Health Service Executive (HSE)

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

Some 170 cases of chickenpox resulted in hospitalisation in 2023, the highest number in recent years

The only value of having power is to empower other people in turn. Experience of illness and the health system yields simple insights into how care can be improved

Measure is part of strategy aimed at eliminating the use of tobacco products and protecting children

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

Consultancy firm Ernst and Young was paid a total of €33.5m by health service in 2023 for orders over €100,000

Clare teenager (16) died of meningitis in December 2022 with suspected sepsis that went untreated for more than 12 hours

Voluntary hospitals also warn on cost of boosting cybersecurity and weight of accumulated deficits of more than €340m

Record number last year assisted by Hail which is providing an ‘essential’ service for the State, says chief executive

Family wants unredacted report into death of 16-year-old in University Hospital Limerick in 2022 to be published to highlight ‘its shortcomings’, solicitor says

St James’s Hospital advised Paige Behan to go instead to Holles Street

Industrial action due to begin on September 17th

HSE publishes first report of Opportunistic Case Finding Programme at its national conference on integrated care

Popular scheme for cataract patients reduced by HSE

As key services in education, health, housing and transport struggle with increasing demand, plans are being devised to deal with pressures from rising immigration and people living longer

Alternative phone number to the 112/999 service would seek to reduce pressure on the national emergency phone line

Since its launch earlier this summer, the new service offering hospital care in the comfort of patients’ homes has been used by over 100 people

HSE prepares to ramp up vaccination programmes, including new initiative targeting newborn babies

Dr George Leslie Thomas Prekattil says many doctors are deterred by registration delays and exam scheduling

Health and social care regulator publishes terms of reference of new review into emergency department services in midwest region

Review found safeguarding failures surrounding incident in June last year

Action being taken because HSE has failed to implement recommendations intended to address issues involved, Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says

Reassignment of former CHI chief Eilísh Hardiman to new position as strategic programme director in April followed ‘mediation process’, documents indicate

WHO upgraded the disease to ‘public health emergency of international concern’ this week

Study finds in many countries the mental health of young people has declined over the past two decades and was made worse by Covid and the measures taken to contain it

Local TDs have expressed concern that there is still no successor in place for outgoing doctor in Ardara, Co Donegal

Decision to postpone scheduled care is ‘abandonment of the people’ in the midwest, says IHCA

Government will make additional €1.2bn available for health service despite almost 10% cost overrun so far this year

Incurable blood cancer’s symptoms include bone and back pain, weight loss, fatigue and greater frequency of infections over several months. Blood tests and X-rays help in diagnosis

HSE cites significant challenges encountered ‘for many service areas’ as a consequence of Covid-19 pandemic

Gath was appointed the HSE’s first confidential recipient in late 2014 following the Áras Attracta abuse scandal

Vacancy rate hit 15.9% in the second quarter, says Knight Frank

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’

Irish Prison Service ‘working closely’ with HSE in response to detection of synthetic opioid which led to a series of overdoses last year in Dublin and Cork

Figures show growth is moderating, however

New data shows variations in average number of out-patients seen by consultants in same specialty

Some premises forced to close entirely including a childcare facility where a ‘significant amount of rodent droppings’ were found

National Women’s Council calls for strengthening of specialist perinatal mental health services

Secretary who wrote letter claimed term was used ‘affectionately’ and referred to complainant’s commitment to project