HSE says its financial regulations breachedA review by the HSE internal audit unit found that procurement of services from a consultancy was not in accordance with financial regulationsFri May 30 2014 - 01:00
Government suspends review of medical cardsA person’s medical condition is to become a criterion for future eligibilityThu May 29 2014 - 17:02
Bullying of nurses and midwives linked to under-staffingINMO study to looking at reasons for soaring levels of bullying in the health serviceThu May 29 2014 - 13:48
Irish rank high among most overweight in EuropeSome 22 per cent of girls and young women are overweight, ranking Ireland fifth in EuropeThu May 29 2014 - 01:11
IMO to permit GP contract facilitating free healthcare for under-sixesIrish Medical Organisation and Department of Health strike agreement on practicesThu May 29 2014 - 01:00
Record year for transplants in Irish hospitalsHSE says Irish survival rates compare well to other countries as living donations increaseWed May 28 2014 - 14:15
Complaints to Ombudsman fall againConcern expressed about removal of Irish Water, waste service from remit of officeWed May 28 2014 - 13:52
GPs warn on plans for universal health coverDoctors say Government proposal will raise inequality and remove choiceWed May 28 2014 - 10:34
HSE denies asking people if life-long conditions goneExecutive says requests for information from medical card applicants ‘misconstrued’Tue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Medical cards issue turned into banana skin for GovernmentAnalysis: controversy over eligibility for medical cards erupted on election canvassesTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Number with medical cards falls by 65,000HSE report shows huge increases in some waiting lists, hospitals busier than everMon May 26 2014 - 11:48
‘There’s good practice and appalling practice’ in health service, says outgoing Hiqa chiefAccountability and learning from mistakes key challenges for health service, says Tracey CooperMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Health service failing patients, says departing Hiqa chiefNo consequences for staff if things go wrong, says CooperMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Minister for Health leases his GP practice in north DublinPrimacare, which operates 11 primary care centres in greater Dublin area, takes over management of James Reilly’s practice in LuskSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Doing more with less is a health service fantasyThree years into one of the Government’s toughest jobs, Reilly has run out of roadSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Children waiting two years for MRI scan at Children’s HospitalState’s largest paediatric hospital receiving almost twice as many requests for a MRI scan as it can handle in an average weekFri May 23 2014 - 01:24
Analysis: Potential harm caused by illegal medicines needs to be addressedWoman suffered liver failure from online drugFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Prescription drugs worth €300,000 seizedTwo arrested and four Irish websites shut down as part of international operationFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
President warns of ‘economic view’ of health systemHiggins says much work needed to get professionals focused on care, not statusWed May 21 2014 - 16:49
Majority of private patients ‘have difficulties’ paying for medicationPublic patients have greater access to dietitians, social workers and speech and language therapists, according to surveyTue May 20 2014 - 09:24
HSE plans to recruit interns condemnedClinical director of Beaumont Hospital to resign in row over psychiatric patientsMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
HSE paid contractor €258,000 for work previously carried out for €80,000, says unionImpact says amount is in excess of the salary paid to HSE secretary general Tony O’BrienSat May 17 2014 - 01:29
Whistleblower paid heavy price for raising concerns over safety at Our Lady’s hospitalJoe McGrath’s concerns mirrored in Hiqa report almost 10 years laterSat May 17 2014 - 01:16
Almost 40% of Irish adults engage in binge drinkingOverall consumption rates are falling, World Health Organisation report saysThu May 15 2014 - 10:03
Dentists warn over delays for medical card patientsOveruse of antiobiotics blamed on appointment delaysThu May 15 2014 - 01:04
Reilly denies planning to shut maternity unitsHSE study mooted closure of up to four obstetric units in west and north-westWed May 14 2014 - 19:14
Second baby death at Cavan hospital investigatedFamily appeals for privacy as HSE looks into death of second infant in past monthWed May 14 2014 - 17:20
Closure of up to four west-northwest obstetric units mootedHSE says no decisions made as study says reconfiguration needed in maternity servicesWed May 14 2014 - 12:34
HSE places restriction on Cavan consultantThe HSE placed restrictions on the practice of Jeremy Johnston after concerns were raised by fellow staffWed May 14 2014 - 12:34
Case shows Drogheda hospital had not learned from failuresHSE must show there is accountability where staff have made mistakesWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
HSE apologises for death of cancer patient Sharon McEneaneySix recommendations not implemented over delayed diagnosis of patient in Our Lady of LourdesTue May 13 2014 - 13:38
Reilly taskforce to examine nurse staffing levelsINMO wants a ratio of one midwife for every 29.5 births in maternity unitsSat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Bullying costing health service, INMO conference hearsHarassment and intimidation considered ‘a sign of good management’Fri May 09 2014 - 16:51
New nursing taskforce to examine acceptable staffing levelsINMO campaigns for ratio of one nurse to four patients in busy wardsFri May 09 2014 - 14:10
INMO seeks recruitment of 8,000 extra staffUnion launches campaign for mandatory safe staffing levels on all hospital wardsFri May 09 2014 - 07:16
Nurses call on union to lodge pay claimINMO to join with other unions in seeking pay restoration after Haddington RoadThu May 08 2014 - 11:21
Bantry consultants faulted over hand hygiene trainingHiqa inspectors report ‘brown staining’ on commodes in medical ward of hospitalWed May 07 2014 - 16:27
Politicians ‘fixated’ on health costs, says nursing union headINMO conference to hear calls for end to recruitment embargo in health serviceWed May 07 2014 - 15:33
HSE promises inquiry into baby’s death at Cavan hospitalTD says Caesarean section delayed while theatre used for a non-maternity procedureWed May 07 2014 - 01:10
Death of baby in Cavan hospital prompts investigationBaby died during birth at Cavan General Hospital last monthTue May 06 2014 - 13:02
GPs call for review of prescription chargeFamily doctors say fee is causing undue hardship to sections of the populationTue May 06 2014 - 01:00
Dutch MEP warns against introducing universal health insuranceKartika Liotard says quality and access have suffered under new systemTue May 06 2014 - 01:00
HSE executive in charge of running hospitals transferred after less than a year in jobHSE chief financial officer also departs after less than a year in positionMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Kerins spent 10 days in hospital after Pac appearanceEx-Rehab chief still not well enough to appear before Oireachtas committee, say lawyersMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Up to 4,000 families likely to benefit from HSE card planFG backbenchers claim Reilly is looking at ‘third tier’ of medical cardsFri May 02 2014 - 06:27
Patients on drugs for depression could save up to €200HSE encouraging use of cheaper but equally effective drugsFri May 02 2014 - 01:02
HSE to fund removal of faulty breast implants but will not pay for replacementsAgency writes to more than 1,500 women fitted with PIP devices made by French firmWed Apr 30 2014 - 01:00
