Number of patients on trolleys drops sharply after record highsSmaller hospitals clear backlog as 371 wait for admissionThu Jan 08 2015 - 14:02
Ireland lodges medical costs claims with 23 European statesAbout 60,000 citizens of other European countries treated by health service each yearTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
HSE bid for €100m to cut hospital overcrowding rejectedNurses say industrial action ‘inevitable’ unless staff added and public beds reopenedTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
Hospital trolleys: Behind record figures lies much unnecessary sufferingNumbers shouldn’t surprise as figures for last month were 53% up on previous DecemberTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
Number of patients on trolleys comes close to record levelsBlow to HSE as senior executive Dr Tony O’Connell resigns to return to AustraliaMon Jan 05 2015 - 23:30
Legal fees in medical negligence cases criticised'Gravy train' legal charges should be capped, says Medical Protection SocietySat Jan 03 2015 - 06:30
'How can the HSE put a price on your life?'Two women have the same rare condition but only one is being treated with Soliris drugSat Jan 03 2015 - 01:03
Legal costs in Ireland are now highest in western worldMedical Protection Society says ‘excess’ fees charged in medical cases lead to soaring costsSat Jan 03 2015 - 01:00
Leo Varadkar’s long honeymoon in health is overFor Leo Varadkar, minimising major mishaps and averting crises will dilute any ‘vision thing’ in 2015Tue Dec 30 2014 - 09:00
Inquiry into whether medicines were exported from Ireland for better pricesShortage in supply of Eltroxin reported to HSE by Amdipharm Mercury CompanyTue Dec 30 2014 - 01:00
Beaumont cardiac intervention unit unused due to staff shortageNew unit ‘operational’ but not active as existing unit is still openMon Dec 29 2014 - 01:00
Woman on life support: medics feared legal positionFather of ‘clinically dead’ pregnant woman may seek ward-of-court status to administer affairsMon Dec 22 2014 - 06:18
Varadkar denies waiting lists are ‘being hidden’ from publicMinister says HSE stopped publishing information because of accuracy concernsMon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00
George Redmond said he did not ask developers for moneyHe disputed planning tribunal findings that he was corrupt and used another case to challenge themSat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00
Redmond ruling opens up challenges to tribunal findingsTribunal ran from 1997 to 2012 and is expected to cost at least €170mFri Dec 19 2014 - 21:01
HSE says hospitals must make €150 million savings in 2015New plan will see €40 million savings from cuts in agency staff and overtimeFri Dec 19 2014 - 12:27
Cancer survival rates higher than ever, says reportNational Cancer Registry finds deaths from disease dropped consistently in last 20 yearsThu Dec 18 2014 - 07:00
Profile: Leigh GathLeigh Gath to liaise with whistleblowers concerned about services for vulnerable usersWed Dec 17 2014 - 01:00
HSE appoints disability activist to hear abuse claimsKathleen Lynch announces creation of body, separate to Hiqa, to examine care centresTue Dec 16 2014 - 13:09
Health Service Executive to delay inquiry into conditions at Áras Attracta care homeHSE to wait until Garda completes investigation into alleged mistreatment of patientsTue Dec 16 2014 - 01:00
Lack of lasting improvements behind Beaumont trolley crisisDelayed discharges clogging up system for years - but solution still has not been foundTue Dec 16 2014 - 01:00
‘Up to 20’ patients a night on chairs at Beaumont HospitalPatients spending up to 70 hours on trolleys in emergency department, claims INMOMon Dec 15 2014 - 19:49
More than 82,000 sought cancer information last yearIrish Cancer Society says services need to engage better with men and older peopleMon Dec 15 2014 - 13:33
Áras Attracta scandal: how to stop it happening againAbuse of care-home residents not a one-off so complaints system needs an overhaulSat Dec 13 2014 - 01:00
Patients asked to avoid Beaumont A&EHospital emergency department “under enormous strain” due to overcrowdingFri Dec 12 2014 - 19:14
Rotunda and Holles St hospitals criticised over cleanlinessHiqa inspectors critical of ‘unacceptable levels’ of dust at Holles St neonatal unitFri Dec 12 2014 - 12:07
HSE issues apology over Áras Attracta mistreatmentHSE chief Tony O’Brien: Behaviour exposed in RTÉ documentary will not be toleratedWed Dec 10 2014 - 07:04
Casual nature of Áras Attracta abuse most disturbingWhistleblowers have been on about the State-run Mayo facility for yearsWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
Differing opinions over proposal to send HSE inspectors undercover into crechesLeo Varadkar says covert activities ‘has to be done’, watchdog believes move would invade people’s privacyWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
Hiqa cool on plan for undercover care centre inspectionsCovert activities could impede human rights by invading privacy, says watchdog chiefTue Dec 09 2014 - 19:43
Varadkar backs use of undercover abuse investigationsÁras Attracta patient abuse responsibility goes ‘to top’ of HSETue Dec 09 2014 - 15:21
Mistreatment in care home raises issues for HSEShocking scenes in centre for adults with intellectual disabilities to air on RTÉTue Dec 09 2014 - 06:00
Undercover inspectors may be sent to care homes and crechesHSE chief Tony O’Brien urges staff to ‘blow the whistle’ on any instances of abuseTue Dec 09 2014 - 06:00
National Library welcomes €2m funding for national cultural institutionsCatherine Fahy relieved Minister for Arts has indicated additional funding will come soonMon Dec 08 2014 - 01:00
Blood donations sought over fears of Christmas shortageAbout 15,000 donations needed over the coming weeks to maintain supplySun Dec 07 2014 - 20:04
More than 360 apply for symphysiotomy redress schemeWomen who qualify will receive a payment of €50,000, €100,000 or €150,000Sat Dec 06 2014 - 01:00
‘Significant’ progress since Savita case, HSE saysExtra obstetricians and midwives are to be appointed to service next yearFri Dec 05 2014 - 11:39
Departments need more than €1.1bn in extra fundingHealth requires additional €680m to cover 2014 costsFri Dec 05 2014 - 01:00
Savita hospital review finds ‘reasonable compliance’Ernst & Young finds no ‘residual actions’ on disciplining staff involved in late woman’s careFri Dec 05 2014 - 00:50
Sligo hospital issues apology to Sally Rowlette familySaolta hospital group says services have improved in maternity unit since her deathThu Dec 04 2014 - 20:46
€680m bailout for HSE biggest in its 10-year historyFive departments seeking total of €1.2bn in additional funding to cover shortfallsThu Dec 04 2014 - 16:11
Review of Savita recommendations due todayReport expected to say substantial changes made since death in Galway two years agoThu Dec 04 2014 - 13:29
Only 1 in 3 people who want to die at home do soIrish Hospice Foundation calls for health policy that focuses on providing care at homeThu Dec 04 2014 - 11:29
Air pollution in Killarney 10 times higher at nightTowns without smoky-coal ban see levels of air pollution soar on winter nightsThu Dec 04 2014 - 11:00
List of women dying in Ireland’s maternity hospitals continues to growTania McCabe, Bimbo Onanuga, Dhara Kivlehan, Savita Halappanavar, Jennifer Crean and now Sally Rowlette: the system struggles to learn from past mistakesThu Dec 04 2014 - 01:00
Life expectancy growing faster in Ireland than in rest of EuropeIreland still ranking highly for obesity and alcoholismWed Dec 03 2014 - 17:38
257 applications for symphysiotomy schemeDepartment says redress applications increasing before applications close on FridayWed Dec 03 2014 - 14:52
‘Little progress’ in maternity sector despite HalappanavarReport by Sam Coulter Smith criticises failure of HSE to implement recommendationsWed Dec 03 2014 - 11:06
Asthma Society says smoky coal ban ‘would save 2,000 lives’Charity says all-Ireland measure would reduce rate of respiratory disease and cancerWed Dec 03 2014 - 10:39
Hiqa says ambulance service can improve with existing resourcesAuthority’s ‘do-it-better’ verdict may not find favour with staff who want more fundingWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:03
