Our aim is to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients, excellent training to our students, and a friendly, stimulating and professional environment for staff. Beaumont Hospital is a large academic teaching hospital 5km north of Dublin City centre. We provide emergency and acute care services across 54 medical specialties to a local community of some 290,000 people. In addition, we are
a Designated Cancer Centre and the Regional Treatment Centre for Ear, Nose and Throat, and Gastroenterology. We are also the National Referral Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Renal Transplantation, and Cochlear Implantation. We employ approximately 3,000 staff and have 820 beds. We are the principal teaching hospital for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. We also enjoy close links with Dublin City University, especially in the area of nurse training, and with other academic institutions in respect of training and research. Joseph's Hospital, Raheny, is under the management of Beaumont Hospital Board since the 6th of August 2004. Joseph's is an acute Hospital and provides both Medical and Surgical in-patient care, Day Care Services, Outpatient Physiotherapy and Radiology services. The Hospital has also developed a Rehabilitation Unit.