HSE will have to save at least €80m next year despite biggest health budgetReductions to be sought in legal and consultancy costs, procurements, agency staffThu Dec 20 2018 - 19:45
Government go-ahead for new National Maternity Hospital ends ethos rowPeter Boylan delighted there will be ‘no possibility of religious ethos influencing clinical care’Thu Dec 20 2018 - 18:06
Abortion Bill signed into law by PresidentDevelopment comes as Medical Council makes changes to its conduct and ethics codeThu Dec 20 2018 - 16:42
All but two counties in Republic have GPs willing to do abortionsService planners understood to be satisfied with GP uptake and geographical spreadThu Dec 20 2018 - 00:14
GPs issued with ‘interim’ guidelines for providing abortionsGuidelines provide ‘suggestions’ for GPs who have a conscientious objection to abortionWed Dec 19 2018 - 19:55
Completion of new children’s hospital to be delayed by nine monthsLong-awaited new facility not expected to be ready to open until August 2022Wed Dec 19 2018 - 00:02
Call for taskforce to deal with ‘rising tide’ of lung diseaseRespiratory deaths in Ireland 40% above EU average – accounting for one-in-five fatalitiesTue Dec 18 2018 - 14:59
Ministers won’t delay projects to pay for national children’s hospitalCabinet to review capital budgets in Government departments as hospital costs riseTue Dec 18 2018 - 02:00
National Children’s Hospital set to be world’s most expensive medical facilityGovernment stonewalls: Taxpayers so far given no explanation for massive cost overrunTue Dec 18 2018 - 02:00
Superbug outbreak infects patients at Cork hospitalHiqa report notes insufficient infection prevention and control resourcesMon Dec 17 2018 - 11:22
Coombe hospital says it will not be ready for abortion services by January 1stGPs express concern over ultrasound access and referral of women to hospitalsTue Dec 11 2018 - 00:11
New national maternity hospital approval must be delivered by year endSt Vincent’s site may fall foul of EU building rules after saga of politics, finance and ethosSat Dec 08 2018 - 02:00
Maternity hospital standoff may see last-minute breakthroughGovernment hopeful of deal with hospitals on new facility ahead of year-end deadlineSat Dec 08 2018 - 02:00
Abortion in Ireland: A guide to how it will workEverything you need to know before the planned introduction of termination servicesSat Dec 08 2018 - 01:00
HPV vaccine to be offered to boys from start of school year in 2019Hiqa findings clear way for roll-out of gender-neutral immunisation programmeFri Dec 07 2018 - 15:25
Boylan adamant abortion services should go ahead in New YearMedic responds to complaints from doctors that process is being rushedFri Dec 07 2018 - 10:08
Obstetricians want delay to abortion services over safety fearsHealth professionals have ‘serious concerns’ January 1st introduction is being rushedFri Dec 07 2018 - 03:00
Possibility of over 1,000 people on trolleys is truly terrifyingAnalysis: Woefully inadequate winter plan and extra funding are coming late in the dayFri Dec 07 2018 - 01:41
Plan to keep frail A&E patients out of hospital saves almost 4,000 bed nightsSt James’s Hospital initiative also ensures well patients are discharged promptlyFri Dec 07 2018 - 01:00
Radiologists call for greater support for smaller hospitals in wake of Kerry reportSmall hospital radiology departments under pressure due to inadequate staffingThu Dec 06 2018 - 19:04
Scan reading errors at Kerry hospital linked to four premature deathsAudit finds 11 patients suffered delayed diagnosis and serious impact on their healthThu Dec 06 2018 - 00:18
How problems addressed remains key to progress in healthRegrettable action not taken sooner following review of 46,000 scans in KerryThu Dec 06 2018 - 00:04
Kerry scans review finds 11 cancer patients had a delayed diagnosisFour of the 11 patients who had a delayed diagnosis have died since delay was identifiedWed Dec 05 2018 - 15:52
Man overcharged for hospital stay gets refund after Ombudsman investigationInvestigation revealed there is no integrated payment system in HSE for managing hospital charges nationallyWed Dec 05 2018 - 11:57
Dental care reform a threat to dentists’ skills, RCSI warnsOral health policy fails to offer postgraduate and lifelong learning for dental practitionersWed Dec 05 2018 - 00:01
First baby born following womb transplant from deceased donorSuccessful transplant carried out in BrazilTue Dec 04 2018 - 23:42
Abortion guidelines for doctors will not be ready for rollout datePeter Boylan says ‘inevitably, there will be problems’ and nobody should expect ‘perfection’ from serviceTue Dec 04 2018 - 01:00
Conscientious objection: GP abortion meeting ‘bitter, chaotic, uncivil’Dozens of doctors walked out of event claiming ‘serious crisis’ over abortion servicesTue Dec 04 2018 - 01:00
Health services on offshore islands need range of improvementsHSE review finds that islanders find the services fragmented and unpredictableMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:45
HSE ordered to ensure abortion availability from January 1stDepartment asks all 19 maternity units for updates on abortion services rolloutMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:36
Dublin team invents way to drive superbugs around the U-bendSystem developed at dental hospital decontaminates wash basins and plumbingMon Dec 03 2018 - 00:27
Plan to move National Maternity Hospital to St Vincent’s stalematedSimon Harris wants a public-interest director on board of the new institutionSun Dec 02 2018 - 21:16
At least 40 GPs walk out of meeting on abortion servicesDoctors have concerns over issue of conscientious objection and workload on othersSun Dec 02 2018 - 17:07
Taoiseach suggests justice system is ‘slow’ and could be more efficientThinly veiled criticism comes as Varadkar rejects call by judge for more appointmentsSat Dec 01 2018 - 15:11
Abortion service to use private firms for ultrasound facilitiesHSE seeks tenders to furnish ultrasound due to length of public health system waiting listsSat Dec 01 2018 - 01:00
Ambulance crews set to strike in row over union membershipPsychiatric Nurses Association said members to hold a one-day action on December 19thThu Nov 29 2018 - 16:12
Record levels of syphilis cases reported to HSEThe vast majority of cases of the sexually-transmitted disease were among menThu Nov 29 2018 - 15:56
Cancer now the biggest killer of Irish people, ahead of heart diseaseCases to double in next 30 years as population ages, says National Cancer RegistryThu Nov 29 2018 - 14:43
Seven in 10 hip fracture patients operated on within 48 hours of A&E admissionTen people daily break their hips but achievement of target varies from 92 to 55%Thu Nov 29 2018 - 00:01
Respite hours for disabled fall as demand increasesHuge variation in provision of respite hours in different areas, new figures showWed Nov 28 2018 - 21:01
CervicalCheck controversy: Lessons must be learned, says HarrisHealth errors treated as ‘ingrained cover-ups’ rather than open communicationWed Nov 28 2018 - 16:54
CervicalCheck controversy helping to improve uptake of HPV vaccineMore teenage girls getting vaccinated as awareness increases, conference hearsWed Nov 28 2018 - 13:08
Number of hospital patients on trolleys passes 100,000 mark for this yearOvercrowding at record levels, according to Irish Nurses and Midwives OrganisationWed Nov 28 2018 - 12:30
Full facts of CervicalCheck scandal ‘debacle’ yet to emerge, conference hearsWoman caught up in controversy calls for mediation to help rebuild trustWed Nov 28 2018 - 10:58
Quality of life for older people increases with age, research showsWomen and rural dwellers more likely to enjoy benefits due to superior social networksWed Nov 28 2018 - 06:00
Just 9% of Irish people aware lung cancer the biggest cancer killer for womenPeople with the disease are stigmatised due to its link to smoking, research findsWed Nov 28 2018 - 00:00
Medical meeting moved after hospital objected to use of premisesFounder of resource centre for Lyme disease claims Mater’s decision was ‘political’Tue Nov 27 2018 - 22:17
‘Nurses and doctors were not discreet’: what patients say about hospitalsSurvey of more than 13,000 people reveal both positive and negative experiencesTue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00
IMO threatens industrial action in New Year over pay gap for consultantsUnion says some doctors earning up to €60,000 less than colleagues appointed after 2012Mon Nov 26 2018 - 20:08
Only 31% of patients admitted to hospital ward within six hoursEnnis and Cork hospitals rated highest by patients, and Limerick lowestMon Nov 26 2018 - 13:27
