HSE paid one firm €54m over 27 months for services to tackle waiting lists in public hospitals
Three firms involved in insourcing received more than €70m in total, new HSE report shows
Bernard Gloster
Naas hospital voluntarily paused insourcing amid concerns over use of public funding
HSE chief Bernard Gloster says effectiveness of insourcing governance ‘is probably questionable’
Health committee live: Naas hospital voluntarily paused use of insourcing after concerns raised, NTPF chief says
HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster €100m spent on firms that use HSE facilities and staff after hours to cut waiting lists
HSE proposes phasing out use of external companies used to cut waiting lists in public hospitals
HSE chief warns without increases in productivity, ending insourcing arrangements may see private sector use increas
Saturday outpatient appointments at Crumlin hospital surge by 240%
Concerns raised about overreliance on appointments paid for by National Treatment Purchase Fund
Almost €100m spent on companies that use HSE facilities and staff to cut waiting lists after hours
Health service report to Minister for Health admits ‘over-reliance’ on so-called insourcing arrangements
HSE moves forward with more evening and weekend healthcare after landmark deal with unions
New rosters intended to ensure more services provided across seven days
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill in the spotlight as health controversies intensify
Fears rolling issues involving children’s hospital services and others could dominate the political agenda over the summer
HSE aims to bring in new weekend work rosters for healthcare staff over summer
HSE indicates it wants up to 10% of staff to be available for weekend work
Third of referrals for Assessments of Need are ‘inappropriate’, says HSE chief
‘People are pushed into accessing assessment when they shouldn’t be’
Fund set up by Micheál Martin 20 years ago to cut hospital waiting lists under fresh scrutiny
Questions raised over governance and transparency of waiting list initiatives after hospital controversies
Children’s Health Ireland may be merged into HSE following recent controversies
‘Lack of confidence’ in governing body facing growing number of issues
CHI consultant who allegedly referred public patients to his own weekend clinic faced no disciplinary action
Children's Health Ireland clinician at centre of internal review retired after inquiry flagged governance issues
Hip surgery audit: How many more times will we hear ‘this can never happen again’?
Once more there are serious questions to be asked about clinical governance failures
Health staff found ‘ingratiating themselves financially’ will be referred to gardaí, HSE chief says
Bernard Gloster says he was not informed about report alleging consultant abused waiting system and delayed operations for sick children
HSE may focus on rostering staff on Saturdays initially as part of new reforms
If there are not enough volunteers, ‘a rota of eligible staff will be drawn up‘, proposes health service management
Hip surgery audit: Almost 70% of operations in two children’s hospitals ‘unnecessary’
Report examined 147 surgeries performed at three hospitals between 2021 and 2023
Budget giveaway promises absent as Ireland’s economic model faces unprecedented threat
Trump practices art of the deal in Saudi Arabia as HSE seeks new boss
HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster to step down next March
Gloster tenders resignation and says he is ‘privileged to serve’ in role over coming months
Health service talks on weekend work for more than 10,000 staff deferred
Unions say HSE plan for meeting on rostering up to one-tenth of the workforce clashed with annual conferences
HSE chief wants up to 10% of healthcare staff rostered over weekends by end of June
Bernard Gloster tells conference roster changes would be ‘big part’ of response to trolley challenges
Government and HSE appear to hate doctors, new head of the IMO says
Dr Anne Dee calls out ‘underlying hostility’ towards doctors who are blamed for health service woes
Whistleblower and families of sex abuse victims not interviewed for latest ‘Brandon’ case report
More than 40 intellectually disabled adults were abused in two HSE facilities in Stranorlar, Co Donegal
Image of Grace clutching her toy keys is a painfully fleeting glimpse of her humanity
Amid more than 2,000 pages of dense legalese and Beckettian obsession with process, there are few glimpses of Grace and even fewer answers
‘Grace’ wronged and harmed in many different ways in ‘absolute, abject failure’, HSE chief says
Inquiry finds no evidence of sexual, emotional or physical abuse while woman was in care of family for 20 years
Minister tells hospitals group to enact spinal surgery report recommendations fully and quickly
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to seek an update on progress by next week and to meet CHI board again on April 28th
Spinal surgeries: When no one is responsible or accountable, shocking incidents likely to happen again
Many people with vital expertise and experience just don’t want to be on healthcare boards anymore, because it’s not worth the risk of reputational damage
Outsourcing in health service a threat to patients as well as staff, Siptu official tells conference
Private contractors cut costs at the expense of either workers or services, union official says
Full inquiry urged as spinal surgery report shows Temple Street did not protect children ‘from risk of harm’
Scoliosis Advocacy Network and Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group say families ‘ringing the alarm bell for years’
Who got what in the deal between unions and HSE that averted Monday’s strike?
Analysis: Patients will be the real winners says HSE chief as threat to service disruption this week is lifted
Industrial action by more than 80,000 healthcare workers on Monday called off
Decision follows 22 hours of engagement at Workplace Relations Commission
St Vincent’s Healthcare Group facing €12.8m deficit for last year
Group that runs St Vincent’s University Hospital and St Michael’s in Dun Laoghaire wants more support from community services to facilitate discharges
Hospital disruption expected with health unions to begin industrial action over staffing on March 31st
HSE chief Bernard Gloster says action ‘regrettable’ and would breach terms of public sector pay deal
HSE criticised by Department of Health for ‘rationing’ home support hours
Patients must have access to the care they need, health service chief executive told
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