University Hospital Limerick overcrowding: HSE is warned many issues are at heart of problem
Decision to postpone scheduled care is ‘abandonment of the people’ in the midwest, says IHCA
Decision to postpone scheduled care is ‘abandonment of the people’ in the midwest, says IHCA
University Hospital Limerick among those hospitals requiring ‘resets’, says Bernard Gloster, amid emergency department demand
Termination payment of €1.6m to outgoing staff member revealed in Comptroller and Auditor General report
Health service chief recently told senior managers staffing ‘now at a level not previously seen and continues to grow’
Health service will now have an approved workforce close to 130,000 as recruitment pause eased
Department of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatment
Review by independent safeguarding expert Jackie McIlroy was commissioned by HSE in wake of ‘Emily’ rape case
HSE chief executive says he expects movement on issue ‘shortly’
A recruitment freeze and plans to drastically reduce reliance on agency staff go not seem to go hand in hand
Work to begin immediately on devising actions designed to ease crowding and pressures in hospital and HSE’s Mid West region
Ministers and office of Taoiseach became involved in issue surrounding departure of ex-deputy director general, files show
Victorian building should be transferred to Dublin City Council for housing or cultural use, councillor says
Demand for services in EDs rose 12% in early part of year
HSE chief executive to tell members of Oireachtas Committee on Health that service now employing largest workforce to date
Overcrowding continues as Limerick hospital postponed non-urgent surgeries for two days
Agreement, reached following mediation, was authorised by Department of Health and Department of Public Expenditure
HSE inquiry to establish ‘what happened and how, and then to take any appropriate actions’
Records show financial crisis facing disability care provider had been building for years
HSE has cut spending on agency staff and overtime as well implementing a recruitment freeze for the vast majority of staff
Facility to be among the most expensive of its kind worldwide, when Switzerland has built larger hospital in Berne for €700m
Number of top managers to be halved as responsibilities move to regions
Board members express concern at failure to learn from previous reports on hospital organ retention policies
Spending on acute hospitals has increased 80 per cent in the past seven years; spending on health services pay has risen by €3.2 billion in the same period
Radiologist Dr Martin Schranz said he was ‘happy out’ after agreement reached to allow him to return to University Hospital Kerry
Bernard Gloster’s focus on accountability over death of teenager in Limerick hospital is new ground for a HSE chief and is welcome
Bernard Gloster warns against ‘trial by social media’ over Aoife Johnston’s death in UHL in December 2022
Retired judge Mr Justice Frank Clarke appointed to investigate death of Aoife Johnston (16) after lengthy wait in UHL last December
There is nothing flashy or bombastic about Gloster, whose entire career has been in the public service, but there is a steeliness in his blue eyes which suggests he is not to be messed with
€960m extra for health to meet costs of increased demand, particularly in acute hospitals
Bernard Gloster set to apologise for those affected in opening statement to the Oireachtas Committee on Health
‘Neither affordable or sustainable’ to exceed target, warns HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster
HSE warns that remaining in hospital after treatment is not ‘a choice to be exercised’
Just as a government worthy of the name must pass a budget that is credible, the health service must be able to live within its allocation
Recruitment of additional staff being capped, not cut, HSE chief executive tells Oireachtas health committee
Inside politics: Gravity of the flooding in east Cork has stunned Ministers and the response is changing almost daily
Robert Watt, secretary general of the Department of Health, says productivity gains are needed in health service
Tensions have bubbled up inside - and outside - Government and among senior civil servants in the fallout from a new budget that did not budget for massive health spending overruns
HSE chief said last week the health allocation was ‘not adequate for all current costs’
Stephen Donnelly has admitted the sector will require additional money before end of next year
Tánaiste Micheál Martin says there needs to be a ‘deep dive’ into spending on the health service
Budget 2024 fallout: Consultants, nurses and dentists among grades exempted from pause in recruitment this year
More than 200 cases where reimbursement was refused being ‘relooked at in a positive way’, says Ger Deering
Budget 2024: Cabinet Committee on Health to meet on Monday amid speculation that overrun will curtail budget demands made by Stephen Donnelly
Independent review of surgery practices in hospital to be fair and not focused on a single individual, says Bernard Gloster
Wider review of residents’ records over 16 years likely to find further incidents of ‘possible harm’
Letter obtained under Freedom of Information shows Niall Muldoon believes HSE has ‘seriously failed in its duty to uphold the rights of children to the best possible healthcare’
Staff move will initially involve ban on voluntary overtime and not co-operating with a range of internal reporting functions
HSE has acknowledged that it knows many suppliers may be facing financial pressure as a result of the IT problem
Two investigations by HSE into case of ‘Emily’ yield further allegations of sexual assaults at community nursing unit
Hospitals and other health sites to move to heat pumps from fossil fuels under new HSE climate change strategy
Bernard Gloster says ‘in excess of 30′ alleged assaults at home raised but issues ‘not fully understood’
The influential and credible CEO World rankings of health systems has Ireland ranked as 80th in the world. And yet we’re one of the highest spenders per capita on health in the world
Hospitals overspent by almost €150m in first two months of the year
Health service should be ‘ashamed’ of conditions some patients experience, chief clinical officer tells conference
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