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Inability to track health service improvement plans could lead to ‘serious incidents or injuries’
Audit highlights one medium risk and one high risk to HSE
Waiting lists: Patients waiting 18 months or more increased in the majority of Irish hospitals in 2025
Across the three waiting list types – inpatient, outpatient, and GI endoscopy – 894,369 people were waiting for treatment last year
Construction inflation and labour shortages could hit major health projects, HSE says
Health service to open five surgical hubs and submit planning permission for two hospitals this year
Prisons must not be a substitute for psychiatric care
The prison system lacks capacity for those needing inpatient treatment
Two-thirds of healthcare workers ‘actively’ considering leaving role, study finds
Think tank’s report highlights ‘growing retention crisis’ in sector
Women to face curbs on private maternity care access from next week
Insurers told there no further extension of transitional period for consultants who signed Sláintecare contract
New restrictions will limit options for women planning maternity care, say consultants
From January, operation of public-only hospitals will take step forward with ending of transition arrangements for consultants
The chatbot will see you now: is this the future of Irish medicine?
Evidence of AI progress is mounting whereas humans ‘haven’t had a software update in 200,000 years’
Nearly half population now reliant on private health insurance as claims soar
New report notes growth of non-public facilities
Our psychology services are overwhelmed. It doesn’t have to be like this
Primary care psychology is a reservoir of human suffering and missed opportunities
Labour Party leader calls on governments to set out timeline for Irish unity referendums
Ivana Bacik says election of Catherine Connolly as President brought together Irish left and her party is willing to work to align policies
Maynooth University officially launches new school of nursing
Nursing school currently has 27 undergraduates, with number of students due to rise to 100 within four years
Consultants not empowered to manage colleagues effectively, conference told
Consultants can’t ‘manage risks in a meaningful way’ owing to lack of ‘budgetary or financial control’, says CHI clinical director
A budget with barely a mention of universal healthcare
Waiting lists for surgeries, scans and disability assessments remain scandalously long
Two-thirds of public hospitals have unsafe bed-occupancy levels in first half of 2025
Occupancy at 95.9% nationally in the first six months of the year, where 85% considered the limit, new figures show
Number of children on community healthcare waiting lists rises to 42,000
More than 14,000 children waiting more than a year for psychological services, figures show
The next generation of healthtech must be built around the patient
New services should enable self-management, reduce clinic dependency and improve outcomes that matter to people’s lives
Demand for GP consultations could rise by up to 30% over next 15 years as population ages and grows
ESRI says there will be a need for thousands of extra doctors and general practice nurses by 2040
GPs who take part in chronic disease management programme will not be surprised by latest findings
CDM research shows reduction in hospital visits and emergencies
Children’s health crisis will roll on until there is transparency about how public money is spent
There was a significant drop in the average number of patients seen per consultant last year, with ramifications for our long waiting lists
French billionaire Niel inches closer to full ownership of Eir
Seen & Heard: McKillen company defaulted on loans; Sláintecare a boon for private firms; Solar 21 gets green light for project
‘Where I come from, people don’t do medicine. It’s not on your radar’: how a new generation of doctors is being trained
Lower tuition fees and living costs in Derry are attracting more medical students from diverse backgrounds across the island
€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
Public hospitals made almost €390m from private patients last year
The public-only consultant contract is likely to result in financial deficits in some hospitals, due to the loss of private income
‘It can be a difficult time of year’: Community workers deliver festive food to the elderly
Teams of healthcare attendants will be making home visits to vulnerable older patients who have no family or who live alone
People with low health literacy turning to AI for advice, study finds
Ability to get, understand and use healthcare information ‘low’ among 40% of Irish people, says Sláintecare report
Pharmacists to prescribe prescription-only medications for common conditions under new scheme
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly intends to have scheme in place by ‘early next year’
Two-thirds of patients on waiting lists for longer than target time
At the end of last month, there were 705,237 patients on a hospital waiting list
Design of the new health regions lacks accountability, transparency and integrity
Research has identified grounds for concern, including deficiencies in policy process
Healthcare workers to get quick digital access to patients’ medical records under new national system
Government plans aimed at addressing ‘major deficiencies’ in current information system
‘Northern Ireland is broken’: how a ‘toxic’ culture and better pay is enticing North’s doctors across the Border
Doctors in the North can earn two and a half times what they make with the NHS in the health service in the South
‘Productivity challenges’ must be overcome following hospital activity report, says Donnelly
Minister of Health says investments in health funding and staff has already resulted in falling waiting lists
State payments to GPs up by more than 50% since 2019
HSE paid €785m GPs in 2022, not including €102m in Covid payments
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