Minister wants more urgency from HSE in extending opening hours of injury units
Donnelly says facilities should be in operation from 8am to 8pm daily
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Donnelly says facilities should be in operation from 8am to 8pm daily
Department of Health says waiting list numbers at end of June exceeded target
Prof Jim Lucey says he is disappointed that ‘the highest level of noncompliance ever’ was found last year by the Mental Health Commission
Department of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatment
Bill will license and regulate fertility clinics for the first time and allow for domestic and international surrogacy
All her children have been diagnosed with fetal valproate syndrome, a rare congenital disorder caused by their exposure to valproic acid
Valproate-containing medicines can cause birth defects and developmental disorders in children whose mothers take them during pregnancy
Report says level of Ireland’s recruitment of doctors from overseas may breach its WHO obligations
Exempt medicinal products can be legally supplied under prescription but are not assessed by the Health Products Regulatory Authority
Other key medical posts remains unfilled
Society claims cumulative loss of investment in cancer services from 2017 to 2024 is almost €180m
The RSV virus put significant pressure on paediatric hospital services last year
HSE chief executive says he expects movement on issue ‘shortly’
At the end of last month, there were 705,237 patients on a hospital waiting list
Medic, who served on served on National Public Health Emergency Team during pandemic, replaces Breda Smyth
Some regulatory bodies believe their underpinning legislation has fallen behind advances and developments in the sectors they oversee
Details of largest additional payment to BAM over delays on State side of project not explained to committee when it heard from development board on Thursday
IMO welcomes the substantial increase in hospital bed numbers announced by Government but argues more will be needed
Research has identified grounds for concern, including deficiencies in policy process
Numbers in management and administrative grades have grown by a third in recent years, DPER warned Department of Health
In child and adolescent psychiatry, more than one-third of approved permanent consultant posts either vacant or filled on a temporary basis at end of 2023
Department of Health told it was ‘imperative’ spending remained within allocation – but there was little surprise when it didn’t
The approval for the public system is a long process, entailing between 20 and 30 steps
Public patients face ‘huge delays’ on cancer drugs, a poorer quality of life and a poorer chance of survival
Fórsa’s Kevin Callinan highly critical of comments by Department of Health secretary general
Last May, the HSE appeared before the committee and said teams in four Community Healthcare Organisations would be ‘fully functional by early 2024′
Nicotine’s addictiveness means young people are at high risk of developing a habit which can go on to ruin their health
Irish Heart Foundation says decision to increase to 21 the age at which a person can legally be sold tobacco ‘one of the most important public health measures’
Almost 470,000 have had to wait longer than Sláintecare targets of 10 or 12 weeks
Motion defeated following lengthy debate marked by stark divisions of opinion at INMO conference at Croke Park
Robert Watt says about 75 per cent of budgetary overspend was in acute hospital sector
Construction of hospital expected to be completed this year with first patients treated from summer 2025
National Community Care Network says failure to grant the workers 8% pay award would mean staff doing the same work for the same organisations were receiving different rates of pay
Health chiefs want Minister to set out a top-line figure for staffing this year and believe there should be no vagueness about it
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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