Transgender woman says she was unable to receive ‘basic healthcare’ at Dublin hospital after gender surgery
St James’s Hospital advised Paige Behan to go instead to Holles Street
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
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
Some centres designed to treat people with most serious illnesses ‘unsafe’, says service inspector Prof Jim Lucey
Prof Jim Lucey says he is disappointed that ‘the highest level of noncompliance ever’ was found last year by the Mental Health Commission
Department of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatment
The challenges that adults in Ireland with cerebral palsy face expose gaps in our healthcare system that need to be addressed
Social Democrats leader tells Dáil total number of children and teenagers on list for Cork and Kerry now tops 5,000
Voluntary hospitals tell HSE they are facing ‘critical liquidity issues’
Using private clinics been would have been unthinkable when I first moved here. Now, it feels almost irresponsible not to use one if you can afford to do so
Ombudsman highlights lack of State services to support children with disabilities to live at home with families
Coroner makes clear he will not be recording a verdict of death by suicide in the case of Patrick Rowland (69), who drowned after leaving Mayo University Hospital
Presence of nitazene, a dangerous synthetic opioid, confirmed in yellow, round counterfeit tablets
Passage Healthcare International (Ireland) Limited ran the Lucan Lodge Nursing home and Sally Park Nursing Home in Firhouse
HSE sampled E-LIQUID and QST Puff Flex 2800 products which contain quantities of substance well over 20mg/ml legal limit
A recruitment freeze and plans to drastically reduce reliance on agency staff go not seem to go hand in hand
IMO welcomes the substantial increase in hospital bed numbers announced by Government but argues more will be needed
Shortage of beds leading to overcrowding problems experienced in hospitals such as Limerick, unions says
HSE issued advice to passengers on board Ryanair flight between Gatwick and Dublin last Thursday
Meeting on impact of recruitment freeze told compensatory rest payments are now ‘embedded in the system’
Fine Gael Senator questions health service structures that allows ‘no oversight, feedback or care plan’
Government plans aimed at addressing ‘major deficiencies’ in current information system
Protected Disclosures Commissioner says some agencies showed a reluctance to deal with reports of wrongdoing
App will not cover voluntary hospitals due to challenges around data sharing, board members told
HSE officers issues letter saying price increases hitting funds needed for patient care ‘in a growing challenging environment’
Work to begin immediately on devising actions designed to ease crowding and pressures in hospital and HSE’s Mid West region
Dr Yvonne Williams of Shannon Medical Centre said that trust in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick had been eroded
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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