Five years ago I entered a psychiatric hospital with an eating disorder
I’m not recovered from my eating disorder and the mental challenges behind it
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Family settles High Court case over death of nurse by suicide in UHG mental health unit
‘Our family is broken beyond repair,’ says sister of Tara Coyne (25) as University Hospital Galway and Saolta Group apologise
Bereaved parents were promised changes. So why is Portiuncula Hospital under scrutiny again?
In the News podcast: Why did six babies delivered last year and one born this month suffer blood or oxygen depravation?
Woman who lost baby at Portiuncula hospital calls for review to be expanded
Galway woman Elizabeth O’Reilly calls for explanation for pre-natal death of daughter Bláithín
Portiuncula hospital: Hundreds of expectant mothers to be informed by HSE about external reviews into deliveries of nine babies
Health Service Executive seeks to be ‘open and transparent’ regarding external reviews into delivery at the hospital
Portiuncula University Hospital: Not the first time concerns raised about its maternity services
External reviews of delivery of nine babies come in wake of inquiry set up in 2015 around transfer of four newborns to Dublin for neonatal cooling the previous year, a baby’s death and other ‘significant concern’ cases
Portiuncula hospital: External reviews begin following concern over delivery of nine babies
HSE appoints management team to oversee and manage maternity services with immediate effect
Blackrock Clinic seeks to open women’s health facility in city centre
Planning application involves change of use of office development at Warrington Place in Dublin 2
Protein: Are we eating enough of it? And is ‘high protein’ branding just a fad?
With more products using the ‘P’ word as a selling point, here’s all you need to know before you jump on the latest nutrition bandwagon
Concerns around financial stability of several nursing homes across the State, Hiqa finds
Eight facilities operated by different providers were found to be non-compliant with tax
New Government wants to focus on disability issues but HSE warns of challenges in the coming year
Over 13,500 children and families are awaiting access to children’s disability services and assessment of need, while some services providers are facing issues about their ‘sustainability’
Tripling Beaumont’s emergency department and a new 95-bed ward among plans to update hospital
Infrastructure and digitisation are key challenges facing Anne Coyle, who returns to helm the north Dublin hospital having begun her career as an intern there
HSE will continue to monitor drugs market in Cork to identify if ‘extra risky substances’ are circulating
Two young men died of suspected overdoses in the city over a period of a few hours
‘It’s kind of become our daughter’s cheat meal’: The view on new hot school meals programme
The scheme now covers nearly 2,200 schools, and 345,000 children, but some parents and teachers have concerns about nutritional standards
Families facing ‘outrageous’ three-year wait for child psychology services in west and northwest region
HSE apologises for lengthy child assessment delays attributed to increased demand and staff vacancies
HSE plan for this year largely based around priorities set out by government
Stephen Donnelly told the HSE he wanted to see ‘new and better services’ in areas such as cancer, cardiovascular and stroke, as well as women’s health and mental health services
HSE to put in place nearly 300 additional hospital beds under new service plan
Health services to move to operating health services over a seven-day rather than a Monday-Friday basis
Aoife was diagnosed with HIV in Australia in 2020: ‘He was unknowingly positive. We had no idea’
New campaign aims to tackle widespread ignorance about HIV, a treatable condition that, contrary to myths, cannot be spread by kissing or using the same utensils
Winter freeze leaves woman who takes days off to care for mother in a quandary
All too often family is the only Plan B when State structures fall through, regardless of the personal cost
Young Scientist exhibition winners: Three Kerry sisters develop app to improve emergency response
Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy develop ACT app to improve responsiveness to emergencies at community level
Co Kerry nursing home failed to investigate number of abuse allegations, Hiqa reports
Concerns raised about safety of residents at Lystoll Lodge nursing home in Listowel
‘I could be beside someone doing the same work for more money.’ The plight of section 39 workers
Simon Harris’s interaction with Charlotte Fallon during the general election campaign brought carers’ issues to the fore. Now they are ‘ready to fight’ for equal pay and better funding
HSE told to shift staff working patterns
Donnelly orders new development funding for Beaumont, Mater and Tallaght be paused until new productivity systems implemented
Surge in flu cases as almost 4,000 fall ill in first week of the year
Latest figures from HPSC show largest recorded number of cases of virus for at least seven years
Hot school meals scheme: ‘We are institutionalising consumption of ultra-processed food in our children’
Q&A with food analyst Ruth Hegarty: ‘There is a nutrition standard for hot school meals provided by the Government, but there is no oversight of this’
Public-only consultant contracts: is the health system finally beginning to see some benefits?
Much staff opposition has fallen away and uptake is higher than had been predicted, though it seems clear the outgoing Minister is not content with the pace of change
Flu in Ireland: Over 3,300 cases recorded amid ‘disappointing’ uptake of vaccine
HSE chief clinical officer Colm Henry urges parents to vaccinate their children
More hospital appointments to be cancelled due to cold snap, HSE says
Cold snap comes as country experiences surge in winter illnesses such as flu
Flu season is predicted to peak next week. Why is Ireland not better prepared?
Difficulty predicting numbers leave HSE having to adapt - with potential cold snap accidents adding to pressure
1,500 patients use HSE app ahead of wider roll-out
Efforts to digitise lagging Irish health services advance with app covering public appointments and some records
Doctors share 19 tips for looking after your liver: Don’t drink alcohol every day, but do drink coffee, and lose weight
Here, doctors share their advice on how to keep the vital organ healthy all year round
HSE warns of disruption to health services in areas badly affected by snow and ice
Continuing cold snap will be ‘punitive’, with HSE chief executive calling for people take care of older o
‘I spent €5,000 a year on cigarettes’: How one Dubliner kicked the habit
Robyn Sadlier found support of HSE Quit team’s cessation coach invaluable after 20 years of smoking
Flu season expected to peak next week
Head of the HSE says health service is taking ‘several measures’ to prepare for potential surge in hospitalisations and intensive care numbers
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