Ireland ‘unbelievably incompetent’ at managing health spendingAcademic says State has thrown money at issue like ‘drunken sailors’ in recent yearsTue May 14 2019 - 15:30
Screening services should not be paused after High Court ruling - HarrisDoctors concerned over ‘absolute confidence’ expectation following Ruth Morrissey caseFri May 10 2019 - 12:34
Health chiefs concerned screening could ‘grind to a halt’Crisis meeting hears urgent call for clarity in the wake of Ruth Morrissey legal judgmentFri May 10 2019 - 01:00
More than 165,000 patients on waiting lists for ultrasounds, CT scans and MRIsOver 25,000 patients waiting for diagnostic tests have been on the list for more than 12 monthsFri May 10 2019 - 01:00
Screening programmes ‘threatened’ after Morrissey case, radiologists warnConcerned the standard of ‘absolute confidence’ mentioned in judgment ‘impossible to attain’Thu May 09 2019 - 14:03
US lab to appeal cancer decision awarding Ruth Morrissey €2.1mHSE also considering appeal due to concerns over wider implications of caseThu May 09 2019 - 00:11
Dutch hospital chief apologises to Cluskey for ‘scapegoat’ remarkWidower of Adrienne Cullen called for chief to resign over his wife’s deathWed May 08 2019 - 18:53
Dutch hospital that missed Irish woman’s cancer announces changesUMC Utrecht introduces new safety checks after review unearthed further shortcomingsWed May 08 2019 - 00:19
Hospital’s failures reduced Irish woman’s chances of survival, report findsFailure to diagnose Adrienne Cullen’s cervical cancer led to calamitous delay in treatmentWed May 08 2019 - 00:15
More than half of Irish men binge drink once a month, study findsAlcohol intake in Ireland has increased since 2010 despite falling in many western countriesWed May 08 2019 - 00:01
Head of Cork University Hospital to move to private sectorChief executive Tony McNamara leaves hospital after 27 yearsTue May 07 2019 - 21:57
Nursing homes warned about imposing unfair terms on residentsConsumer watchdog to issue guidelines on potentially unfair clauses in contracts of careTue May 07 2019 - 10:06
The medical negligence victim turned negligence solicitorJohan Verbruggen, who has Erb’s palsy, says his parents ‘were told it was their own fault’Mon May 06 2019 - 05:00
GPs call for ‘safe access zones’ for patients attending doctorsZones needed to protect doctors and patients from protesters, says Irish council for GPsSat May 04 2019 - 19:34
New meningitis vaccine to be provided to thousands of teenagersFirst-year students to receive new vaccine from next autumn following rise in casesWed May 01 2019 - 18:35
MedLab to stop accepting new smears in bid to clear backlogHSE to have new smears tested abroad as CervicalCheck agrees HPV testing with MedLabWed May 01 2019 - 03:00
Number of cases of mumps reported so far this year passes 1,000Twice as many mumps cases have been reported this year as were recorded in the whole of 2018Tue Apr 30 2019 - 20:32
Pioneering prison health scheme credited with reduction in knife attacksIrish Red Cross programme seen as model for peer-to-peer education among prisonersMon Apr 29 2019 - 19:28
Vicky Phelan criticises Varadkar for ‘unacceptable delays’Phelan accuses Government of using Brexit as an excuse for not fulfilling promisesThu Apr 25 2019 - 01:01
Vicky Phelan: ‘Here I am a year later, still trying to get answers’The campaigner on seeking accountability and reform after the CervicalCheck crisisThu Apr 25 2019 - 01:00
Private sector increasingly dominating network of primary care centresStudy finds global investors have entered the Irish primary care centre market ‘because it offers relatively high profit opportunities’Wed Apr 24 2019 - 01:00
Weather set to change with rainfall, lower temperatures forecastNorthern Ireland records warmest ever Easter at 21.4 degrees in ArmaghMon Apr 22 2019 - 20:43
Cricket Ireland confirms €100,000 short-term loan from chief executiveMoney was given against advice of Sport Ireland to pay wages and ease cash flow crisisMon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
Bug that causes relapsing fever identified in tick collected in IrelandThe Borrelia pathogen is distantly related to the bacteria that cause Lyme diseaseMon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
Girl (8) dead and boy (11) seriously injured after crash in Co GalwayChildren out cycling near their home in Ballinasloe when they were hit by a carSun Apr 21 2019 - 21:59
New cancer drugs could cost State €500mNumber of indications covered by VHI initiative now 13, not three as had been thoughtSat Apr 20 2019 - 01:00
Price drop prompts HSE to reconsider funding drug for muscle diseaseDecision on funding Spinraza to treat spinal muscular atrophy expected in MayFri Apr 19 2019 - 01:29
University Hospital Limerick doctors say ‘unacceptable’ numbers waiting for bedsDoctors claim Beaumont has 31% more staff and 39% more beds than UHL in open letterThu Apr 18 2019 - 14:11
Ireland’s reliance on nurses coming from abroad rises furtherHundreds of Irish-trained nurses sought certs allowing them to practice abroad in 2017Thu Apr 18 2019 - 01:00
Food high in sugar, salt and fat will not be limited for most hospital patientsPlan is against restrictions on junk food as priority is to ensure patients get enough energyWed Apr 17 2019 - 03:00
State slow to switch to cheaper off-patent drugs, forum hearsHealth service could save €50m by using biosimilar medicines, says Michael BarryTue Apr 16 2019 - 20:06
Rivals have no plans to follow VHI’s decision on cancer drugsMove raises questions of equity between public and private patientsTue Apr 16 2019 - 00:27
Decimal point error meant incorrect doctor payment data posted onlinePharmaceutical giant MSD apologises after errors were noticed on transparency siteMon Apr 15 2019 - 15:39
Emergency response to lethal superbug may be shut downNumber of cases increasing despite efforts to raise awareness in hospitalsMon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
‘I expected more protests’: Doctors on 100 days of abortion in IrelandThose providing terminations since they become legal in January are keeping their heads downSat Apr 13 2019 - 06:00
Locum GP found not guilty of poor professional performanceMedical Council says doctor’s conduct over his treatment of elderly patient was ‘suboptimal’Thu Apr 11 2019 - 01:00
Children’s hospital without maternity facility ‘risks catastrophe’Former master of Coombe will warn PAC of dangers of proceeding without co-locationThu Apr 11 2019 - 00:28
Grim reading in this children’s hospital tale, but key details left outPwC report into cost overruns at National Children’s Hospital does not tell the full storyWed Apr 10 2019 - 01:00
Children’s hospital to proceed despite ‘significant failings’Key flaws were cost underestimation and failure to control overrun, PwC findsWed Apr 10 2019 - 01:00
Hospital overcrowding: patients awaiting admission at year highTrolleyWatch count says 631 waiting for beds, with 55 at University Hospital LimerickTue Apr 09 2019 - 12:19
Number of people with cancer to double by 2045 if rates continueReport says rise could be contained to 50% if recent trends including screening continueTue Apr 09 2019 - 00:18
Big differences in waiting times for children’s occupational therapyChildren have been on the list in Wexford for up to three years, says TD Mick WallaceMon Apr 08 2019 - 01:01
Minister for Health under pressure to correct Dáil recordHarris claims he was not informed of concerns over free tests by CervicalCheck directorThu Apr 04 2019 - 02:51
TD among 80,000 women in CervicalCheck backlog ‘utter mess’Lisa Chambers criticises inviting of women for smear tests in context of looming delayWed Apr 03 2019 - 18:27
Free dental care plan would cost €80m a year, ESRI saysNew analysis shows cost of Government policy for adult medical-card holders and childrenWed Apr 03 2019 - 17:11
Simon Harris accused of misleading Dáil over cervical cancer claimTwo-thirds of 80,000 backlog of tests due to decision to offer free out-of-cycle smearsWed Apr 03 2019 - 13:51
Private dentists to take over most dental care for children‘Packages of care’ to replace existing school-based services at primary levelWed Apr 03 2019 - 00:34
CervicalCheck: Overseas labs found to alleviate record 33 week delaysHSE says increased workload has led to ‘long and very regrettable delays’ in reporting of resultsTue Apr 02 2019 - 18:00
Irish positive about autistic people but knowledge inadequate, survey findsOne in four people know of an autistic person among their friends, research revealsTue Apr 02 2019 - 04:00
Grindingly slow progress on inquiry into orthodontic damageWaiting lists and patchy services testify to dire state of public dentistry for childrenTue Apr 02 2019 - 00:56
