First artificial lung procedure on Irish childTeenager went on to have transplant and is now recovering well, says hospitalMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:02
All €300,000 from autism fund spent in Reilly’s heartlandMinister approved funding for Beechpark Services because of waiting list problemsMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Analysis: Minister’s indecision blocked €3m autism supportSo far, only 10 per cent of funding has been allocated, all of it in north DublinMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Ambulances unable to use GPS trackingCalls for ambulances from mobile phones are not allowed to be traced using GPSSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Poor hand hygiene putting Rotunda patients at riskHiqa also finds problems in Tipperary, Sligo and Cork hospitalsFri Jun 21 2013 - 13:02
Tallaght hospital got €39m debt write-off from HSEReview warns hospital owes €57.9m, an amount that could take 20 years to clearFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Savita rosters requested by nursing boardRegulators seeks information about nursing rosters at University Hospital GalwayThu Jun 20 2013 - 15:00
State-run Donegal nursing home criticised by HiqaSignificant shortcomings found at Carndonagh Community HospitalWed Jun 19 2013 - 01:00
Plan to transfer care of breast cancer survivors to GPs attracts the ire of the IMOTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
HSE sought to omit details on performanceTop-level management accused of trying ‘to disguise full facts’ about level of crisisMon Jun 17 2013 - 01:00
HSE promises full Savita Halappanavar follow-upHospital says staffing levels normal in Galway hospital at timeSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00
Health cover charges to rise by 30%, insurers claimGovernment planning to charge private patients the full cost of using public hospital bedsSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00
Generic drug prices three times dearer hereSurvey reveals Irish generic medicine prices are highest of 10 European countriesSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00
Medical practitioners to receive sepsis training following Savita report findingsHSE director says hospital had confirmed the wards caring for her had been adequately staffedFri Jun 14 2013 - 11:02
Savita Halappanavar report: Tragic. Devastating.Doctors need to know when they can interveneFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:09
Serious gaps remain in what we know about operations in the hospitalThe HSE has still not answered key questions at the heart of this caseFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:00
Legislation is the same in its essence as outline in Heads of Bill published in AprilParty leaders calculate that measure will be acceptable to sufficient numbers of deputiesFri Jun 14 2013 - 00:00
Irish cancer experts decry breast cancer study findingsUK study claims “no evidence” that screening reduces breast cancer deathsWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:07
Galway hospital reassures patients after settling maternity caseCase predating that of Savita Halappanavar also concerned maternal sepsisWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:00
Savita report to be published tomorrowSignificant recommendations on abortion laws, maternal care expected from reviewWed Jun 12 2013 - 01:00
Men ‘three times more likely’ to get cancerReport also finds that men are more likely to die from the diseaseTue Jun 11 2013 - 14:01
State settles 30 long-stay nursing home casesDepartment of Health says it disagrees with view of Ombudsman on its liabilityMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Parents of Kate Fitzgerald say suicide verdict at inquest ‘tragically wrong’Tom and Sally Fitzgerald say they failed to get a hearing at inquest last weekMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Full-time carers working 110 hours a weekSurvey finds high stress levels among carers as 17 per cent respite care grant cut proceedsMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
New association for childcare workers launchedGroup says sector needs qualified staff, formal registration and defined career pathsSat Jun 08 2013 - 01:00
First Irish leprosy case notified this yearHSE says no cause for alarm arising from Co Meath case as disease not highly contagiousSat Jun 08 2013 - 01:00
Dáil reform should accompany Seanad abolition, Fitzgerald saysHealy-Eames 'confused' why Kenny seeks to close upper houseFri Jun 07 2013 - 20:24
Hiqa inspectors criticise foster care servicesReports find children in care not allocated social workers and foster carers not vettedFri Jun 07 2013 - 13:01
New pricing system for generic drugs to be implemented this yearIrish Medicines Board drawing up lists of interchangeable products for 20 substances most commonly prescribedFri Jun 07 2013 - 01:00
Delayed Savita report due in next 10 daysInquiry team expected to be criticial of systems in place at Galway hospitalThu Jun 06 2013 - 23:24
Child agency delayed by row over staff transfersNo agreement over plans to transfer child psychologists to new bodyThu Jun 06 2013 - 01:00
Progress towards child support agency slowed by bickering at official levelMinisters say enabling legislation will be published in the coming weeksThu Jun 06 2013 - 01:00
Cutbacks and privatisation the order of the day in State strategy for care of elderlyDespite promises of expansion, the sad reality has been cuts in elderly careWed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
Home help sector will be next to be regulated, says LynchMinister of State says it is not possible to provide a timeline for regulationWed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
Confidence in ambulance service shaken by string of controversiesBackground: some fear the 999 service has been stretched beyond breaking pointMon Jun 03 2013 - 01:00
Department of Health has made no changes to cut its yearly administrative charges of €381mCharges for dealing with department have not decreased over four yearsMon Jun 03 2013 - 01:00
Problem of illegal drug contamination increasingAnalysis: illegal drug industry adopting pharmaceutical techniques to create ever stronger productsFri May 31 2013 - 01:00
Record number of complaints against doctorsMedical Council says more must be done to retain medical graduates in IrelandThu May 30 2013 - 13:40
Official regulation of creches very much a work in progressMonitoring of preschool care dates back only to Celtic Tiger eraThu May 30 2013 - 01:00
Reilly expects cigarette pack challengeMinister for Health says tobacco industry will try to stop introduction of plain packagingWed May 29 2013 - 01:00
Holles Street hospital site to be handed over to State after relocationNew maternity hospital will be finished by 2018, says Master Dr Rhona MahonyTue May 28 2013 - 01:08
New era beckons for State’s largest maternity institutionOne of the busiest maternity hospitals in EuropeTue May 28 2013 - 01:00
Bill O’Herlihy lobbying firm says it no longer has Government linksVeteran broadcaster attended meeting between Taoiseach and tobacco industrySat May 25 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach holds formal talks with tobacco industryIndustry figures call on Government to reject proposals to ban menthol and roll-your-own productsThu May 23 2013 - 02:00
