Caesarean rate higher in private careStudy says C-section rate 74 per cent higher among women attending private consultantThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Call for Government to act on obesity crisisOverweight and obesity costing €1.1 bn in extra health costs, lost days and early deathThu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Reilly defends lengthening waiting listsMinister blames ’extraordinary winter’ and extended flu season for ’rebound’Thu May 23 2013 - 01:00
Abortion hearings show proposals need to be redraftedAnalysis: Central difficulty relates to suicide clause and absence of gestational limits as lawyers aired wide disagreements at the Oireachtas health committeeWed May 22 2013 - 01:00
Abortion Bill risks normalising suicide, says leading psychiatristProf Kevin Malone warns of sending wrong signal to vulnerable young menTue May 21 2013 - 01:00
Still no clear answers as abortion debate goes onAnalysis: There was little agreement among witnessesTue May 21 2013 - 01:00
Spectre of suicide haunts proceedings and is set for returnIt wasn’t long before sparks started to fly as tempers frayedSat May 18 2013 - 01:00
Government likely to face pressure to modify draft abortion BillMaster of Rotunda Hospital says inclusion in legislation of suicidal intent as grounds for a termination not evidence-basedSat May 18 2013 - 01:00
Children’s hospital delayed until at least 2019Project delayed by three years since commitment in Programme for GovernmentThu May 16 2013 - 01:00
Gap in diabetes care blamed for preventable amputationsSystem ‘in tatters’ because of unfilled posts and political inaction, says diabetes groupThu May 16 2013 - 01:00
An ambitious plan but will it work?Organising hospitals into groups makes sense but will only work if the health service pulls togetherWed May 15 2013 - 02:00
Archbishop Martin says law will leave unborn with less protection here than in more ‘liberal’ statesFirst public intervention in debateWed May 15 2013 - 01:00
Cabinet approves plan to reorganise hospitals into six regional groupsSmaller hospitals to lose services as part of “most fundamental reform in decades”Wed May 15 2013 - 01:00
Final HSE Savita report due within weeksHalappanavar solicitor describes meeting with inquiry chairman as very productiveWed May 15 2013 - 01:00
Reilly announces major reorganisation of acute hospitalsMove to six largely autonomous groups aims to improve outcomes for patientsTue May 14 2013 - 17:05
Hiqa to begin inspection of centres for children and adults with disabilitiesRequirement to meet 60 standards of care hailed as ’landmark moment’for sectorTue May 14 2013 - 13:03
Swine flu pandemic cost State €70 millionReport calls for “proportionate” response to future crises as many vaccines left unusedTue May 14 2013 - 01:00
Colm McCarthy opposes private patient charge planEconomist warns of 25 per cent rise in premiums if charges imposed in public hospitalsTue May 14 2013 - 01:00
Green light today for six hospital groupsHospital plan involves creation of tiered structure with four ‘super-hospitals’ at topTue May 14 2013 - 01:00
Pharmacists criticise lack of visionReport critical of career structures, IT systems and premisesTue May 14 2013 - 01:00
GP card plan for long-term illness to be droppedMinisters seeking new ways to phase in extension of free GP care for allWed May 08 2013 - 06:00
HSE staff offered paid three-year career breakHealth workers to be offered €12,000 a year to leave for three years in bid to cut costsWed May 08 2013 - 06:00
Statutory code planned for drink salesCabinet still at odds over proposals to ban sports sponsorship by alcohol companiesTue May 07 2013 - 06:00
Law change will enable consumers to buy common drugs through internet pharmacyOnline pharmacy will operate only within the Republic and patients will not be able to legally purchase drugs on the internet from overseas suppliersTue May 07 2013 - 06:00
Plan for hospital groups to be announcedConcessions made to Waterford campaigners to allay concerns in southeastMon May 06 2013 - 17:04
Abortion Bill ‘potentially menacing’, says BradyCardinal Brady accuses Government of denying fundamental religious freedomsSat May 04 2013 - 06:00
Government indicates it will not be influenced by bishops’ intervention on abortion lawCardinal warns TDs of their “solemn duty” to oppose legislationSat May 04 2013 - 05:55
Kenny stresses law on abortion not being alteredTaoiseach says proposed legislation ‘will at last bring certainty to pregnant women and legal clarity to medical personnel’Thu May 02 2013 - 06:00
‘No question’ of late terminations, says hospital masterDr Mahony says Bill requires doctors to do everything they can to save a baby’s lifeThu May 02 2013 - 06:00
Compromise Bill doomed to disappoint someThe careful new Bill adds little to the current legal position on abortionThu May 02 2013 - 01:00
Fine Gael TDs and Senators shifting towards supporting abortion legislationParliamentary party holds key meeting on proposed legislationWed May 01 2013 - 08:33
Severe penalties for under-18 sunbed useEye protection and ban on internet hire of sunbeds to feature in legislationWed May 01 2013 - 06:00
Obstetricians challenge Boylan inquest evidenceAll obstetric units in Ireland need to reflect on findings of inquest, says groupTue Apr 30 2013 - 22:28
Medicines board says it has ‘no immediate issues’ with blood thinners despite reactionsDirector of the National Centre for Pharmaco-economics says he has ‘real concerns’ about new generation of anti-coagulantsTue Apr 30 2013 - 06:00
Health professionals await decision on further fee cutsRepresentative groups will have to decide what action to take against cutsTue Apr 30 2013 - 06:00
Hospital hygiene standards criticisedHiqa raised concerns about hand hygiene at Cork, Letterkenny, Wexford, Sligo hospitalsSat Apr 27 2013 - 06:00
HSE terminates funding for patient groupClaims that removal of grants is attempt to stifle independent scrutiny of health serviceSat Apr 27 2013 - 06:00
Irish obstetricians have heavier workloadConsultants deliver more than twice as many babies as counterparts in ScotlandSat Apr 27 2013 - 06:00
Troika demand further health savingsCommittee told HSE is running under budget for this year but challenges lies aheadFri Apr 26 2013 - 06:00
North’s child cardiac cases to be treated in DublinReilly calls for greater North-South co-operation on healthFri Apr 26 2013 - 05:00
HSE head concerned over pay savings after Croke Park collapseNot appropriate to seek savings in other areas at this stage - Tony O’BrienThu Apr 25 2013 - 12:14
Health watchdog proposes referral thresholdsHiqa says proposal will cut waiting times for common operationsThu Apr 25 2013 - 07:00
Dublin doctor earned over €700,000 from HSE for treating medical-card patientsSix other doctors earned more than €600,000 for their practices in 2011Thu Apr 25 2013 - 06:00
Government publishes ‘positive ageing’ strategyAgeing not just a health issue, says Minister Kathleen LynchWed Apr 24 2013 - 15:33
Hepatitis C found among Irish people who travelled overseas for dental treatmentIrish Haemophilia Society says disease is a ‘silent epidemic’Wed Apr 24 2013 - 06:00
Industry efforts to curb drinking a ‘joke’Discharge rates for alcoholic liver disease rose 247% for 15-34 year-olds from 1995-2007Tue Apr 23 2013 - 13:00
Inspection finds major deficiencies in quality procedures at blood transfusion serviceTue Apr 23 2013 - 06:00
Tribunal corrects Richardson referenceInquiry now says former FF fundraiser not questioned about £39,000 in accountMon Apr 22 2013 - 05:00
‘Horrendous, barbaric, inhumane’, Savita’s husband gives his verdictJury delivers unanimous verdict of medical misadventureSat Apr 20 2013 - 07:47
