OECD critical of lack of fraud unit within the HSEReport queries need for charges imposed on patients for visits to emergency departmentsThu Jan 12 2017 - 01:00
Cardiac patients in Waterford to be sent to Cork for treatmentMove is dependent on funds and aimed at defusing controversy over cardiac servicesWed Jan 11 2017 - 20:20
Trolley numbers rise again to 543 nationallyWintry weather may lead to new overcrowding records in hospitals next weekWed Jan 11 2017 - 13:48
Health committee finds accord on service needs not fundingOireachtas team says consensus on primary and integrated care but finances disputedWed Jan 11 2017 - 01:00
Over 500 patients on hospital trolleys as crisis easesMore beds are opened and numbers fall from last week’s high of 612, say INMO figuresTue Jan 10 2017 - 12:51
Hospital waiting lists numbers down for first time in two yearsFigures a relief to Harris who is under intense pressure due to record numbers on trolleysMon Jan 09 2017 - 20:23
Self-harm with alcohol abuse rises on public holidaysNew Year’s Day is the worst day of the year for self-harm presentations at Irish hospitalsMon Jan 09 2017 - 17:44
Orkambi-maker among sponsors of CF Ireland’s conferenceUS pharma Vertex in talks with HSE to reduce high price of cystic fibrosis drugThu Dec 29 2016 - 01:00
Eighty nurses register to attend HSE three-day recruitment fair in DublinEvent targeting nurses home for Christmas or going back to work after some time awayWed Dec 28 2016 - 20:25
Resentment rises among lower-paid hospital consultants‘It is so demoralising to work side by side with colleagues, doing exactly the same work’Wed Dec 28 2016 - 01:00
HSE pays €53m to 100 GP practices, co-operativesHighest-earning individually named GP earns in excess of €820,000 in feesWed Dec 28 2016 - 01:00
HSE faces further unrest as support staff ballot on strikesWorkers seeking access to evaluation arrangement and potential salary increasesWed Dec 28 2016 - 01:00
No evidence mica dust has ill-effects on health - HSEOver 400 seeking redress for alleged damage to homes from mica-containing blocksTue Dec 27 2016 - 15:00
Mayo pharmacist cleared of professional misconductHearings into two other pharmacists at same practice deferred until the New YearTue Dec 20 2016 - 19:12
Bankruptcy latest twist in Mick Wallace’s rollercoaster rideMaverick TD channelled public anger on austerity while leaving State €1.4m short on VATTue Dec 20 2016 - 07:52
Homeless should be allowed stay in Apollo House, says ZapponeShowers to be added to block taken over by housing campaigners as numbers there riseMon Dec 19 2016 - 15:47
Germany to provide free access to Orkambi cystic fibrosis drugAbout 2,000 German patients to benefit as State continues to negotiate over priceMon Dec 19 2016 - 15:10
Right of older people to decide on care being infringedUp to 70% of cases dealt with by advocacy group involve family conflicts over careMon Dec 19 2016 - 07:31
Woman (86) escapes from nursing home to be in house she lovesCase study: after she fell, Kay’s family found a residential place for her but she got boredMon Dec 19 2016 - 07:25
Apollo House protesters to meet owners over occupationHome Sweet Home group accommodating 31 homeless people in disused office buildingSun Dec 18 2016 - 17:54
Bernadette Scully case: Carers group calls for statutory right to home care supportsDoctor was forced to seek help from London clinic amid struggle with HSE for servicesSat Dec 17 2016 - 16:05
Bernadette Scully ‘unlikely’ to be disciplined after acquittalGP was found not guilty of the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughterSat Dec 17 2016 - 01:00
Bernadette Scully: ‘Colleagues had the height of praise for her’Popular GP went through difficult marriages but cared for daughter ‘100 per cent plus’Fri Dec 16 2016 - 20:05
Little in HSE service plan to spark enthusiasm for futureAbsence of cutbacks is welcome although it seems a case of ‘merely treading water’Thu Dec 15 2016 - 01:00
Risk of Irish men and women developing cancer levels offLifestyle changes linked to static rates but almost 38,000 still diagnosed every yearThu Dec 15 2016 - 00:01
HSE chief not optimistic on reaching price deal for OrkambiMinister says he will not be bullied, as talks with pharma firm on cystic fibrosis drug reopenWed Dec 14 2016 - 18:54
HSE warns of issues delivering services with €14bn budgetHealth body says it may not be able to meet costs of pay and new drugs and equipmentWed Dec 14 2016 - 14:34
Prescription charges for over-70s to be reduced from MarchSimon Harris also announces medical cards for 9,000 sick children by early 2017Tue Dec 13 2016 - 16:42
Hospital trolley numbers surge as strike threat loomsConcern over rise in overcrowding as 541 patients waiting for admissionTue Dec 13 2016 - 12:58
Dangerous industrial cleaner linked to rising popularity of ‘chemsex’Use of drugs to enhance sexual pleasure is suspected over sharp rise in HIV, syphilis and gonorrhoeaTue Dec 13 2016 - 06:30
Alcohol and other drugs kill two people a day in IrelandFatalities up 62% over 10 years, with half of those who died aged 39 or youngerTue Dec 13 2016 - 01:00
HPV vaccine to be provided to men who have sex with menVaccine will target 16-26-year-olds from next January through public clinicsMon Dec 12 2016 - 17:45
Sick? Off work? Don’t take the wrong medicineSuperbug outbreaks in Limerick and Tallaght show that antibiotic resistance is in our communities, our hospitals, our bloodstreams. We could be heading for disasterSat Dec 10 2016 - 06:00
Hospital waiting lists reach new high of 538,000Record high comes despite reduction in long waiting times for inpatient proceduresThu Dec 08 2016 - 19:02
Most trauma injuries sustained at home or on road, report revealsMajor trauma caused most often by falls of under 2m, says office of clinical auditThu Dec 08 2016 - 16:56
Harris challenges Orkambi firm to ‘stop spinning’ and get on with price talksGovernment and Vertex differ over approach to price talks for cystic fibrosis treatmentThu Dec 08 2016 - 16:00
Some nurses ‘suicidal’ over disciplinary hearings, committee toldINMO says media coverage of such hearings can be difficult and ‘toxic’ for nurses involvedThu Dec 08 2016 - 11:47
HSE to resume talks on ‘exorbitant’ price of CF drug OrkambiVertex Pharmaceuticals wants Minister Simon Harris to take a role in negotiationsThu Dec 08 2016 - 10:45
Dáil health system committee seeks April deadline for reportThree-month extension sought due to ‘huge’ volume of work with health expert evidenceThu Dec 08 2016 - 01:00
Confusion over treatment abroad scheme sees patients billedCross Border Healthcare scheme gives Irish residents option of public treatment abroadWed Dec 07 2016 - 11:06
Minister refuses to negotiate directly over cost of CF treatmentDrug company calls on Simon Harris to intervene after HSE rules out use of OrkambiWed Dec 07 2016 - 01:00
Man in critical condition in Dublin was shot through kitchen windowVictim (38) received up to six gunshot wounds after incident in MulhuddartTue Dec 06 2016 - 12:27
Religion cited as influencing Irish low breastfeeding ratesBreastfeeding rates are higher in areas where the proportion of Catholics is lowerTue Dec 06 2016 - 06:45
Man seriously injured in west Dublin shootingVictim shot up to six times in in Parslickstown Green, Mulhuddart, shortly after 8pmMon Dec 05 2016 - 23:04
Future of Portlaoise hospital ‘uncertain’, says HiqaWatchdog warns emergency department and critical care service pose safety risksMon Dec 05 2016 - 14:13
Meet Emily, Ireland’s first ‘digital baby’New records system to be rolled out across country over next three yearsMon Dec 05 2016 - 13:37
It’s all downhill from 38: why ageing is not just for the oldA new centre for successful ageing aims to address the challenges we all faceMon Dec 05 2016 - 12:00
No good evidence for legalising medicinal cannabisBill as it stands will make drug legal for recreational use for everyone over age of 16Fri Dec 02 2016 - 01:04
Newborns can now avail of two new vaccines from their doctorParents can apply for MenB and Rotavirus vaccines under immunisation changesThu Dec 01 2016 - 10:45
Just two 69-year-olds screened for breast cancer this yearGovernment’s pledge of extended BreastCheck for all 65 to 69-year-olds to take five yearsWed Nov 30 2016 - 17:06
