People who use mental health services die 20 years earlier due to ‘poor general health’
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Doctors ask Taoiseach to intervene to secure independent assessment of CUH staffing needs
Micheál Martin also asked to hold Minister for Health to account over ‘the accuracy’ of comments about hospital
Nurses resume industrial action at Naas General Hospital over staff shortage
Workforce ‘exhausted and angry’ because 80 nursing posts remain unfilled, INMO officer says
Hospital overcrowding: 599 patients on trolleys as nurses warn about patient safety
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says its tally of patients awaiting beds, at 824, is the highest since January 2023
State ‘facing shortfall of 500 beds’ in facilities for most vulnerable homeless people
‘Significant demand’ exists for more long- and short-term accommodation including healthcare help
St Vincent’s University Hospital forecasts €21.5m shortfall for the year
Management warned board about services facing difficulties in meeting scale of demands
Health staff face sweeping promotion restrictions under spending controls
Staffing rules introduced by HSE to tackle potential €1bn overrun as doctors, nurses warn of significant patient risk
Tighter oversight of health service spending likely to stoke simmering tensions
Nine months into a new funding system, most health regions have autonomy on day-to-day spending revoked
Government rows back on promise to hold tribunal into scoliosis and spinal surgery scandal
Issues include unauthorised springs implanted in children, alleged waiting list irregularities and unnecessary hip surgeries
Irish doctors say UK bid to crack down on ‘cosmetic cowboys’ does not go far enough
Under new rules, procedures including ‘Brazilian butt lifts’ could only be performed by doctors
Arnotts asks Dublin revamp tsar to move GPO social welfare payments to reduce antisocial behaviour
Robert Watt previously said north inner-city Dublin unfairly burdened with services for ‘people on the margins of society’
Government wants HSE to cap hospital parking fee at €10 a day
Minister tells Dáil committee that health service will carry out new national review of charges
Ban on public sale of nitrous oxide being considered over damage to young people’s health
Separately, gardaí to refer first-time offenders found with ‘small amount’ of drugs to health services
Plant-based dairy alternatives not recommended for teens, says food watchdog
Protein powders, shakes and supplementary drinks were unnecessary to meet protein goals, it said
Psychotherapy group files complaint to EU against Minister for Health over sector standards
Formal complaint ‘not an action we have taken lightly, says IACP chief executive
Hospital waiting lists climb above one million people
Irish Patients’ Association chief calls on Coalition to advance ‘credible recovery plan’
Belt holes or BMI? Experts must weigh up best way to talk about obesity
‘Displaying nutritional information and communicating it effectively are not quite the same thing’
Half of HSE regions have ‘eaten into’ next year’s budget due to overruns, Minister says
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said steps are being taken to prevent the overruns from reaching the billion figure
New public spending efficiency taskforce to be established within three months
Jack Chambers says new body will scrutinise day-to-day public spending and see where greater value for money can be delivered
‘I won’t be having any plush holidays’: A Dublin pensioner reacts to Budget 2027
Robert Walker, who lives alone in north Dublin, struggles with energy bills, and especially running electric storage heaters
Delay of children’s hospital would ‘impose considerable additional costs’, Minister warns
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill issued warning to contractor earlier this year over continued delays
If we’re going to listen to women, we need to listen to all women
The three-day wait protects the essential time needed in a way that voluntary waiting periods do not
Children’s hospital contractor Bam submits claims for €983m over disputed costs
Project marked by escalating costs – from €987m to €2.24bn, with delays and fraught relationship between builders and oversight board
Not everyone wants to be in a nursing home. A Dutch dementia village is one alternative
If we need an extra 1,000 nursing home beds every year, then we also need other models of care
Government to authorise new funding as €700m agreed in April runs out
Ministers told no longer sufficient funds to pay for measures agreed by Ministers over recent months
Three-day abortion wait adds ‘unnecessary barriers’ to care, campaigners say
Speakers at March for Choice in Dublin call on the Government to improve timely access to abortion services
HSE spending approval plan neatly illustrates why its budget control is in such a mess
The chief executive will be signing such orders nonstop and doing little else for a salary of €406,000
Nation ‘sleepwalking into biggest social and healthcare challenge’, nursing homes warn
Sector braces for scale-up to meet demand for places, but funding challenges stand in way
Financial deficit in health service could hit €1bn, Dáil Public Accounts Committee hears
Scrapping private practice in public hospitals to cost HSE €140m
Ireland ‘needs 1,000 new nursing home beds a year until 2040′ for ageing population
Country is facing a ‘demographic tipping point’ to deal with increasing older population, says nursing home representative group
Three-day abortion wait hits women in ‘straitened circumstances’ hardest, HSE says
HSE experts also told TDs there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ against mandatory waiting periods
Patients would contribute more for drugs under proposed policy
New recruitment and spending restrictions to be introduced in health service in coming days amid Government concern at €700m overrun
Some energy drinks contain 17½ teaspoons of sugar per can, research finds
More than three-quarters of people surveyed support introducing age restrictions on sale of energy drinks to children
Inpatient hospital treatment rises just 2% despite 52% spending increase, data shows
Analysis leads Minister for Health to criticise hospitals unable to explain ‘consistently’ poor trolley figures
Should therapists be in therapy? Unpacking the rift over psychotherapy standards in Ireland
Training of psychotherapists is a matter of ongoing dispute between professionals and Coru, the State’s health regulator
Overspending health regions to be asked to slow hiring after headcount surge
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said there had been ‘extraordinarily high’ recruitment in the HSE
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ‘I worried whether I had the objectivity to be Minister for Health’
Eleven years after her son’s neonatal brain injury at birth, the Minister has met many women going through similar trauma
Politicians trying to influence funding of high-cost drugs is a ‘concern’, Minister says
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: TDs and Senators should be aware of need to stabilise national drug approval process
HSE spending controls have ‘not had sufficient impact’, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says scale of projected HSE overspend ‘cannot be explained by demand pressures alone’
‘Community care’ is exposed as an empty concept when a carer dies
An advocacy group for ageing parents of children with disability believes we have replaced the high walls of the institutions with kilometres of distance instead
Low levels of confidence in Government preparedness for next pandemic, survey finds
About one-third said they personally felt unprepared for a potential lockdown, according to new research
Children addicted to synthetic cannabis vapes can be denied access to Camhs support
Highly addictive drug linked to serious mental and physical health problems including psychosis
CUH consultants seek independent staffing assessment over patient safety fears
Minister warned of threat to patient safety following ‘years of underfunding’
Low transplant rates have serious repercussions
We owe it to organ donors to ensure our transplant system is fully equipped to save lives
What impact will ongoing grade-enhancement reductions have on CAO points?
Continuing enhancement of Leaving Cert results, even at a reduced level, means an ongoing distorting effect
Almost 6,000 fewer healthcare staff than officially permitted, HSE says
Gap will close as trainee staff move into regular employment on graduation, officials say, but nurses and doctors express concern
Dublin care workers’ strike ends after Labour Court recommends letting pay review proceed
Irish Workers Union says action could resume if progress not made
Sinn Féin leader urges Taoiseach to intervene after HSE opposed funding rare-disease drug
Move follows Fianna Fáil politicians’ call for HSE to change stance on treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia
HSE began ‘enhanced’ support and oversight of Bloomfield following patient care concerns
Independent investigation of Rathfarnham hospital found patients were sworn at and threatened
Hiqa to review tobacco affordability as Irish smoking rates stall
Smoking prevalence has remained at 17 or 18 per cent since 2019 despite increases in tobacco taxes
Flood protection: New group to look at gaps in insurance market
Many homeowners and businesses have found themselves left without flood insurance as their locations are deemed too risky for policies
The HSE was broken up into six regions two years ago to deliver better care. Is it working?
Restructuring Ireland’s health service was meant to integrate services locally, but concerns have been highlighted by regional managers and the HSE board
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