Laya and Irish Life customers to get faster access to cancer drugs following policy U-turnPublic patients may now have to wait up to two years longer than all private patients for access to innovative therapiesTue Jun 27 2023 - 05:00
Colleagues called me ‘the terminator’: medical professionals speak of their experiences of providing abortionSome report feeling ‘cornered’ by family and friends questioning their involvement, while others felt ‘moments of doubt’Mon Jun 26 2023 - 05:00
Number of Irish patients travelling for cross-border healthcare collapses due to BrexitEU funding for Irish patients getting treatment abroad falls by half, according to reportMon Jun 26 2023 - 05:00
Wider investigation ordered by HSE into nursing home where resident was raped by staff memberBernard Gloster says ‘in excess of 30′ alleged assaults at home raised but issues ‘not fully understood’Sun Jun 25 2023 - 15:37
Patients still at risk from ‘gross overcrowding’ in Limerick emergency departmentOne patient waited over five days for a bed, while another waited seven days for a test, according to Hiqa reportFri Jun 23 2023 - 10:33
Problem gambling poses risk to 130,000-plus people in State Children at risk from unregulated social casino games that may act as gateway to problem gambling, ESRI study warnsTue Jun 20 2023 - 10:00
HSE boss orders freeze on recruitment of managers and administratorsHospitals overspent by almost €150m in first two months of the yearTue Jun 20 2023 - 05:00
Cocaine overtakes heroin to become Ireland’s most common problem drugLast year cocaine accounted for one in three of the 12,009 cases treated for problem drug-use, according to a Health Research Board reportTue Jun 20 2023 - 00:15
Pharmacists accuse Department of Health of ‘stonewalling’ in row over dispensing feesIPU says many pharmacies are losing income as drug payment thresholds dropWed Jun 14 2023 - 19:08
Dublin to get second new elective hospital under revised plansHealth committee also hears of plans to set up new medical school in capital operated by TU Dublin which is being looked at ‘very favourably’Wed Jun 14 2023 - 18:19
Heart disease and stroke deaths could be cut by 15,000 over five years, says Mary HarneyIllness kills 9,000 people a year despite 80% of premature cases being preventableTue Jun 13 2023 - 14:33
Most women diagnosed with early breast cancer ‘will survive long-term’, study findsReassurance for patients as death rate from breast cancer has fallen substantially since the 1990sTue Jun 13 2023 - 13:26
Fees paid to pharmacists by State grow by €113m as sector warns of closuresDepartment of Health says there is ‘no obligation’ to increase payments in forthcoming reviewTue Jun 13 2023 - 05:00
HSE chief warns of ‘time lag’ before new hospital consultants are recruited from abroad International advertising campaign seeks to encourage Irish doctors to return home and overseas doctors to try working for the Health Service ExecutiveMon Jun 12 2023 - 12:19
Trolley numbers drop 58% after June bank holiday following appeal for staff to work voluntarilyFewer people attended and were admitted by hospital emergency departments than over the same weekend last year, HSE figures showFri Jun 09 2023 - 16:58
Health job applicants’ data hacked in latest HSE cyberattack‘No more than’ 20 people involved in recruitment processes has had data accessed, Executive saysFri Jun 09 2023 - 15:40
Warning over people who are older, mentally ill or ‘do not fit in’ being institutionalised`There is a real risk that we are beginning ... to once again re-institutionalise people who are mentally ill, elderly, or who just do not “fit in” to society’, Susan Finnerty saysFri Jun 09 2023 - 00:01
Ministers to be told of emerging financial risk in Department of Health budgetSources say it is too early in the year to speculate about whether the department would need a large bailout after a €1.4 billion bailout last yearThu Jun 08 2023 - 05:00
Complex spinal surgeries on children with spina bifida paused after rise in complicationsExternal review by US experts commissioned into Temple Street surgeries over the past three yearsThu Jun 08 2023 - 03:00
Over 4,000 cancer diagnoses during Covid pandemic ‘may have been missed’Number of cases diagnosed down 6% on projections in 2021 and 10 per cent in 2020Wed Jun 07 2023 - 00:00
Pharmacists criticise ‘unacceptable’ delays in granting visas to overseas applicantsIrish Pharmacy Union says it’s ‘impossible’ for some professionals from outside EU to get visa for training hereTue Jun 06 2023 - 03:00
Breastfeeding for longer may be linked to better exam resultsBabies breastfed for at least 12 months more likely to score slightly higher marks at age 16, according to fresh researchMon Jun 05 2023 - 23:30
Hundreds of overseas nurses hoping to work in Ireland stuck in visa ‘logjam’, says recruiterCostly delays make Ireland less attractive as a work destination, nurses sayMon Jun 05 2023 - 03:30
‘Varied response’ to call for health staff to work over bank holiday weekend, says HSE bossBernard Gloster says seven-day working ‘isn’t just about the June bank holiday weekend’ as IMO warns bed capacity and doctor retention must be addressedFri Jun 02 2023 - 15:41
Obesity patients ‘scolded’ and ‘sniggered at’ when trying to get medication OzempicNew guidance for doctors and pharmacists stresses drug is indicated only for the treatment of diabetesFri Jun 02 2023 - 05:00
HSE to investigate how hospital activity levels can be raised at weekendsHospitals discharge about three times as many patients during the week as they do at weekends, analysis showsThu Jun 01 2023 - 20:32
Medical Council warns doctors against using diabetes drug for weight lossObesity specialists say council’s advice is inaccurate and discriminates against their patientsThu Jun 01 2023 - 05:00
Inspectors fault Dublin residential home for mould, rust, ‘malodour’ and ‘unhygienic smell’Mayo centre told by Hiqa to improve infection control after inspectors find dirty ovenWed May 31 2023 - 20:44
Private nursing homes will close if funding ‘crisis’ not addressed, report warns One in three private nursing homes lost money last year, according to PwC analysisWed May 31 2023 - 07:00
Homebirth experiences more positive than hospital births, study findsMidwifery-led care scores higher than consultant-led care in first research involving Irish women who have delivered both in hospital and at homeWed May 31 2023 - 05:00
Large Irish nursing homes 2.5 times more likely to have Covid-19 outbreaks, study findsRate of disease circulating in the community was ‘key determinant’ of outbreaks in care homes, according to ESRITue May 30 2023 - 14:35
Census 2022: overall health levels drop after pandemic, while caring duties increaseCensus results show over 1.1 million people - 22 per cent of population - have some form of disabilityTue May 30 2023 - 12:35
Laya refused cover for new therapies for more than 20 cancer patients last yearIrish Cancer Society calls for re-examination of ‘whole system’ of drug reimbursementMon May 29 2023 - 19:00
‘Extremely unfair’ - the imbalance in health insurance cover for life-changing cancer drugsTwo cancer patients and two oncologists raise concerns about how customers of private health insurers Irish Life and Laya Healthcare are losing out on access to new cancer treatmentsMon May 29 2023 - 05:00
Cancer doctors accuse insurers of denying patients access to new drugsHealth insurers Irish Life and Laya Healthcare are ‘hiding behind’ the lengthy approval process for treatments, say oncologists Prof Ray McDermott and Prof John CrownMon May 29 2023 - 05:00
GPs raise ‘serious concerns’ over risk to patients from cancer test delaysDoctors warn diagnosis and treatment could be delayed by backlog at University Hospital Waterford labMon May 29 2023 - 05:00
Hospital staff asked to ‘seriously consider’ volunteering for work to alleviate bank holiday overcrowdingRequest has been made in a letter from HSE senior management who are warning of ‘substantial impact’ on hospitalsThu May 25 2023 - 20:32
Medical scientists threaten further strikes over lack of progress on improved pay and conditionsIndependent report supported grade’s claim for pay parity with biochemists in health service, leading thousands of cancelled appointmentsWed May 24 2023 - 17:37
HSE spent up to €180 million on management consultants last year, TDs toldHealth staff to be asked to work voluntarily over June bank holiday weekend over fears of overcrowding surgeWed May 24 2023 - 15:32
Over 10,000 children with disability left waiting more than a year to see specialistFurther 5,484 children overdue an assessment of need, over three times higher than last yearWed May 24 2023 - 05:00
Collison brothers-funded programme aims to halve diagnosis time for cerebral palsyTech billionaires among donors behind €11.6m initiative to make Ireland a world leader in CP care within five yearsMon May 22 2023 - 13:26
Obesity among adolescents almost halves after treatment with weight-loss drugAlmost three-quarters of young people given semaglutide moved down at least one weight category, study findsThu May 18 2023 - 05:00
Donation of son’s organs ‘has gifted his family hope’, mother saysFamilies urged to talk about organ donation as 60th anniversary of first Irish transplant markedTue May 16 2023 - 13:01
Health service stubbornly resistant to change, cancellation figures underlineFlaw in Minister for Health’s thinking is to believe the system can be improved without comprehensive reform or upsetting vested interestsTue May 16 2023 - 04:55
More than 85,000 hospital appointments or procedures cancelled so far this yearCancellations in April up almost 70% on the same month last year, new figures showTue May 16 2023 - 04:30
At least 50,000 children missing out on dental checks due to staff shortagesMore than 2,000 children have been waiting for orthodontic treatment for over four yearsMon May 15 2023 - 05:00
Purpose-built housing for nurses is back on the agenda but don’t hold your breath on it happening soonIn other health services, accommodation is often available for hospital staff, especially for new arrivalsSat May 13 2023 - 05:00
More than 70 residents at Cork nursing home face uncertain future after operator quits Fair DealBeaumont Residential Care says it is under ‘extreme financial pressure’ due to shortfall in State supportThu May 11 2023 - 05:00
Legislation plans €200k fines for accessing confidential health informationOireachtas Health Committee welcome new e-health legislation but expresses concern over implementationWed May 10 2023 - 14:33
Concern over ‘inconsistent’ prescribing of potentially lethal opioids raised by studyOne-quarter of patients undergoing routine elective surgery in Irish hospital given opioid painkillers on dischargeTue May 02 2023 - 06:00
