Taoiseach rules out statutory inquiry into poor outcomes of orthopaedic surgeries at Temple Street UK expert commissioned by HSE to review service begins work, despite boycott by some advocacy groupsTue Nov 07 2023 - 06:00
Almost 20,000 older people a year break bones in preventable low-impact falls, report findsScreening for osteoporosis and better management of initial fractures could reduce overall number of ‘fragility fractures’Mon Nov 06 2023 - 14:50
Progress in tackling cancer stalls due to lack of dedicated funding, charity warnsA future where no one dies of cancer ‘lies within our grasp’ if given sufficient political priority, says Irish Cancer Society chiefWed Nov 01 2023 - 16:41
New HSE rules aim to speed up discharge of well patientsHSE warns that remaining in hospital after treatment is not ‘a choice to be exercised’Wed Nov 01 2023 - 13:05
Key Department of Health posts lie vacant despite Covid-19 pandemic warningsNo one in HSE expressed interest in two deputy chief medical officer posts when they were advertisedWed Nov 01 2023 - 06:00
GP visits decline as patients embrace telemedicine Doctors are the most trusted profession after teachers, according to Medical Council researchWed Nov 01 2023 - 00:01
Conscientious objection rules changed in new ethics guide for doctorsRevised Medical Council guide includes new sections on social media and expert witnessesWed Nov 01 2023 - 00:01
Hundreds of scans reviewed at Letterkenny hospital after 37% error rate identified in consultant’s workLocum radiologist had contract terminated within 10 days after concerns were raisedTue Oct 31 2023 - 06:00
HSE board members warn of ‘drift towards privatisation’ in efforts to cut waiting listsBoard told in September that HSE was facing deficit of up to €2bn by end of yearMon Oct 30 2023 - 06:00
Geriatricians say they will not co-operate with HSE plan to discharge older patients from hospital more quicklyHSE’s enhanced community care programme is being extended to include an interface with nursing homesMon Oct 30 2023 - 06:00
Minutes of health budget meeting show HSE reluctance to act on cost-cutting measuresDepartment of Health and HSE believe measures would have negative impact on ‘patient-facing activity’, the minutes for July 25th recordFri Oct 27 2023 - 19:19
Big improvement in ovarian cancer outcomes at Mater hospital with aggressive surgical approachDeath rate from advanced ovarian cancer fell through use of multiple skilled specialists, study findsThu Oct 26 2023 - 13:48
Abnormalities detected in cervical cancer screening fall as HPV vaccine makes impactStudy showing 60 per cent fall in detections of pre-cancers suggests Ireland on the way to eliminating the diseaseThu Oct 26 2023 - 05:00
Infant mortality down almost 60% as number of cot deaths reduce Register shows number of children killed is increasing, with most deaths due to domestic violenceThu Oct 26 2023 - 00:01
Occupancy rates in Irish hospitals ‘unsustainable and dangerous’, OECD economist warns Irish health spending is high as a proportion of national income, Dr Douglas Sutherland tells conferenceWed Oct 25 2023 - 18:19
Regulator warns of surge in falsified anti-obesity medicines such as Ozempic and Wegovy sold onlineThis year, the HPRA has seized 254 units of fake semaglutide, compared to 32 units in all of 2022Wed Oct 25 2023 - 14:28
Coombe lab resumes CervicalCheck work after six-month interruptionNational Screening Service says accreditation issues of cervical cancer screening lab have been resolvedTue Oct 24 2023 - 19:00
No cuts to health services next year despite ‘guaranteed deficit’, HSE chief says Recruitment of additional staff being capped, not cut, HSE chief executive tells Oireachtas health committeeTue Oct 24 2023 - 13:33
‘Savings and efficiencies’ needed in health budget, senior officials acknowledgeRobert Watt, secretary general of the Department of Health, says productivity gains are needed in health serviceTue Oct 24 2023 - 06:00
Record number of patients recorded on trolleys in Limerick hospitalTotal of 130 people were waiting for admission on Monday morning, nursing union saysMon Oct 23 2023 - 12:12
Citizens’ Assembly expected to recommend liberalisation of laws around common illegal drugsGPs highlight negative impacts of legalising cannabis in a statement issued before the assembly’s deliberations this weekendFri Oct 20 2023 - 15:37
GPs warn against legalising cannabis ahead of Citizens’ Assembly vote, citing ‘profound adverse effects’‘Cannabis is a dangerous drug and a serious public health concern,’ says ICGP, as assembly meets to consider decriminalisationFri Oct 20 2023 - 09:41
Breast cancer screening ‘doesn’t make much of a difference’ to death rates, says oncologist Ireland should screen women for the disease on the basis of risk not age, says expertFri Oct 20 2023 - 05:00
Gaza conflict ‘brings home importance of journalism’, says authorAn Eye on Ireland gathers together four decades of journalism on a changing Ireland by Justine McCarthyWed Oct 18 2023 - 21:53
One-third of maternal death due to suicide, report findsDecline in women’s mental health, especially during Covid-19 pandemic, cited as factorWed Oct 18 2023 - 05:04
Demand for weight loss drug more than 45 times higher than expectedNew obesity medicines have potential to use up entire State drugs budget, conference hearsTue Oct 17 2023 - 15:41
No plans to reopen health service budget allocations, says DonohoeBudget allocation will have ‘catastrophic implications’ for patients and those who work on the front line of health service, says Sinn FéinTue Oct 17 2023 - 05:30
One in three heart attack victims who got defibrillation from bystanders survived, study revealsHSE report highlights lifesaving value of knowing CPR, where defibrillators are located and how to use themTue Oct 17 2023 - 05:15
Patients ‘at risk of death’ due to conditions in Letterkenny hospital, doctors warnHospital is in crisis over deteriorating conditions and lack of resources, say consultants and GPs in DonegalMon Oct 16 2023 - 18:36
Parents’ reliance on cars a factor in children not taking enough physical activity, study findsJust one-third of children walk or cycle to schoolMon Oct 16 2023 - 06:00
At least 4,000 seriously ill patients may not get vital drugs due to Budget 2024 decisionPotentially life-saving medicines may not be available next year due to Coalition decision not to provide required fundingMon Oct 16 2023 - 06:00
HSE chief warns of big funding shortfallTánaiste Micheál Martin says there needs to be a ‘deep dive’ into spending on the health serviceSun Oct 15 2023 - 17:27
Health service faces winter of huge strain as Donnelly to seek savings of more than €600mMinister’s demand for more productivity from hospitals follows budget talks that yielded additional €800m despite request for €2bnSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:00
HSE freezes recruitment of junior doctors and other support staff due to shortfall in budget fundingBudget 2024 fallout: Consultants, nurses and dentists among grades exempted from pause in recruitment this yearFri Oct 13 2023 - 13:43
Home care conference hears calls for ‘cabinet for older Dubliners’ to co-ordinate servicesAll cities need to adapt to ‘explosion’ in older population, New York’s commissioner for ageing Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez to tell HCCI conferenceFri Oct 13 2023 - 06:00
Surgeons to be flown in as part of latest bid to tackle lengthy delays for children with spinal issuesDonnelly intervenes directly with Children’s Health Ireland over difficulties experienced by families in obtaining their children’s patient recordsFri Oct 13 2023 - 06:00
Minister accused of stalling on proposal to ban disposable vapesStephen Donnelly denies that defeat of Opposition amendment will delay ban on sale of vapes to childrenThu Oct 12 2023 - 18:24
Stephen Donnelly admits to shortfall in health budget for next yearBudget 2024: Department of Health sought more than €2 billion extra in budget but got just €708 millionThu Oct 12 2023 - 05:00
Irish health service heading for choppy waters despite record funding in budgetBudget 2024: Partial recruitment freeze and an empty drugs budget were just two pieces of bad news delivered by Stephen DonnellyWed Oct 11 2023 - 20:24
Health service recruitment freeze to be extended in response to budgetary pressuresBudget 2024: Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says there will be no dedicated budget for new medicines next yearWed Oct 11 2023 - 18:01
Only 1% of mental health services regulated by law, TDs toldChild and adolescent mental health services ‘simply not working’, according to Mental Health CommissionWed Oct 11 2023 - 12:22
Health overspend the elephant in the room in Dáil budget speechesThere is clear annoyance in Government that the health budget deficit is leaving less money for vote-catching measuresTue Oct 10 2023 - 19:46
Additional €800m health service funding in budget for ageing and growing populationBudget 2024: Money available for new measures drops from €250m last year to €100m this yearTue Oct 10 2023 - 16:17
Covid-19 vaccines prevented 16,000 deaths in Ireland, study saysHealth Protection Surveillance Centre estimates 102,000 hospitalisations and 3,300 ICU admissions were also avertedTue Oct 10 2023 - 15:10
Irish health spending is out of control. But there are reasons why controlling it is difficultPowerbrokers shy away from action that would impact on services as cash is burned inefficiently on emergency stopgapsFri Oct 06 2023 - 05:00
HSE managers to take industrial action on Friday over recruitment freezeNumber of senior managers working in health services has grown by almost one-third since 2019Thu Oct 05 2023 - 11:05
Hiqa to investigate use of unlicensed springs in Temple Street children’s operationsHealth watchdog will also carry out wider review of paediatric orthopaedic surgery following recent controversyWed Oct 04 2023 - 16:31
Kerry man free of prostate cancer after two weeks of radiotherapy under new trialPat Somers received 25-30 minutes of therapy in just five sessions at Cork hospitalWed Oct 04 2023 - 05:15
Galway researchers make breakthrough on gestational diabetes treatmentCondition affects almost 3 million pregnant women worlwide every yearTue Oct 03 2023 - 08:00
‘Unusual upsurge’ of invasive strep A resulted in 30 deaths, including 12 childrenPast year saw cases running at 4.5 times normal rate as outbreak continued beyond traditional winter monthsMon Oct 02 2023 - 12:21
