HSE receives €50m in additional funds but warns of challenges aheadHealth budget next year will top €17bn, a 6.3% increase on 2019 funding for serviceTue Dec 17 2019 - 18:41
Minister trying to blame doctors for trolley crisis, say Limerick consultantsSimon Harris accused of ‘breathtaking cowardice’ for remarks about private practiceTue Dec 17 2019 - 02:15
In-hospital death risk from heart attack, stroke, pneumonia fallsHowever report finds death rate for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease unchangedTue Dec 17 2019 - 01:00
Better drugs and technology leading to fewer deaths in hospitalsLack of comparative data on hospital outcomes leaves patients in dark over standardsTue Dec 17 2019 - 01:00
Initiative to treat diabetes patients at GPs rather than hospitals is launchedProgramme seen as a forerunner for the switch to care in the communityMon Dec 16 2019 - 21:11
Setback for children’s hospital with exit of oversight expertMounting concern about running costs – now up to €366m annually, from €325m in 2017Mon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
HSE agrees to reimburse cost of new cystic fibrosis treatmentTrikafta to be available to patients aged 12 and over once it receives European approvalFri Dec 13 2019 - 18:09
Inpatient and outpatient waiting lists fell again, data showsNational Treatment Purchase Fund spent €75 million this year on outsourcing careFri Dec 13 2019 - 18:07
Chemotherapy sessions for children with cancer postponedCrumlin children’s hospital blames demand on available beds for deferring treatmentsFri Dec 13 2019 - 17:37
‘Well patients’ billed €1,600 in effort to move them on from hospitalsHealth body says 705 delayed transfer of care cases recorded in facilities last weekThu Dec 12 2019 - 19:57
More CervicalCheck women to receive €2,000 payment, Minister confirmsSimon Harris says payment will be extended to women included in Royal College reviewWed Dec 11 2019 - 15:39
Creches should make vaccinations mandatory for children, Harris saysUHL doctors need to ‘get in their cars’ and work in smaller hospitals – MinisterWed Dec 11 2019 - 14:10
Hospitals to open 190 extra beds to in attempt to ease winter pressureSimon Harris to tell Oireachtas committee fees for injury units being decreased to €75Wed Dec 11 2019 - 01:00
Disease prediction brought closer by Irish research discoveryTeam looked at how DNA elements work to regulate gene expression within genomeWed Dec 11 2019 - 00:35
Call for endometriosis ‘centre of excellence’ to be developedTDs told women with gynaecological condition must go private or travel to get effective treatmentTue Dec 10 2019 - 22:10
Advertising of e-cigarettes to be restricted, Harris saysProvisions to limit exposure of young people to vaping to be added to planned legislationMon Dec 09 2019 - 18:20
Biggest mumps outbreak in a decade continues with 103 new cases last weekWorst affected part of the State is the greater Dublin area, which accounted for 1,126 cases so far this yearMon Dec 09 2019 - 17:37
Is it time to quit vaping? What the science saysE-cigarettes were hailed as a way to give up smoking, but there is a growing backlashSat Dec 07 2019 - 06:00
Girl (15) was on waiting list for assessment when she died by suicideReport into teenager’s death highlights need for residential addiction services for girlsFri Dec 06 2019 - 19:03
Death of baby with drugs in system ‘not related to deficit in service’Boy’s mother ‘vulnerable’ young woman who struggled with addiction, notes reportFri Dec 06 2019 - 15:06
CervicalCheck review skewed results, patient advocate claimsProcess set up to verify women’s review report ‘thorough and essential’, HSE saysThu Dec 05 2019 - 02:42
Independent CervicalCheck report will not end controversyAnalysis: Difficult not to think of the 12 families affected by unnecessary deathsWed Dec 04 2019 - 09:49
Irish doctors not following prescription guidelines, Facebook survey suggestsTwo-thirds of respondents self-prescribe and three-quarters prescribe for familyWed Dec 04 2019 - 02:30
Cervical cancer patient advocate Lorraine Walsh resigns over review ‘inaccuracies’One of the women affected by CervicalCheck controversy, Walsh says she has no confidence in processWed Dec 04 2019 - 00:26
CervicalCheck review: 12 women die as chance to prevent their cancer was missedUK experts say women can have confidence in cervical cancer screening programmeTue Dec 03 2019 - 15:00
CervicalCheck: 60 more seek out support group after smear test reviewWomen who contact 221+ group after review are likely to qualify for the same supportsTue Dec 03 2019 - 02:36
Abortion investigation delayed by hospital’s inability to print recordsNational Maternity Hospital will proceed despite objections of the couple involvedTue Dec 03 2019 - 01:00
Irish Pharmacy Union says ‘unjust’ cuts to fees will hit rural pharmaciesUnion claims proposed fee reductions will cost pharmacies an average €12,000 a yearMon Dec 02 2019 - 00:07
Funding crisis forces Dublin dementia centre to stop taking new residentsSt Joseph’s says it has no other option as Government is accused of ‘backtracking’Sun Dec 01 2019 - 15:27
Officials warn of ‘spike’ in respiratory illness among children as flu season arrivesHSE denies patients leaving without treatment as pressure on hospitals growsThu Nov 28 2019 - 17:13
Donnybrook nursing home residents ‘not protected’ against abuseHiqa says Dublin hospital has made ‘limited progress’ on fire safety improvementsThu Nov 28 2019 - 14:12
Less than third of patients in A&E admitted to ward within six hours – surveyNational survey of patients finds many felt they were not fully involved in decisions about their careMon Nov 25 2019 - 10:00
Doctors feel unable to apologise to patients‘Cultural shift’ needed to breakdown barriers to openness in healthcare – Medical Protection SocietySat Nov 23 2019 - 12:48
Hospitals warned they must ensure legal requirements for abortions are metHSE’s chief medical officer issues reminder after abortion based on inaccurate screeningSat Nov 23 2019 - 00:08
CervicalCheck performance similar to UK programmes, review findsHundreds of women told that review of their slides has produced a different resultSat Nov 23 2019 - 00:08
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may reduce prostate cancer risk, research suggestsMen who had taken statins had 24% reduced risk of developing more lethal type of cancerFri Nov 22 2019 - 21:40
Seven in 10 older Irish children do not get enough exerciseResults ‘very concerning’, with gender gap of 15% the largest outside the USThu Nov 21 2019 - 23:30
TCD research could help in regulation of inflammatory diseases‘PKM2’ protein manages immune cell types at heart of conditions like psoriasis and MSThu Nov 21 2019 - 22:01
New rules on overseas locums will make it easier for out-of-hours co-ops to hire GPsDepartments of Health and Justice have agreed changes designed to address staffing crisis in out-of-hours GP servicesThu Nov 21 2019 - 21:08
Trainee doctors concerned for their safety at St James’s Hospital siteSecure staff parking cited as issue at Dublin 8 facility amid woes over personnel shortageThu Nov 21 2019 - 20:17
Flu season on the way with upsurge in cases, HSE warnsMain strain circulating so far is H3N2 swine flu, which particularly affects the elderlyThu Nov 21 2019 - 18:16
Irish patients pay 'six times global average' for generic drugsCost of branded drugs almost 14% below average in 50 countries surveyedThu Nov 21 2019 - 08:00
Medical-negligence cases set to cost record €374 million next yearState Claims Agency chief says cases ‘a very significant economic challenge’ for the StateTue Nov 19 2019 - 10:48
CervicalCheck: Review finds hundreds of previously missed abnormal resultsReview has found some cancers could have been prevented, it is understoodTue Nov 19 2019 - 02:40
CervicalCheck review nears completion but controversy set to continueReview body to send aggregate report on smear tests screening to Minister for HealthTue Nov 19 2019 - 02:12
Irish healthcare workers among best informed in Europe about antibiotic useCall for all sectors of society to work together to effectively tackle the problem of antibiotic resistanceMon Nov 18 2019 - 20:18
Young patients ‘flying it’ after travelling to UK for leukaemia treatmentChildren underwent CAR-T therapy when chemotherapy and marrow transplants failedMon Nov 18 2019 - 01:00
Better outcomes when emergency surgery performed by busier surgeons, study findsFinding has ‘huge implications’, says Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland presidentSun Nov 17 2019 - 21:25
Waiting lists fall as treatment outsourced to private hospitalsState has eight times as many patients waiting over a year for treatment as EnglandFri Nov 15 2019 - 18:25
Woman says her three-day hospital stay for injections is a ‘horrendous’ wasteKim Murphy (60) criticises system for allocating her a bed at Tallaght before acute casesFri Nov 15 2019 - 01:00
