ADHD services in Ireland overwhelmed by ‘tsunami’ of demand
Young people aged 16-24 received most ADHD prescriptions, accounting for 43,518 last year, while men and boys accounted for almost 60% of total
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Medical supplies delivered offshore by drone in ‘game-changer’ for Ireland’s islands
Drone technology could revolutionise emergency response and healthcare delivery for remote communities, Air Taurus programme director says
HSE to clamp down on staff travel and to send fewer letters as part of new savings drive
Chief executive Bernard Gloster says health service spends €29.8million on postal costs and must move towards communication by text and email
Residents in Wicklow disability care homes at risk of ‘institutional abuse’
Health services watchdog report criticises Sunbeam House’s failure to keep residents with intellectual disabilities safe
Provisional liquidators appointed to Cork medical supplies company
PMD Device Solutions Ltd claims that it is owed €1.2 million by the HSE
Tipperary family settles High Court action against HSE over death of father following collision
Patrick Connolly died on December 28th, 2021, five days after his involvement in a road traffic collision
€420m plan to cut patient waiting lists approved
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill brings memo to Cabinet detailing new waiting list action plan aimed at reducing waiting times for patients
Number of public servants set to exceed 400,000 this year
Pay bill expected to rise to almost €33bn this year, with two-thirds going into health and education sectors
Medical supplies company denies it held HSE to ransom over patient data
Chief executive of Cork-based firm says there was never a threat to sell the data
Demand for HSE’s free ‘talk therapy’ reaches 1,000 a month
Sixty-two per cent of users with clinical levels of anxiety or depression achieved ‘reliable improvement’ in 12-month period to April 2024
Beaumont Hospital warns of risk to services from ageing computer system
Hospital in race to complete replacement of core information system before becoming inoperable by December
Some disability bodies warn cash crisis may force them to delay payments to Revenue Commissioners
A number of organisations providing services to people with disabilities unhappy they were turned down for special funding by HSE in final weeks of last year
Health service warns of ‘significant unmet need’ in HIV drug access
Stigma around HIV ‘still a big challenge’, says senior HSE clinician as 39% of those newly found to have it were late-stage diagnoses
HSE staffing increase would not prevent industrial action, union official warns
Proposed increase of just over 3,500 to staff numbers is intended to cater for new services and so will not address outstanding issues, unions say
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