Man with intellectual disabilities can return to live with mother, High Court rules
Judge told HSE and Tusla funding for placement in privately run facility is running out and cost €345,000 last year
Judge told HSE and Tusla funding for placement in privately run facility is running out and cost €345,000 last year
Minister for Health’s latest waiting list initiative seeks to shift focus to lazy consultants
New approaches are needed, though the proposed policy to assess new consultant posts may not achieve the desired outcomes
Donnelly says facilities should be in operation from 8am to 8pm daily
Health service will now have an approved workforce close to 130,000 as recruitment pause eased
Research Lives: Dr Mathilde Colombié, consultant nuclear medicine physician, St Vincent’s University Hospital
ESRI analysis found increased hospitalisation on hot days, with circulatory and respiratory issues among most common
Minister for Finance Jack Chambers did not betray any inexperience during the Summer Economic Statement, but October will be the true test
Couple suing for nervous shock after death of son at Cork University Maternity Hospital in 2018 say no consent given to retain child’s organ
National Women’s Council calls for strengthening of specialist perinatal mental health services
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Prof Jim Lucey says he is disappointed that ‘the highest level of noncompliance ever’ was found last year by the Mental Health Commission
Department of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatment
Some centres designed to treat people with most serious illnesses ‘unsafe’, says service inspector Prof Jim Lucey
Q&A: Being concerned for welfare of friends is natural but does not necessarily impinge on legal rights
Those exposed to poor supplies are consuming water with potentially serious health consequences
The challenges that adults in Ireland with cerebral palsy face expose gaps in our healthcare system that need to be addressed
Chance of temperature event of 33 degrees increases from 1 in 180-year event in 1942 to 1 in 9-year event in 2020
Using private clinics been would have been unthinkable when I first moved here. Now, it feels almost irresponsible not to use one if you can afford to do so
Voluntary hospitals tell HSE they are facing ‘critical liquidity issues’
Valproate-containing medicines can cause birth defects and developmental disorders in children whose mothers take them during pregnancy
A conference in Athlone will highlight how comics can be a powerful way to explain and understand illness and cure
Discovery follows launches of data breach investigations concerning a former psychiatric hospital in Donegal and a hospital in Dublin
Ombudsman highlights lack of State services to support children with disabilities to live at home with families
Anna McCann sued her former employer the HSE, claiming she was told she would be put on report when she would not give her password to access files
Review by independent safeguarding expert Jackie McIlroy was commissioned by HSE in wake of ‘Emily’ rape case
Portlaoise woman says she was hospitalised over condition triggered by request to give password to access computer files
Previously the HSE told Ms Cynk that it did not have the available budget to fund her support package if she moved to Ireland
Just one in five children nationally are either overweight or obese, according to consultant endocrinologist Prof Donal O’Shea
HSE chief executive says he expects movement on issue ‘shortly’
Presence of nitazene, a dangerous synthetic opioid, confirmed in yellow, round counterfeit tablets
Prof Kerstin Mey not leaving university but changing to senior academic role
HSE to roll out ‘safe and efficient’ alternative as system struggles with demand for beds
New posts will be at national director level in the organisation where salaries start at about €170,000
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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