Dr Dermot Walsh, former inspector of mental hospitals, diesPsychiatrist was long-time critic of accommodation facilities for patientsThu Feb 09 2017 - 22:10
Flu outbreak blamed for 55 deaths this winterInfection rate declining after nine weeks of elevated activity, according to HSE updateThu Feb 09 2017 - 17:56
Record 545,000 patients on waiting lists by end of JanuaryTrolley crisis forces cancellation of thousands of scheduled appointmentsWed Feb 08 2017 - 18:57
HSE fury over Simon Harris’s response on waiting listsOfficials who took part in TV debate felt they were ‘thrown under the bus’ by MinisterWed Feb 08 2017 - 01:05
Multiple lists complicate calculation of waiting timesMuch of the time potential patients spend interacting with the health service goes unrecordedWed Feb 08 2017 - 01:01
HSE cannot afford to build national children’s hospital, says chiefHealth service not in position to sign contracts on project, HSE director tells TDsWed Feb 08 2017 - 01:00
How Ireland’s hospital waiting list crisis got so badExperts give their opinion on cause of crisis and how the health system can be improvedWed Feb 08 2017 - 01:00
Scoliosis treatment delays costing State large sums, claims suffererCharity Straight Ahead has funded operations for 100 children with the conditionTue Feb 07 2017 - 18:14
Boy with epilepsy using cannabis oil ‘cannot return to Ireland’Tyrone woman living in Los Angeles with son says she does not want to be criminalisedTue Feb 07 2017 - 01:00
Thousands of patients on unpublished hospital waiting listsHSE admits it has concerns about 9,000 inpatients not included on national waiting listsMon Feb 06 2017 - 19:11
Cost of children’s hospital rises as families rely on outdated facilitiesRows continue over the location of the new building at St James’s Hospital in DublinSat Feb 04 2017 - 01:01
State awards €1bn children’s hospital contract to BAM IrelandSteep rise in budget from €650m excludes IT and equipment costs of at least €200mSat Feb 04 2017 - 01:00
Health committee calls for inclusion of GP group in pay talksOireachtas group complains to minister about ‘unacceptable’ exclusion of unionFri Feb 03 2017 - 11:34
Disease control workers at ‘sex-on-site’ Dublin venue due to dysenterySecond outbreak of shigella among MSM within a yearThu Feb 02 2017 - 19:17
Exclusion of doctors’ group from GP contract talks ‘nuts’GP association warns Oireachtas health committee of ‘monumental’ manpower crisisThu Feb 02 2017 - 18:20
Trolley numbers up 26% as 517 wait for hospital admissionTallaght Hospital warns patients of delays as record 57 people wait for a bedThu Feb 02 2017 - 12:27
HSE fails to agree price for cystic fibrosis drug OrkambiHealth body indiciated it would pay up to €75m a year for product estimated to cost €400mWed Feb 01 2017 - 10:58
Campaigners consider Dáil bid over Waterford cardiac careThree campaign groups to step up pressure for 24/7 services for heart-disease patientsWed Feb 01 2017 - 01:00
Dementia cases will triple over next 25 years, says ageing expertNUI Galway’s Prof Eamon O’Shea says treatment is costing €1.9bn annuallyTue Jan 31 2017 - 19:47
Over 2,000 people exposed to superbug at Tallaght HospitalDublin centre has had an outbreak of a potentially lethal bug for the past 18 monthsTue Jan 31 2017 - 01:00
Are THMs in drinking water bad for our health?Chlorine can react with organic matter in water to form trihalomethanesMon Jan 30 2017 - 01:00
Majority of GPs support legalising medicinal cannabisFamily doctors are opposed to a general decriminalisation of the drug, new survey saysMon Jan 30 2017 - 00:01
Ireland worst of 36 countries for ease of access to healthcareEuro Health Consumer Index ranks Irish health system 21st overall in 2016Sun Jan 29 2017 - 19:30
Pioneering IVF practitioner Prof Robert Harrison dies aged 76Founder of Hari unit carried out first IVF procedure at St James’s Hospital in 1985Sun Jan 29 2017 - 19:12
Cervical cancer virus traces found in 15% of women screenedOnly a small number of those testing positive had both subtypes linked to cervical diseaseFri Jan 27 2017 - 01:00
Call for senior hospital staff to be rostered 24/7 to alleviate crisisIctu claims presence of managers and consultants will speed decisions and patient flowWed Jan 25 2017 - 21:17
Nearly 50 patients waiting on trolleys for over a dayTallaght staff warn of ‘grave’ risk of infection as patients accommodated ‘in full view’Wed Jan 25 2017 - 12:20
Emphysema patients can stay on ‘life-changing’ drugOver 20 sufferers are given Respreeza reprieve while talks continue on approving the treatmentWed Jan 25 2017 - 01:00
Warm tributes paid to Cork property developer Owen O’CallaghanLord Mayor of Cork says legacy will be evident on Leeside for decades to comeMon Jan 23 2017 - 18:59
HSE audit finds 94 irregularities at hepatitis C charityReport says major warning signs at Positive Action were not acted upon by executivesMon Jan 23 2017 - 18:15
Ambulance bases criticised in HSE audit reportAllegations included poor management of restricted medication logbook and payrollMon Jan 23 2017 - 18:13
Governance at hepatitis C group Positive Action ‘seriously flawed’‘Considerable extravagance’ and resistance to accountability, says HSE audit reportMon Jan 23 2017 - 16:33
Diabetes ‘data deficit’ frustrating efforts to tackle diseaseConference hears call for payments to GPs to handle patients with illness in communityFri Jan 20 2017 - 15:33
Surcharge on first-time health insurance clients may be cutHealth Insurance Authority also considering relief for people coming to IrelandFri Jan 20 2017 - 01:00
Analysis: Reaction key after Wexford cancer setbackHow system responds to public concerns will be critical in wake of this avoidable mistakeFri Jan 20 2017 - 01:00
Missed cancers inquiry to be completed in six monthsIndependent investigation will review colonoscopies at Wexford General HospitalThu Jan 19 2017 - 19:18
Worst of flu season over but still circulating in community – HSEFlu cases still well above median levels; vulnerable groups advised to take get flu vaccineThu Jan 19 2017 - 13:19
Man whose cancer missed at Wexford told to ‘go drink a Guinness’‘Wondering if the bowel cancer could have been detected earlier can be unbearable at times’Thu Jan 19 2017 - 13:16
Over 3,000 patients on waiting lists to be treated privatelyNew initiative will help those who have been waiting over 18 months for day-case careThu Jan 19 2017 - 06:52
13 cancers missed in Wexford hospital colonoscopiesAll patients screened by same consultant, on leave since issue uncovered two years agoWed Jan 18 2017 - 21:15
Elderly being left in hospital beds to ‘shelter family inheritance’Relatives reluctant to use assets to fund care home stay, says HSE’s senior legal adviserWed Jan 18 2017 - 10:55
What is the truth about ‘bed blocking’ in Irish hospitals?On any one day, there are hundreds of so-called ‘delayed discharges’ in the systemWed Jan 18 2017 - 01:00
Nurses’ union defers decision on industrial actionINMO will not finalise strike plan until after new talks with GovernmentTue Jan 17 2017 - 17:24
Oireachtas health committee not able to cost proposalsPlans for universal health system must start with primary care, committee saysTue Jan 17 2017 - 01:00
Blood donation ban lifted for men who have had sex with menIrish Blood Transfusion Service applies 12-month deferral period for men who have had sex with menMon Jan 16 2017 - 18:05
GPs drafted in to treat Galway hospital patientsUniversity Hospital Galway admits emergency department building is not suitableMon Jan 16 2017 - 16:26
More than 37,000 hospital operations cancelled last yearBig rise in cancellations nationwide due to overcrowding in emergency departmentsMon Jan 16 2017 - 13:48
Epileptic student urges State to fast-track cannabis legislationSeán Fenton (19) says medical use of drug a vital support in upcoming Leaving CertMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
Report says conditions at University Hospital Galway A&E unit ‘scandalous’Patients are at risk and ‘nobody is in charge’ at departmental or corporate levelMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
Martin McGuinness receiving treatment for amyloidosisRare disease caused by deposits of abnormal protein – amyloid – in tissues and organsThu Jan 12 2017 - 08:09
