Mixed response from voluntary sectorReaction: social services: There was a mixed reaction from lobby groups and non-governmental organisations to the social inclusion…Wed Jan 24 2007 - 00:00
HSE to review acute hospital services in Cork and KerryThe Health Service Executive (HSE) is to carry out a review of acute hospital services in counties Cork and Kerry.Tue Jan 23 2007 - 00:00
Committee to investigate Dunne inquiry costsThe Dáil's spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, will this week begin an investigation into how the official inquiry…Tue Jan 23 2007 - 00:00
HSE set to propose private patient increaseConsultants may be allowed to see more than 20% private patients in public hospitals as part of negotiationMon Jan 22 2007 - 00:00
Children's needs not supported - DrummThe chief executive of the Health Service Executive has said Dublin's children's hospitals did not always act in the best interests…Mon Jan 22 2007 - 00:00
Rail station planned to serve Mater hospital sitePlans are under way to develop a new rail station close to Croke Park to serve the proposed new national children's hospital …Sat Jan 20 2007 - 00:00
Patients' waiting times decrease, says HSEThe Health Service Executive (HSE) has said that with the exception of three hospitals, there has been a significant improvement…Fri Jan 19 2007 - 00:00
Review of health insurance under wayThe Government has appointed Colm Barrington, managing director of Babcock and Brown investment bank in Ireland, to head the …Thu Jan 18 2007 - 00:00
Hospital to have satellite unitsSatellite emergency units for children would be established around Dublin following the development of the new national paediatric…Sat Jan 13 2007 - 00:00
Axa seeks three-year derogation on risk paymentsInsurance group Axa has said it is prepared to enter the Irish health insurance market on condition that it will have an initial…Sat Jan 13 2007 - 00:00
Children's hospital plan to go ahead, Harney insistsThe Government is determined to develop a national children's hospital at the Mater site in Dublin despite the decision by the…Fri Jan 12 2007 - 00:00
Harney welcomes Axa move on BupaThe Minister for Health Mary Harney had backed moves by Axa to take over the health insurance business of Bupa Ireland.Thu Jan 11 2007 - 00:00
Mental health body urges reforms at hospitalThe Mental Health Commission has said that a number of practices carried out at the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) in Dundrum, …Thu Jan 11 2007 - 00:00
Registrar regrets distress caused by letters to votersUp to 19,000 people who received warning notices in recent weeks from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council will not have their…Wed Jan 10 2007 - 00:00
Axa in talks to take over clients of Bupa health insuranceInternational insurance company Axa is in talks with the Government regarding plans to enter the health insurance market as a…Wed Jan 10 2007 - 00:00
Report to criticise Central Mental HospitalA report to be published by the Mental Health Commission today is expected to criticise aspects of the care provided at the Central…Wed Jan 10 2007 - 00:00
Call for public sector pay rise to be withheldThe Department of Finance has told the benchmarking body it should consider withholding a special pay increase for public sector…Thu Jan 04 2007 - 00:00
Harney tells HSE of MRSA concernsMinister for Health Mary Harney has told the board of the Health Service Executive that she wants to see measures to tackle hospital…Wed Jan 03 2007 - 00:00
Consultants may boycott Harney planHospital consultants have signalled that they may refuse to co-operate with the Government's plans to develop new co-located …Wed Jan 03 2007 - 00:00
Nursing homes object to publishing of reportsPrivate nursing home owners are opposing the manner in which inspection reports of facilities are being published by the Health…Thu Dec 28 2006 - 00:00
HSE chief defends hospital site decisionThe chief executive of the Health Service Executive (HSE), Prof Brendan Drumm, has said he does not believe theological arguments…Wed Dec 27 2006 - 00:00
HSE advisers exempt from ethics lawsTop-level policy advisers brought in to the Health Service Executive (HSE) last year from the private sector, on part-time contracts…Wed Dec 27 2006 - 00:00
Special Impact conference to discuss health servicesThe trade union Impact is to hold a special conference in February to discuss members' concerns over how health services are …Wed Dec 27 2006 - 00:00
Ex-FF fundraiser tells of 'pick-me-ups'About 5 per cent of Fianna Fáil fundraising activity in the mid-1990s was carried out in the form of controversial "pick-me-up…Thu Dec 21 2006 - 00:00
Bupa to appeal High Court rulingBupa Ireland is to appeal the recent High Court ruling that a controversial risk equalisation scheme in the private health insurance…Thu Dec 21 2006 - 00:00
President sends greetings to overseas troopsPresident Mary McAleese yesterday sent Christmas greetings to members of the Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána serving with…Thu Dec 21 2006 - 00:00
Haughey criticised for withholding financial informationThe Mahon tribunal has criticised Ciarán Haughey, son of the late taoiseach Charles Haughey, and his business partner John Barnicle…Wed Dec 20 2006 - 00:00
Bupa says it would welcome fresh talksBupa Ireland says that it will consider any proposal from the Government on risk equalisation that would allow it to meet its…Tue Dec 19 2006 - 00:00
Mater surgeons warn of accreditation lossSurgeons at the Mater hospital have warned management that if elective surgery continued to be cancelled on a regular basis it…Tue Dec 19 2006 - 00:00
Vivas calls for changes to private bed chargesVivas Health is pressing the Government to drop its requirement that all health insurance companies must cover private beds in…Tue Dec 19 2006 - 00:00
Tallaght criticised on use of resources by HSEThe level of private patients being treated at Tallaght hospital is twice the official norm and it must take steps as a priority…Mon Dec 18 2006 - 00:00
Dunlop received £1.2m from sale of land optionMahon tribunal: Lobbyist Frank Dunlop has told the tribunal he received about £1Fri Dec 15 2006 - 00:00
Departure could spur break-up of VHIAnalysis: The decision by Bupa Ireland to withdraw from the Irish health insurance market could, ironically, give the Government…Fri Dec 15 2006 - 00:00
Decision to withdraw comes after two weeks of compromise talksBupa talks: The decision by Bupa Ireland to withdraw from the Irish market comes after a fortnight of negotiations with the …Fri Dec 15 2006 - 00:00
O'Malley wants cut in mental health delaysMinister of State for Health Tim O'Malley has said he wants waiting lists for mental health services for children kept under …Thu Dec 14 2006 - 00:00
Ex-FG minister namedin rezoning vote claimMahon tribunal: Former minister Seán Barrett has been identified by the Mahon tribunal as the senior Fine Gael politician who…Thu Dec 14 2006 - 00:00
£20,000 not linked to rezone plan, inquiry toldA Dublin businessman and former partner in Davy Stockbrokers has told the tribunal that a £20,000 payment he gave to the lobbyist…Wed Dec 13 2006 - 00:00
HSE plan for non-acute patientsThe Health Service Executive (HSE) has been examining the possibility of placing public patients who no longer require acute …Tue Dec 12 2006 - 00:00
Early figures show increase in births in 2006There has been a surge in the number of births recorded in Ireland this year, according to new provisional figures drawn up by…Tue Dec 12 2006 - 00:00
FG predicts doubling of premiumsFine Gael has maintained that health insurance subscription costs could double within three years as a result of the Government…Tue Dec 12 2006 - 00:00
Concern after breast surgery deferred over beds shortageUp to 12 women referred by the BreastCheck screening programme for cancer surgery at the Mater hospital in Dublin have had their…Mon Dec 11 2006 - 00:00
Church to sell land for new road into Dundrum centreNegotiations are under way for the sale of land to the rear of Holy Cross Church in Dundrum which would facilitate the development…Mon Dec 11 2006 - 00:00
Report calls for larger towns in midlandsA consultants' report has proposed that steps should be taken to increase the population of towns such as Athlone, Mullingar …Mon Dec 11 2006 - 00:00
HSE may face consultants' confidence motionHospital consultants are to consider a motion of no confidence in the Health Service Executive (HSE) at a special conference …Mon Dec 11 2006 - 00:00
Comptroller denied access to Revenue appeal filesThe official watchdog on State expenditure, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has not been allowed full access to the files…Fri Dec 08 2006 - 00:00
Local authorities urged to adopt 'green' procurement policiesThe Department of the Environment has told local authorities that they can take environmental considerations into account when…Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Dunlop says he controlled elements of Dublin councilMahon tribunal: Lobbyist Frank Dunlop has told the Mahon tribunal that he was controlling "certain elements" of Dublin County…Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
HSE blames funding as it fails to train 48 advanced paramedicsThe Health Service Executive (HSE) will not be able to achieve its intended goal of training 48 advanced paramedics this year…Tue Dec 05 2006 - 00:00
Rezoning plans 'torpedoed' by newspaper storyMahon tribunal: The lobbyist Frank Dunlop has said that proposals to rezone lands at the former Baldoyle racecourse for housing…Sat Dec 02 2006 - 00:00
Parties 'rigid' over new consultant contractsThe independent chairman of the talks on a new contract for hospital consultants has said there is no point in continuing discussions…Sat Dec 02 2006 - 00:00
