HSE tried to conceal ties to company at centre of forged Garda vetting controversy
Internal inquiry opened into HSE contract awarded to firm that supplied falsified checks on care workers
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Husband settles action over death of Army captain from cervical cancer
Edel O’Halloran, a retired Army captain, was 59 when she died of metastatic cervical cancer
‘Mammy, I can’t breathe’: Mother of Niamh McNally (16) recalls her death in Limerick hospital
Carolyn O’Neill tells inquest her daughter turned to her and said ‘Mammy, I can’t breathe’ before her death
Permission granted for court challenge over manganese in Cork city drinking water
Action claims basis on which Uisce Éireann and EPA declare water containing the metal as safe to drink is mistaken
Concerns around insourcing fed in to row over funding at Beaumont Hospital
Insourcing has been part of Government’s drive to reduce waiting lists but has become multimillion-euro industry
Laughing gas worth €8.6m seized by Revenue since 2020 as recreational use rises
Youth workers told Department of Health that children as young as 10 are experimenting with nitrous oxide
Cancer services being hit by HSE’s failure to recruit qualified graduates, conference hears
Treatment machines under-utilised or closed for cancer services due to Pay and Numbers Strategy, says Siptu
Fitzwilliam Hotel Group cafe ordered to cease serving beef tartare by food safety watchdog
Environmental health officers in HSE serve 11 closure orders and two prohibition directives on food businesses
Statutory public inquiry into spinal care to be recommended by Ministers
Minister for Health ‘had no knowledge of Harvey Morrison Sherratt whistleblower report’, Dáil hears
New STI survey raises ‘concerning’ trends among young Irish people
Significant minority believe the Pill protects against STIs, survey by HSE reveals
Intellectual disability services under strain as private firms expand, care assistant says
Care assistant tells Siptu conference increasing use of for-profit providers is undermining both personnel and service quality
ADHD ‘over-represented’ among those in addiction treatment services in Dublin, Wicklow
Up to a quarter of teenagers seeking treatment for addiction in those counties have ADHD, says psychiatrist
Bird flu: IFA warns ‘rogue operators’ now pose biggest risk in Ireland
Housing order cuts risk of further spread by ‘as much as 90 %’, says association
‘There were so many little failings’: The patients improving Ireland’s health system
Health service users’ experiences of issues such as systems and medical teams not talking to each other, never mind patients, motivates them to drive change
Parents of Harvey Morrison Sherratt to meet senior politicians to push for spinal care inquiry
It comes after allegation boy was removed from surgery waiting list due to mistaken belief he was in palliative care
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has taken on the hospital boards. There can only be one winner
Attempts of Minister for Health to impose some sort of discipline on State’s voluntary hospitals is a battle about who should be in control
Settlement of €3.5m ‘some comfort’ for boy left with cerebral palsy after birth at Cork hospital
Joanne Duggan says birth of twin boys should have been the happiest day of family’s lives, but ‘unfortunately it was the worst’
BreastCheck to miss screening target for third year in a row
Early detection crucial as breast cancer remains most common cancer among women in Ireland
IFA urges ‘laser-like focus on biosecurity’ following second bird flu outbreak
HSE is encouraging people in contact with poultry, waterfowl or pigs to avail of the free flu vaccine to protect them
Friendship is something we ‘do’ – it does not just magically happen or keep itself alive
Adult years can make frequent contact difficult: our responsibilities increase, but energy dissipates, and spontaneity tends to wane
Pay review in major hospitals to follow Limerick CEO salary disclosure
Health Department told public expenditure officials salary rate of St John’s Hospital CEO was ‘news to us’
HSE to be required to take on clinical placement students in plans to combat under-resourced areas
‘We may have a fight on our hands,’ HSE boss Bernard Gloster says as number of speciality staff increases ‘exponentially’
Mental health watchdog withdraws legal action over ‘unprecedented’ failings at Cork unit
Fresh inspection reveals ‘significant action’ by HSE to address critical concerns over care
Ministers and key hospitals clash over financial controls
Ministers intervene to insist new €200m management system is deployed across voluntary and HSE hospitals
Who runs the country’s hospital system?
Governance of Ireland’s public hospital structure is complex and now Ministers are involved in a long-running dispute
Man (39) with locked-in syndrome settles case at High Court
Christopher O’Driscoll had taken proceedings over brain scan carried out at University Hospital Kerry following a stroke
HSE managers to get up to €32,000 each in back pay forgone after financial crash
Labour Court decision has roots in 2007 report recommending 5% wage rise
HSE takes over Mayo disability centre after ‘serious concerns’ raised about care provided
Hiqa carried out ‘targeted inspection programme’ at Western Care Association centres after receiving concerning reports
Further orders relating to care of vulnerable minor granted by High Court
News organisations made application to judge in respect of reporting restrictions
Some 470 Beaumont Hospital workers join call for boycott of Israeli firm’s drugs
Latest petitions follow similar action by staff at Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh
Kerry man with locked-in syndrome sues over brain scan
It is alleged there was a failure to diagnose Christopher O’Driscoll’s stroke
Breast cancer diagnoses increase 26% in women under-50
Health charity urges women to be aware of their body and check themselves monthly
National children’s hospital board sees legal expenses triple as it fights €880m in claims
State’s most expensive infrastructure project mired in claims by construction company and a local injunction
Limerick woman (29) to have endometriosis surgery in Greece after disease spread to heart
Lisa Walsh was diagnosed with stage four endometriosis after almost a decade of seeking answers from medical professionals
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