 beds across all services but, due to regulatory and COVID-19 related changes, this has been reduced to 102 registered beds. LPH has strong existing ties with local hospitals, consultant geriatricians and community healthcare supports. It works and collaborates closely with partner organisations to deliver quality care for older people.

Mercy University Hospital

The Mercy University Hospital was founded in 1857 by the Sisters of Mercy and has expanded substantially since its opening.  It occupies 16 acres in Cork’s city centre and treats over 137,000 patients.

Mercy University Hospital is a public voluntary hospital and became a company limited by guarantee in 2003. The hospital is a registered charity and operates as a not for profit entity. MUH has over 1,200 staff providing complex diagnostic, medical and surgical care with strong academic and research programmes. It provides a comprehensive range of services consistent with its status as a Model 3 hospital, providing 24/7 acute surgery, acute medicine and critical care.

MUH is committed to being an exemplar model of “one hospital on multiple sites”, evidenced through the governance of off-site MUH services on St Mary’s Health Campus, including the Mercy Local Injury Unit and the Transitional Care Unit.

The hospital is a teaching hospital affiliated with University College Cork (UCC) for both postgraduate and undergraduate education. The Health Research Board Clinical Research Facility, Cork’s (CRF-C) administrative centre and its Adult Research Unit are located in MUH. The hospital now extends into the wider community and continues to generate valuable and inclusive cross-city links with many different agencies.

National Maternity Hospital

The National Maternity Hospital is one of the largest maternity hospitals in Ireland, incorporating maternity, gynaecology, neonatology, community midwifery services, anaesthetics, fetal medicine, genetics, fertility, pathology, radiology, maternal medicine, national neonatal transfer service, and perinatal mental health. Having provided maternity care for over 7,000 women in 2022, it takes in 1,100 admissions to its neonatal intensive care unit annually, which is recognised as a national referral centre for complicated pregnancies, premature babies, and sick infants. With 23,000 attendances for gynaecological and women’s healthcare in 2022, including the specialist treatment of gynaecological cancer, the National Maternity Hospital is a regional hub for fertility services and the lead maternity hospital in the newly formed Dublin and South East Health Region network.

National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh

The National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh (NOHC) is Ireland’s largest elective surgical centre, offering life-changing treatments for patients with orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions. With 142 beds and six operating theatres, NOHC provides a national service to patients of all ages with inherited, congenital, acquired, and degenerative conditions. It is dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients living with orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions causing disability, deformity and chronic pain. NOHC is committed to innovation and excellence, adapting to meet the challenges of an ageing and increasing population. The hospital leads and participates in research programmes, collaborating with educational institutes, peers, and industry to enhance patient outcomes and redefine the future of orthopaedic healthcare. Today, world-class expertise, state-of-the-art surgical facilities and comprehensive services enable nearly 600 staff to treat more patients and provide better standards of care.

National Rehabilitation University Hospital

The National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) provides complex specialist rehabilitation services to patients who, as a result of accident, illness or injury, have acquired a physical or cognitive disability and require a specialist programme of rehabilitation. Its world-class, purpose-built rehabilitation facility offers 120 single ensuite rooms and integrated therapy spaces. NRH provides patients with every opportunity to meet their rehabilitation goals through personalised treatment plans delivered by its consultant-led interdisciplinary teams, tailored to meet the individual needs of adult and paediatric patients in the following areas of speciality: acquired brain injury; stroke; spinal cord injury; prosthetic, orthotic and limb absence rehabilitation (POLAR); paediatric family-centred rehabilitation. NRH provides high-quality care and treatment to patients irrespective of background or status, and is the only hospital of its type in the country.

Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services

Established by the Religious Sisters of Charity in 1879, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services provides specialist care for over one million people with a wide range of needs – from residential rehabilitation to end-of-life care – from its bases in Harold’s Cross, Blackrock, and Wicklow. As the profile and needs of patients has changed over the years, the hospice formed three core services, which are supported by education and research – the bedrock of quality healthcare. Specialist palliative care is delivered at each of its locations, making it the largest provider in Ireland. The campus in Harold’s Cross also houses the rheumatic & musculoskeletal disease unit, as well as the care of the older person service comprising a community rehabilitation unit and residential unit.

Peamount Healthcare

Peamount Healthcare provides a range of high-quality R focused on helping people to live more independently, and lead full, dignified, and meaningful lives. With 265 beds between its campus and community services, and a headcount of circa 650 employees,. Peamount Healthcare is an established rehabilitation provider of consultant-led interdisciplinary services including Respiratory Rehabilitation, Neuro Rehabilitation, Age-Related Care, Rheumatology Rehabilitation, and Ambulatory Care. The organisation provides residential care services for older people, as well as those with neurological conditions and intellectual disabilities. Its onsite health and wellness centre supports individuals with disabilities in the wider community, while the organisation provides a day care service and Meals on Wheels to older people living in the locality.

Royal Hospital Donnybrook

The Royal Hospital Donnybrook (RHD) was founded in 1743 and is one of the oldest charities in Ireland. It received its Royal Charter in 1800 and is consequently a charter corporation. RHD provides specialist stroke and neuro rehabilitation services. It also offers respite and residential care services for people with highly complex medical and nursing needs. A consultant geriatrician-led, multidisciplinary team provides an essential community service through the day hospital, enabling people to stay safely in their own homes while undergoing rehabilitation programmes, the ultimate aim being to reduce acute hospital admissions. RHD is a designated university teaching hospital for the University College Dublin (UCD) Medical School.

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital

Founded in 1897, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) in Dublin is the National Referral Centre for eye, ear, nose, and throat disorders. A National Centre of Excellence providing tertiary and quaternary services in ophthalmology and otolaryngology, it is the main tertiary provider for complex subspeciality eye disorders. RVEEH offers primary and secondary care services to South Dublin areas, and provides for all complex diseases of the eye that require medical and/or surgical care, including a dedicated ophthalmology A&E service for acute retinal detachment for Greater Dublin. RVEEH is a national tertiary referral centre for services not provided elsewhere, e.g., uveitis, ocular oncology, cornea, and strabismus. In the specialities of glaucoma, plastics, and retina, some of the procedures necessary are only available at RVEEH.

South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital

The South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH) Ltd. came into existence on 1st January 1988 as a result of the amalgamation of the South Charitable Infirmary and the Victoria Hospital. The hospital was built in 1762. We are a unique public teaching hospital that has been providing a full range of hospital services to the people of the Cork, Munster and beyond for over 260 years. We pride ourselves on the excellence of the care provided to our patients in conjunction with a commitment to clinical teaching and research.

The hospital is a registered charity and a limited company. It is not for profit but relies heavily on state funding, income from private health insurers and generous public donations through The Committee of the Friends of the South Infirmary. The affairs of the company are managed by a Board of Directors. SIVUH is a member of the HSE South Cork & Kerry. SIVUH has established robust and effective governance structures as a mechanism to ensure the hospital is accountable for all of its actions. The Board is responsible for the safe running of the hospital and has delegated responsibility for the management of the hospital to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Executive Management Board.

St. John’s Hospital

With an ambition to become a leading provider of healthcare services, where innovation and excellence are at the heart of the patient experience, St John’s is an acute general public voluntary hospital and registered charity with 89 inpatient beds and 10 day care beds. Its inpatient specialities are general medicine, general surgery, and gynaecology, while its urgent care centre incorporates an injuries unit and medical assessment unit. St John’s provides the highest possible standards of care and treatment in a professional and compassionate manner, with a view to enhancing the health and wellbeing of patients and inspiring those at the hospital who deliver that care every day.

St Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview

Founded in 1857, St Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview is a public voluntary psychiatric hospital that works in partnership with the Health Service Executive to provide psychiatric care to the population of Dublin North Central. St Vincent’s Hospital, Fairview delivers inpatient, outpatient, and day healthcare to the local catchment area of some 130,000 people, which includes the population of large areas of the north inner city where psychosocial challenges arise from high levels of unemployment, homelessness, mobile populations, substance abuse, and reported crime. The hospital employs eight consultant-led teams: five general adult sector teams; one rehabilitation team; one team specialising in psychiatry of old age; one day hospital team.

St Vincent’s Healthcare Group

The country’s only integrated multi-hospital campus, St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH) is one of the world’s leading academic teaching hospitals and provides frontline, acute, chronic and emergency care across over 50 different medical specialities. The only public hospital in Ireland with international accreditation, SVUH has set standards of excellence in clinical diagnosis and treatment, education and research, and a pioneering, multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. The emergency department is the major referral centre for the region for patients with strokes and major trauma, while the campus is home to a number of national centres including the National Centre for Cystic Fibrosis, National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), National Liver Transplant Programme and the recently established National Pancreas Transplant Programme.

St Michael’s Hospital (SMH) is an acute general hospital providing a range of specialised clinical services to the people of South Dublin and Wicklow. With facilities offering pathological and radiological services, the hospital provides care for both medical and surgical patients, as well as outpatient clinics and services including cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes treatment, heart failure treatment, and pulmonary rehabilitation. An academic teaching and nurse training hospital, SMH has 95 inpatient beds incorporating 7-day, 5-day, and day care facilities and an 8am – 8pm Emergency Department. Its specialised heart failure programme seeks to improve quality of life for patients with heart failure in the East Coast area with a team including consultant cardiologists, clinical nurse specialists, psychotherapist, physiotherapist, and dieticians.

Tallaght University Hospital

Staffed by over 3,000 people of 62 different nationalities, Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) has 465 inpatient adult beds, and 74 onsite day beds for dialysis, oncology, infusion, haematology, cardiology, bone & joint, and minor surgery services. There is also a day surgery centre located nearby which has four theatres and 25 bays for elective surgery. Working to its vision of people caring for people to live better lives, TUH is a provider of local, regional and national specialities. It is also a national urology centre, the second largest provider of dialysis services in the country and is a designated trauma unit. One of the two main teaching hospitals of Trinity College Dublin, TUH specialises in the training and professional development of staff in areas such as nursing, health and social care professionals, emergency medicine, and surgery.

The Coombe Hospital

One of the largest providers of women’s and newborn healthcare in the Republic of Ireland, The Coombe Hospital cares for up to 8,000 pregnant women every year. More than 1,000 newborns are admitted to its neonatal unit, while over 7,000 gynaecology surgical procedures are performed annually. The hospital provides comprehensive care for women and newborns at local, regional and national level, as well as a range of highly specialised services in high risk maternal and fetal medicine, newborn medicine, anaesthesia and gynaecology. Over 1,000 medical, midwifery, nursing, research, and administration professionals allied to medicine are committed every day to delivering the best possible medical care in response to the needs of women and newborns.

The Mater Hospital

With its vision to evolve further as an international leader in the provision of complex care and specialist services, the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) is a level 4 teaching hospital based in Dublin’s north inner city. Opened in 1861 by the Sisters of Mercy, it now has over 4,220 staff. In addition to the local services it provides in its catchment area, MMUH provides a range of frontline and specialist services on a regional and national level, e.g., heart & lung transplant, spinal injuries. The hospital works to empower its people in delivering excellence in care to patients while shaping the medicine of the future.

The Rotunda Hospital

The oldest continuously operating maternity hospital in the world, and one of the busiest in Europe, the Rotunda Hospital prides itself on providing outstanding care delivered by exceptional people. As the leading voluntary provider of maternity, neonatal, gynaecology and reproductive care in Ireland, the hospital’s mission is to deliver safe, innovative, and responsive services for women and their families. In its role as the major tertiary referral hospital, and the designated regional lead, the Rotunda Hospital continues to develop sub-specialist care – such as obstetrics-fetal medicine – and shape national policy. This is underpinned by a strong commitment to the values of voluntarism, staff excellence, efficient use of resources, promotion of research and education, and enhanced alliances with its strategic partners.