Full inquiry urged as spinal surgery report shows Temple Street did not protect children ‘from risk of harm’
Scoliosis Advocacy Network and Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group say families ‘ringing the alarm bell for years’
HSE
Efforts to finalise workforce for national children’s hospital continue amid concerns over understaffing
Minister for Health stressed need for workforce requirements for the hospital to be agreed with HSE
Defence and health officials disagree over moving air ambulance out of Athlone
Review finds defence personnel sought alternative site but health stakeholders favoured keeping service at Custume Barracks
HSE worker loses court challenge over alleged data breach on work phone containing personal accounts
Eamon McShane claimed he lost €1,400 in cryptocurrency due to the May 2021 cyberattack on the HSE IT system
Woman sues over alleged forced adoption of her child at mother and baby home in 1980
The mother, who was unmarried when she gave birth, says she was forced to give up her baby
‘We are begging for help to bring them here’: Mothers of sick Palestinian children plead with Government for loved ones to join
Lack of electricity and phone connection in Gaza means the women rarely speak to family
HSE director gets short-term High Court order halting termination of employment
Mr Justice Brian Cregan granted the interim order to Louise Callanan, of Rochestown, Cork
‘These children are being denied their constitutional rights’: Parents hold Dáil sleepout over lack of school places
Helen McEntee says she will not hesitate to use legal powers to force schools to open special classes if necessary
HSE apologises for failings in care provided to teenager who died by suicide
Teenager was under the care of Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services at the time of her death
Access to new cancer drugs key focus of new patient advocacy group
United Cancer Advocates Network Ireland brings together people currently campaigning for specific cancers to address common issues
‘Our parents deserved so much better’: Couple settle action over unprovoked assault in Tallaght hospital for €450,000
Joseph Hansard (82) beaten over head with a piece of metal during 10-hour emergency department wait with injured wife Patricia
Waiting lists for assessing children’s additional needs is growing due to doubling of referrals, Minister told
HSE has capacity to carry out about 3,600 assessments annually, but 10,000 requests were made last year
Who got what in the deal between unions and HSE that averted Monday’s strike?
Analysis: Patients will be the real winners says HSE chief as threat to service disruption this week is lifted
Industrial action by more than 80,000 healthcare workers on Monday called off
Decision follows 22 hours of engagement at Workplace Relations Commission
Bowel cancer screening programme extended to people aged up to 70
Galway man (59) tells of his shock when BowelScreen test found cancer, despite lack of symptoms
Home care for older people: How does it work and who pays?
Home care plays vital role filling the gap between family and nursing homes
HSE and unions to meet again on Saturday after WRC talks fail to produce agreement
Unless compromise can be reached, 80,000 healthcare workers will begin work-to-rule on Monday
Talks continue late at WRC between HSE and unions to avert nationwide work-to-rule by 80,000 staff
Dispute centres on 'inadequate' staffing levels in health service and a ceiling on total pay and workforce numbers
Woman whose hearing loss was not diagnosed until she was 10 settles case against HSE for €900,000
Caitlin Murray (19) was left unsupported and struggling to hear for most of her junior school years
Children experiencing mental illness can’t afford to wait for reform to happen by magic
One in five people aged 10-19 meet the criterion for a mental health disorder. It is critical we make sure we have systems in place to provide them with the care they need
Psychiatric nurses to start work-to-rule over staffing levels
Other healthcare unions to attend meetings on Thursday but will not defer next week’s industrial action
Record number of whooping cough cases reported last year
Pregnant women urged to get vaccinated against infection, which is potentially life threatening in young babies
Weight loss drug Wegovy to cost around €220 a month as supplies go on market in Ireland
Weight loss drug is not yet approved for reimbursement under Drug Payment Scheme or for medical card patients
HSE asks WRC to intervene in bid to avert healthcare industrial action
Move follows accusation by unions that HSE was failing to take proposed work to rule seriously
Not ‘one red cent’ of €8m HSE disability fund paid out after being promised 17 months ago, Doherty tells Dáil
Harris promises funding will be paid and says €8 million a ‘rounding error’ in ‘eye watering’ health service funding
Homecare waiting lists five times greater outside of Dublin, report shows
Waiting list figures for 2024 a 5 per cent reduction on December 2023, sector body finds
Admission of stroke patients to specialist care units ‘well below target’, audit shows
Almost 2,000 missed out on being admitted to centres that help cut chances of disability and death from the condition
Complaint sent to regulator over An Bord Pleanála’s scrutiny of wind farm cases
Community & Environmental Protection Alliance claims HSE is precluded from reviewing developments that could affect public health
HSE apologises for failings in care of pensioner who died two days after leaving hospital
Family claimed Noreen McCormack’s pneumonia was not investigated in Co Offaly emergency department
What is causing girls to get their period at an earlier age?
What the Science Says, part 10: The average age of menarche and breast development is becoming progressively lower – and genetics and the environment are only part of the story
Slushy ice drinks pose health risks for children aged under eight, researchers say
Irish-led study finds youths can become sick with ‘glycerol intoxication syndrome’ from drinking the products
Pay deal worth 9.25% over two years agreed for voluntary health workers after long-running dispute
Section 39 issues took centre stage in general election campaign due to Simon Harris encounter with disability worker Charlotte Fallon
Hospital disruption expected with health unions to begin industrial action over staffing on March 31st
HSE chief Bernard Gloster says action ‘regrettable’ and would breach terms of public sector pay deal
Man (52) must travel to London for neurological disorder treatment
Eamon McPartlin highlights difficulties people with neurological conditions face in Ireland
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