Mistake leads HSE to spend over €3m for 12 extra trainee doctorsExecutive funds 12 more positions after error by Irish College of General PractitionersTue Apr 07 2015 - 12:26
Portlaoise analysis: HSE knew about hospital faults but failed to actHealth watchdog report indicates an inert, indecisive and sluggish Health Service ExecutiveTue Apr 07 2015 - 01:00
HSE failed to act on Portlaoise safety risks – HiqaExecutive focused on budgets and failed to maintain hospital oversight, says watchdogTue Apr 07 2015 - 01:00
HSE failed to act on Portlaoise hospital patient safety risk, says Hiqa draft reportExecutive and Midland Regional Hospital failed to act decisively, says watchdogTue Apr 07 2015 - 01:00
Rotunda likely to move to west Dublin siteCo-locating with Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown is forecast outcome of reviewSat Apr 04 2015 - 01:30
Sigrid Rausing: the unlikely billionaire benefactorThe Swedish billionaire has ploughed her Tetra Pak inheritance into charitable trusts which dispense €31m a year to human rights causes around the worldSat Apr 04 2015 - 01:00
Older people should not have to pay more for care, says Age ActionGovernment considers raising contribution under Fair Deal nursing home schemeFri Apr 03 2015 - 17:23
Coalition requires modest health plan to meet targetsAnalysis: Fund of €74m a solid start, but success will necessitate ongoing financingFri Apr 03 2015 - 01:00
Ireland has third highest rate of imported malaria in EUIncidence of disease up 12% in year and now at worst level since 2010, data showsThu Apr 02 2015 - 19:19
€70m plan to reduce hospital overcrowding and wait timesBulk of additional funding will go to Fair Deal nursing home support schemeThu Apr 02 2015 - 01:00
Scheme to replace rehab hospital approved by planning boardGreen light for construction of 120-bed facility on the site of NRH in Dún LaoghaireWed Apr 01 2015 - 18:30
Portlaoise hospital criticised in new reportFormer HSE director calls performance in dealing with complaints unacceptableTue Mar 31 2015 - 23:33
Shortcomings identified at Portiuncula Hospital by coronerFaulty record-keeping by doctors noted but death not attributed to treatment by medicsMon Mar 30 2015 - 13:08
Portiuncula Hospital problem births inquiry team appointedInvestigation into maternity services at Co Galway hospital to take at least five monthsMon Mar 30 2015 - 13:07
Drop in array of folic acid-added foods linked to birth defect increaseFolic acid taken before and during pregnancy prevents most forms of neural tube defects such as spina bifidaFri Mar 27 2015 - 01:05
Maternity services in Portlaoise hospital still not under Coombe’s controlReport recommended maternity unit be placed under governance of Coombe Women’s Hospital to provide quality and safe careThu Mar 26 2015 - 11:30
Portlaoise maternity unit to be run from Coombe HospitalAgreement due to be signed at HSE headquarters in Dublin on Thursday morningThu Mar 26 2015 - 11:29
Older people in NI more likely to suffer from heart disease – studyRates of smoking and obesity in over-50s higher in Republic than in Northern IrelandThu Mar 26 2015 - 01:00
Department asked to ‘urgently intervene’ in Portlaoise rowWatchdog report into hospital could trigger legal action, warns Health Service ExecutiveWed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Kenny wants to see Portlaoise hospital report publishedTaoiseach says agencies using public money should not be in ‘court situations’Tue Mar 24 2015 - 09:55
Over 250 adverse findings in report on Portlaoise hospitalCriticism of medical staff in care of 83 women but HSE challenges reportTue Mar 24 2015 - 08:51
Ireland’s birth rate falls slowly and perinatal death rate dropsPast decade saw 24% rise in number of twin births, HSE report findsMon Mar 23 2015 - 22:00
Government agencies should not sue each other, Varadkar saysMinister for Health responds to HSE threat to take legal action over Hiqa baby deaths reportMon Mar 23 2015 - 14:15
HSE threat to block report on baby deaths in PortlaoiseHiqa critical of midlands hospital where five babies died in controversial circumstancesMon Mar 23 2015 - 08:42
New test reduces chemotherapy for breast cancer patients who won’t see benefitsOver half of participants in study changed to hormone therapy, saving HSE €800,000Sat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
Refugees diverted to other states after HSE declines medical careFive programme refugees diverted after HSE says medical treatment will not be availableFri Mar 20 2015 - 11:26
Overcrowding almost doubles at St Vincent’s hospital74 patients recorded as being on trolleys after 40 ‘hidden beds’ included in figuresThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
Mental Health group critical of Graham Stuart Brown caseConcern expressed at failure to act quicker in instance of nurse struck off for sexual conductThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
Irish people with cystic fibrosis expected to live longerDebilitating illness set to become disease of adults predominantly, rather than childrenWed Mar 18 2015 - 23:40
Male nurse struck off for sexual contact with patientTwo nurses had relationships with psychiatric clients and third stole €24,000Wed Mar 18 2015 - 01:00
Irish medicines regulator dragged into row over tackling counterfeit drugsProposals to tackle counterfeit drugs dubbed as the ‘Irish model law’ by criticsWed Mar 18 2015 - 01:00
Rise in Irish couples employing surrogate mothers abroadSurvey shows 25 couples paid up to €150,000 for women overseas to bear them a childWed Mar 18 2015 - 01:00
Surrogacy now a global business yet no laws in Ireland cover itComplications over babies’ status as birth mother is actual mother for legal reasonsWed Mar 18 2015 - 01:00
Teenagers awaiting orthodontic treatment up 12%Numbers now above 17,600 but only children with greatest need provided with treatmentMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Hospitals’ hip fracture care falls short of targetsNational Office of Clinical Audit report finds lack of preventative follow-upMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Performance of some services now facing closer examinationReport shows what areas are working and where things can improveFri Mar 06 2015 - 01:00
Medical training reforms not fully in placeMost of MacCraith group's 25 recommendations made in June still being implementedFri Mar 06 2015 - 01:00
Significant variation in hospital death rates, report revealsTullamore, Blanchardstown, Cavan, Naas and Cork rates are ‘significantly higher’Thu Mar 05 2015 - 22:46
Meningitis B jab recommended for childrenNIAC says vaccine should be provided nationally if ‘cost-effective’ price can be agreedThu Mar 05 2015 - 17:45
Irish drug prices ‘near European average’, Oireachtas toldPharmaceutical industry rejects charges of high costs for prescription medicinesThu Mar 05 2015 - 15:51
Drugs giant Alexion shuns Oireachtas committeeMaker of ‘exorbitantly priced’ blood disorder drug declines invite to appear before TDsThu Mar 05 2015 - 12:35
Varadkar promises action on HSE overpayments, expensesMinister and HSE says audit showing excessive spending is still draftWed Mar 04 2015 - 20:22
Over-35s warned to get health insurance before increaseVaradkar urged consumers to get covered before age-related levy in MayWed Mar 04 2015 - 15:09
Meeting to take place on 50% rise in registration fee for nursesUnion members hold protests against increase and say they will continue campaignTue Mar 03 2015 - 01:00
Maternity risks continued in Ballinasloe hospitalDepartment of Health expressed concern about maternity safety at PortiunculaSat Feb 28 2015 - 01:15
HSE clashed with department over Portiuncula problem birthsHSE resisted issuing apologies to families over troublesome births, documents revealSat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Timeline: How events unfolded at Portiuncula HospitalIn February the inquiry into the hospital was expanded to cover at least 12 casesSat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00
Gerry Feeney case ‘very distressing’ - VaradkarMinister has contacted Beaumont Hospital chairwoman Ann Fitzgerald about the caseFri Feb 27 2015 - 14:09
Home birth midwife Philomena Canning reinstated by HSESolicitors for HSE say ‘necessary foundation’ no longer exists for temporary suspensionThu Feb 26 2015 - 18:17
Detail on assisted human reproduction rules needs workAnalysis: obvious focus of disagreement is plan to legislate for surrogacyThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
