Flu and Covid-19 combine to put health service under ‘unprecedented’ pressureHSE tells hospitals to restrict New Year outpatient appointmentsSun Dec 18 2022 - 16:41
HSE’s model of care for long Covid patients ‘broadly consistent’ with global guidelinesHiqa says recommendations do not emphasise standard assessment tools or structured patient follow-upFri Dec 16 2022 - 19:00
Tusla chief executive Bernard Gloster appointed as next head of HSEMinister welcomes selection of man with over 30 years experience in health service management roles to succeed Paul ReidFri Dec 16 2022 - 11:43
High costs and widespread inefficiencies of Irish health system highlighted in OECD reportIreland to face some of the largest pressures on public spending up to 2060, report warnsWed Dec 14 2022 - 18:44
Waiting times of up to 90 hours for emergency department beds ‘not uncommon’, Hiqa saysSystem under ‘unprecedented strain’ due to record attendances, ageing population and shortage of GPs, watchdog saysWed Dec 14 2022 - 10:39
Fewer patients with hip fractures admitted to theatre within target time last yearReport finds overall improvement in treatment of hip-fracture patients over the past five yearsWed Dec 14 2022 - 01:00
Navan hospital set to receive 50% fewer ambulances as patients divertedCritically ill or unstable patients to be brought to other local hospitals from WednesdayTue Dec 13 2022 - 15:29
ECDC warns of significant pressure on health systems from surge in respiratory virusesEurope’s disease watchdog says RSV is higher and earlier this year, flu is early and Covid may be having a resurgenceMon Dec 12 2022 - 19:51
Hints of much worse to come as Strep A and RSV hit children and flu cases start to riseCovid-19 lockdowns stopped many other illnesses in their tracks. Now that life has returned to normal, most of the bugs are back with a vengeanceSat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00
Hospital procedure waiting lists climb above 80,000 for first timeAlmost 14,000 of these patients, including 1,800 children, have been waiting more than 12 monthsFri Dec 09 2022 - 19:58
Two flu deaths reported in past week amid big increase in cases and hospitalisationsRSV cases increase, to 678, from 610 previous week; half of them in under-5s and one-quarter in over-65s with 239 hospitalisedFri Dec 09 2022 - 16:21
Likely rise in Covid cases and hospitalisations as new immune-evasive variant spreads, CMO warnsAnticipated resurgence of coronavirus placing extra strain on health service struggling with record RSV wave and invasive cases of strep AThu Dec 08 2022 - 16:43
Women with breast cancer can safely pause treatment to have a baby, study findsSix babies were born to 14 Irish women participating in international trial after endocrine treatment was stoppedThu Dec 08 2022 - 14:59
‘Inconsistent’ smear reporting flagged a decade before CervicalCheck controversyPractice nurse wrote to minister in 2009 warning of ‘serious consequences’ to Irish women over US laboratory’s reportsMon Dec 05 2022 - 17:35
Flu cases rise and ‘significant’ wave could be coming, CMO warnsInfections are starting to take off all over Europe with RSV and Covid-19 also circulatingMon Dec 05 2022 - 15:23
One in 10 young adults have attempted suicide, survey findsBinge-drinking has increased and decline in smoking has stalled, Department of Health research showsMon Dec 05 2022 - 12:52
Cancer surgeries drop 30% due to impact of Covid-19 pandemicLife expectancy in EU fell over a year in 2021, the biggest drop since WWII, says OECDMon Dec 05 2022 - 11:00
GPs were paid over €9.5m in fees for providing terminations over three yearsHSE fees relate to almost 24,000 initial consultations and about 19,500 terminations in the community.Mon Dec 05 2022 - 01:00
Covid policy opponents ‘wilfully misconstrued’ science, Glynn saysFormer deputy CMO calls for greater acceptance of uncertainty in medicine and scienceSat Dec 03 2022 - 15:11
Cancer strategy targets missed as Covid-19 disrupts servicesFewer than half prostate and pancreatic cancer patients awaiting surgery operated on within targeted scheduleSat Dec 03 2022 - 04:30
Ireland’s ageing population: ‘We should be anticipating potential problems and intervening’The number of people in the State aged 85 years and over is projected to hit 222,000 in the next two decadesFri Dec 02 2022 - 18:24
Ireland’s population ageing faster than anywhere else in Europe as births fallChanging demographics ‘the singular challenge’ for planning future of health services, department saysFri Dec 02 2022 - 01:00
Nursing home overcharged residents for hair and chiropody services, Hiqa finds‘I’m wasting my life here, waiting, I wait for everything,’ says resident at short staffed nursing homeThu Dec 01 2022 - 18:36
Blood consignment imported from England due to shortages in health serviceIBTS appeals to public to donate blood in run-up to Christmas and New YearThu Dec 01 2022 - 11:44
Expansion of cancer screening programmes to more age groups moves closerAdvisory committee also examines EU proposals for screening of lung, prostate cancerWed Nov 30 2022 - 20:41
Navan hospital: Seriously ill patients to be diverted from next monthAmbulances with these patients will be told to bypass Our Lady’s Hospital in favour of other hospitals under HSE planWed Nov 30 2022 - 07:46
Organ donor system reform: ‘If we’re going to make this change, we should do it with a clear head’Greg Foley, who has been saved twice by donors, says there is a lot of “wooly thinking” around the organ donor systemTue Nov 29 2022 - 19:57
Organ donation reform appears to be based on limited evidenceUnder system proposed by the Human Tissue Bill, consent for donation will be deemed unless a person opts outTue Nov 29 2022 - 19:48
HIV cases hit 10-year high as testing and migration rise after pandemicDiagnoses had dropped during Covid-19 pandemic after being stable in the preceding yearsTue Nov 29 2022 - 13:37
Department of Health seeks €1.4bn bailout as Covid costs soarAbout 85% of the supplementary estimate sought by the department relates to additional pandemic costsTue Nov 29 2022 - 05:00
More than 50% rise in cancer survivors in Ireland in a decadeNumber of people who have survived disease passes 200,000 for the first timeTue Nov 29 2022 - 00:01
Even light drinking can lead to breast cancer, WHO expert warnsNew framework for Europe envisages 20 per cent reduction in harmful use of alcohol by end of decadeMon Nov 28 2022 - 20:36
Mask-wearing urged around babies as respiratory virus cases surge to new recordNo paediatric ICU beds free at weekend due to record numbers of RSV cases in small childrenMon Nov 28 2022 - 16:39
Dublin councillors remove rates refund for vacant propertiesGreen Party councillor describes now removed refund as perverse incentive for landlords with vacant premisesMon Nov 21 2022 - 21:39
Psychiatrists reject Oireachtas committee report proposing curbs on involuntary detentionMental health system cannot rely solely on ‘over-medicalised’ intervention, says committee chairwoman Senator Frances BlackMon Nov 21 2022 - 19:00
More than 7,000 children waiting beyond a year to see eye specialistIrreversible sight loss a consequence of ophthalmology delays, claims SF health spokesmanMon Nov 21 2022 - 02:34
Contracts of Covid testing staff in 18 counties to end as HSE scales down pandemic responseTesting will be provided by GPs and ambulance staff under longer-term planSat Nov 19 2022 - 05:00
Inside the national children’s hospital: A sneak previewState’s biggest infrastructure project is taking shape with 4,800 clinical facilities and 380 single-occupancy roomsThu Nov 17 2022 - 19:29
New children’s hospital has sufficient capacity ‘until at least 2040′‘Project will transform how paediatric care is delivered in Ireland,’ says Micheál Martin after reviewing progress at the siteThu Nov 17 2022 - 16:53
Waterford, Carlow and Wexford have highest Covid rates as cases rise by a thirdNumber of patients in hospital with Covid-19 remains on a downward trendThu Nov 17 2022 - 13:45
Over 35,000 annual deaths in Europe linked to drug-resistant superbugs – reportAlmost 100 people die from antimicrobial-resistant bacteria every day, says European disease centreThu Nov 17 2022 - 10:00
One million cancers missed across Europe during pandemic - reportRisk of cancer epidemic if health systems and research not urgently prioritised, says professorTue Nov 15 2022 - 23:30
Children’s hospitals experiencing ‘onslaught’ of respiratory infectionsDoctors say children attending emergency departments are ‘definitely sicker’ post pandemicTue Nov 15 2022 - 15:11
Final CervicalCheck report to be ‘full and frank’ on reforms left undone - investigator Dr Gabriel Scally’s concluding progress report into scandal is likely to point to significant work to be done on mandatory disclosureTue Nov 15 2022 - 05:00
Vicky Phelan: Whistleblower and outstanding patient advocateThe campaigner said she wanted ‘action, not accolades’ but got bothMon Nov 14 2022 - 19:00
Patients ‘left unseen for days’ in ‘unsafe’ Limerick hospital, claim doctors More than 70 doctors at University Hospital Limerick make protected disclosure over safety risks to patientsMon Nov 14 2022 - 05:35
Patients at risk as Ireland lies far behind on digitisation of health services - expertUnique patient identifier ‘should have happened years ago’, seminar toldSun Nov 13 2022 - 15:06
Home births: rule on 30-minute distance from hospital ‘not set in stone’, says HSE Community midwives criticised ‘blue light’ transfer rule, which could impact rural womenThu Nov 10 2022 - 19:00
Women set to be told of higher cancer risk due to breast density at screeningWomen with dense breast tissue are twice as likely to develop breast cancerThu Nov 10 2022 - 05:00
Woman questioned over Ballyfermot killing released without chargeFile will now be prepared for the DPP following fatal stabbing of man, say gardaíWed Nov 09 2022 - 21:58
