Irish people will die in significant numbers due to rising temperatures, HSE specialist claims
Healthcare is at climate frontline, notably in emergency departments and at primary care level, conference hears
Bernard Gloster
Nurses say posts in cancer, palliative, paediatric and rehab care being left vacant due to recruitment restrictions
INMO members to commence ballot for industrial action on Monday in protest at employment ceiling introduced in the HSE
Clinical director at Limerick hospital where Aoife Johnston died placed on leave due to ‘serious risk’ to patients
Prof Brian Lenehan, suspended in the wake of reports into death of the Co Clare teenager, told the High Court that decision to suspend him lacks reason
Ongoing risk to life at UHL, HSE chief says
Risk of reoccurrence of circumstances that led to death of Aoife Johnston at Limerick hospital still present ‘but I think the risk is less’, says Bernard Gloster
Health service must move away from traditional Monday-Friday model, says HSE chief
Bernard Gloster tells Oireachtas committee that report into death of Aoife Johnston at UHL will be published by next Monday
Increasing health budget every year not sustainable, Robert Watt to tell Oireachtas committee
HSE chief Gloster expected to say demand for services increasing at faster rate than predicted before pandemic
Report into Aoife Johnston’s death at UHL to be published next week, says HSE
Clare teenager (16) died of meningitis in December 2022 with suspected sepsis that went untreated for more than 12 hours
More than half of patients assessed under HSE programme at risk of diabetes or cardiovascular disease
HSE publishes first report of Opportunistic Case Finding Programme at its national conference on integrated care
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
Midwest hospitals will postpone appointments ‘periodically’, says HSE chief
University Hospital Limerick among those hospitals requiring ‘resets’, says Bernard Gloster, amid emergency department demand
HSE employee was paid €700,000 last year for treating patients out of normal hours, report reveals
Termination payment of €1.6m to outgoing staff member revealed in Comptroller and Auditor General report
HSE staffing strategy will see 2,000 posts abolished and affect patient safety, unions say
Health service chief recently told senior managers staffing ‘now at a level not previously seen and continues to grow’
Health regions to be allowed recruit staff up to new ceiling
Health service will now have an approved workforce close to 130,000 as recruitment pause eased
Calorie labels on online fast food menus seen as means to reduce future pressures on health service
Department of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatment
HSE safeguarding structure needs ‘transformational change’, report finds
Review by independent safeguarding expert Jackie McIlroy was commissioned by HSE in wake of ‘Emily’ rape case
HSE recruitment ban to end soon, Bernard Gloster tells conference
HSE chief executive says he expects movement on issue ‘shortly’
Hard to see how HSE cost-saving measures will add up to better healthcare
A recruitment freeze and plans to drastically reduce reliance on agency staff go not seem to go hand in hand
University Hospital Limerick overcrowding to be focus of new health services support team
Work to begin immediately on devising actions designed to ease crowding and pressures in hospital and HSE’s Mid West region
HSE attempts to pay substantial exit package to former top executive led to Government row
Ministers and office of Taoiseach became involved in issue surrounding departure of ex-deputy director general, files show
HSE engages architects for office plan for Baggot Street Hospital
Victorian building should be transferred to Dublin City Council for housing or cultural use, councillor says
Patients and staff enduring ‘pretty awful conditions’ in some EDs, says HSE chief
Demand for services in EDs rose 12% in early part of year
Thousands of extra staff to be hired in health service despite recruitment freeze
HSE chief executive to tell members of Oireachtas Committee on Health that service now employing largest workforce to date
Conditions at University Hospital Limerick ‘not acceptable’ - HSE chief
Overcrowding continues as Limerick hospital postponed non-urgent surgeries for two days
Senior HSE executive secures €389,000 in exit deal approved in recent days
Agreement, reached following mediation, was authorised by Department of Health and Department of Public Expenditure
Woman (33) dies suddenly at UHL one day after losing her baby
HSE inquiry to establish ‘what happened and how, and then to take any appropriate actions’
St John of God order warned for years it could no longer ‘bail out’ services
Records show financial crisis facing disability care provider had been building for years
Cost of running HSE services over next year to ‘exceed’ available funding
HSE has cut spending on agency staff and overtime as well implementing a recruitment freeze for the vast majority of staff
Will its 380 beds be enough when children’s hospital finally opens at stratospheric cost?
Facility to be among the most expensive of its kind worldwide, when Switzerland has built larger hospital in Berne for €700m
‘Top-heavy’ HSE to cut posts at Dublin headquarters
Number of top managers to be halved as responsibilities move to regions
HSE to ‘sensitively’ dispose of organs retained from 24 postmortems at Crumlin hospital
Board members express concern at failure to learn from previous reports on hospital organ retention policies
New taskforce to target productivity and savings in the health service
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
Reinstated Kerry consultant returns to work after three weeks
Radiologist Dr Martin Schranz said he was ‘happy out’ after agreement reached to allow him to return to University Hospital Kerry
Is it possible the HSE is beginning to change for the better?
Bernard Gloster’s focus on accountability over death of teenager in Limerick hospital is new ground for a HSE chief and is welcome
HSE boss declines to express confidence in Limerick hospital management following teenager’s death
Bernard Gloster warns against ‘trial by social media’ over Aoife Johnston’s death in UHL in December 2022
New investigation ordered into death of teenager at Limerick hospital
Retired judge Mr Justice Frank Clarke appointed to investigate death of Aoife Johnston (16) after lengthy wait in UHL last December
HSE chief Bernard Gloster interview: ‘Change in public service is complex, but not impossible’
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
Health service to be bailed out with additional €1 billion this year
€960m extra for health to meet costs of increased demand, particularly in acute hospitals
Winter period will feature more trolley waits and increased pressure, says HSE boss
Bernard Gloster set to apologise for those affected in opening statement to the Oireachtas Committee on Health
Unions criticised HSE decision to widen recruitment embargo to most staff categories
‘Neither affordable or sustainable’ to exceed target, warns HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster
New HSE rules aim to speed up discharge of well patients
HSE warns that remaining in hospital after treatment is not ‘a choice to be exercised’
A government that cannot budget credibly is not a credible government
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
No cuts to health services next year despite ‘guaranteed deficit’, HSE chief says
Recruitment of additional staff being capped, not cut, HSE chief executive tells Oireachtas health committee
Health funding row one of many big political challenges on horizon
Inside politics: Gravity of the flooding in east Cork has stunned Ministers and the response is changing almost daily
‘Savings and efficiencies’ needed in health budget, senior officials acknowledge
Robert Watt, secretary general of the Department of Health, says productivity gains are needed in health service
Drip-feeding funding: The politics of not budgeting for runaway health spending
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
Stephen Donnelly promises ‘in-depth report’ on future costs of healthcare after budget row
HSE chief said last week the health allocation was ‘not adequate for all current costs’
Q&A: What’s the problem with the health service budget?
Stephen Donnelly has admitted the sector will require additional money before end of next year
HSE chief warns of big funding shortfall
Tánaiste Micheál Martin says there needs to be a ‘deep dive’ into spending on the health service
HSE freezes recruitment of junior doctors and other support staff due to shortfall in budget funding
Budget 2024 fallout: Consultants, nurses and dentists among grades exempted from pause in recruitment this year
HSE re-examining patient refunds for overseas treatment after Ombudsman criticism
More than 200 cases where reimbursement was refused being ‘relooked at in a positive way’, says Ger Deering
Budget 2024: Ministers in clash over €1bn health overspend
Budget 2024: Cabinet Committee on Health to meet on Monday amid speculation that overrun will curtail budget demands made by Stephen Donnelly
HSE chief ‘seriously concerned’ about Temple Street hospital’s oversight of surgery-springs purchase
Independent review of surgery practices in hospital to be fair and not focused on a single individual, says Bernard Gloster
HSE to investigate records of other residents in nursing home where staff member raped woman
Wider review of residents’ records over 16 years likely to find further incidents of ‘possible harm’
Children’s ombudsman accuses State of ‘profound violation of children’s rights’ on mental health and disability care
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’
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