Health service failed to meet goal of cutting hospital waiting lists in 2025
NTPF figures show 64 per cent of the 750,000 patients on hospital waiting lists were waiting longer than target times
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Cork and Galway hospitals have ‘persistent’ overcrowding issue, says Minister
Hospital system coped better than initially modelled during the peak of flu on Christmas week
Number of work permits issued last year drops by almost a quarter
Amazon, Accenture, EY and Google seek largest numbers of permits and Indian citizens were in receipt of almost a third of the total issued
Flu hospitalisations up by a third in one week, HSE figures show
Public urged to remain vigilant as cases rise again after Christmas drop-off
Bertie Ahern was involved in mediation to end industrial school hunger strike
HSE expressed concern about ‘high degree of risk’ associated with protest
Quakers to sell Bloomfield mental health hospital in Rathfarnham
Charitable institution established more than 200 years ago cares for people with enduring problems
With one pool for every 80,000 people, it’s a miracle Ireland is producing great swimmers
Over half are hotel pools, which usually don’t have pay-as-you-go public swimming, restrict children’s access and lack accessibility accommodations
One in five vape shops selling addictive products to children, inspections reveal
Proposed law to ban disposable vapes should go further, says Fianna Fáíl TD
Next year must mark ‘reset’ of relations between State and voluntary hospitals, says Minister
Plans for new national financial information system has been a source of tension
Pharmacist awarded €20,000 after being excluded from promotion due to working part-time
HSE ordered to review its minimum criteria for applications for the role
Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital transferring women as far as Drogheda due to bed shortage
Babies younger than 25 weeks were once not considered viable but ‘now we’re looking at 22-weekers’, says Rotunda master
Vigilance urged as hospitals ‘very busy’ with respiratory illnesses
There were 2,321 new respiratory illness cases notified over the past week, which includes flu, Covid-19 and RSV
HSE says sharp fall in number of organ transplants is not due to new opt-out register
HSE says slump is not due to new opt-out register introduced this year
Study finds link between eating cheese and lower dementia risk
Large Swedish research project finds association but experts urge caution over saturated fat intake
HSE must stop assuming more resources are needed for new services – Minister for Health
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says regional inconsistencies in different services must be tackled
Improved disability and youth mental health services among commitments in HSE’s 2026 plan
New community beds, acute beds and surgical hubs expected to be rolled out next year
Two further hospitals deemed non-compliant with public pay rules
Hospitals ‘obliged’ to implement Government-sanctioned salaries, says HSE spokesman
CHI to get access to new children’s hospital eight months later than planned
It had been agreed that CHI could have access to the site from April to mitigate risks of delays to operational commissioning
Huntington’s charity ‘worried and saddened’ by mistreatment findings at Bloomfield
Independent investigation of Rathfarnham hospital found patients were cursed at and threatened
Boy (12) settles case over injury suffered at birth for €900,000
Noah Boland sued HSE over Erb’s Palsy, claiming it would leave him with life long disability
Bringing healthcare to rough sleepers: ‘I think people feel safe with us’
A mobile GP clinic provides health services to vulnerable people on Dublin’s streets
Flu cases continue to rise as hospitalisations increase almost 20%
Emergency departments experiencing unprecedented numbers, says HSE
Portiuncula hospital will not admit high-risk pregnancies for ‘some time’
Two key ‘junctures’ need to be arrived at before care for higher-risk pregnancies can resume, says HSE chief
Pandemic payments to health staff had weak controls and governance gaps, HSE audit finds
More than 200,000 personnel received €1,000 payment in recognition of their work during Covid-19 at cost of €211 million
‘I was finally given a diagnosis at 42 for decades of mysterious and relentless pain I had’
Endometriosis is one of the most painful diseases going, and the hurt it can cause is unimaginable
Anne O’Connor to be appointed as new HSE chief executive
VHI senior executive to succeed Bernard Gloster who is to retire shortly
The Irish Times view on the flu wave: an early and unwelcome visitor
Surge exposes the fault lines in a health service operating at the limits of capacity
New rules around medication dispensing delayed after political backlash
Some patients were facing charges of €20-€50 in the new year for getting ‘blister packs’ from their pharmacies, Dáil told
Flu jab uptake among HSE healthcare workers ‘dismal’ with only 29% vaccinated
‘Maybe staff are not standing in solidarity with patients as much as we could be, and that’s a tricky thing to say,’ Medical Council president says
HSE warns over high-strength MDMA in circulation this Christmas
Some pills have been found to contain three times the average adult dose, HSE says
Flu season has started weeks early with ‘significant pressures’ expected on hospitals
Almost 2,000 new influenza cases were reported in the week ending November 29th, double the previous week
HSE offers €750 to victims of system-wide cyberattack
Russia-based cybercrime group launched ransomware attack on health service in 2021
Couple who had termination after wrongful advice highlight ‘years of extraordinary pain’
Rebecca Price and Pat Kiely were advised to terminate their healthy baby after receiving a misdiagnosis
Equivalent of two large hospitals needed to deal with expected Irish flu surge, doctors warn
Irish Medical Organisation says flu cases will require equivalent of two large hospitals
HSE apologises to couple wrongfully advised of fatal foetal abnormality
Rebecca Price and Pat Kiely were advised to terminate their healthy baby after receiving a misdiagnosis
The sound that will not return: Why we need to bring hearing care to livestock marts
A survey via the National Charity for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People showed 79% of participants waited until their hearing was ‘quite bad’ before seeking aids
Site of former Baggot Street hospital ‘unviable’ for delivery of affordable homes
Former hospital on the market for €5.5m, assessed by Land Development Agency
Ireland’s graduates: ‘Everyone I know is thinking of moving abroad or has gone’
Many find it tough to find work in their desired sector upon leaving college - a harsh situation each year that doesn’t seem to improve
HSE tried to conceal ties to company at centre of forged Garda vetting controversy
Internal inquiry opened into HSE contract awarded to firm that supplied falsified checks on care workers
Husband settles action over death of Army captain from cervical cancer
Edel O’Halloran, a retired Army captain, was 59 when she died of metastatic cervical cancer
‘Mammy, I can’t breathe’: Mother of Niamh McNally (16) recalls her death in Limerick hospital
Carolyn O’Neill tells inquest her daughter turned to her and said ‘Mammy, I can’t breathe’ before her death
Permission granted for court challenge over manganese in Cork city drinking water
Action claims basis on which Uisce Éireann and EPA declare water containing the metal as safe to drink is mistaken
Concerns around insourcing fed in to row over funding at Beaumont Hospital
Insourcing has been part of Government’s drive to reduce waiting lists but has become multimillion-euro industry
Laughing gas worth €8.6m seized by Revenue since 2020 as recreational use rises
Youth workers told Department of Health that children as young as 10 are experimenting with nitrous oxide
Cancer services being hit by HSE’s failure to recruit qualified graduates, conference hears
Treatment machines under-utilised or closed for cancer services due to Pay and Numbers Strategy, says Siptu
Fitzwilliam Hotel Group cafe ordered to cease serving beef tartare by food safety watchdog
Environmental health officers in HSE serve 11 closure orders and two prohibition directives on food businesses
Statutory public inquiry into spinal care to be recommended by Ministers
Minister for Health ‘had no knowledge of Harvey Morrison Sherratt whistleblower report’, Dáil hears
New STI survey raises ‘concerning’ trends among young Irish people
Significant minority believe the Pill protects against STIs, survey by HSE reveals
Intellectual disability services under strain as private firms expand, care assistant says
Care assistant tells Siptu conference increasing use of for-profit providers is undermining both personnel and service quality
ADHD ‘over-represented’ among those in addiction treatment services in Dublin, Wicklow
Up to a quarter of teenagers seeking treatment for addiction in those counties have ADHD, says psychiatrist
Bird flu: IFA warns ‘rogue operators’ now pose biggest risk in Ireland
Housing order cuts risk of further spread by ‘as much as 90 %’, says association
‘There were so many little failings’: The patients improving Ireland’s health system
Health service users’ experiences of issues such as systems and medical teams not talking to each other, never mind patients, motivates them to drive change
Parents of Harvey Morrison Sherratt to meet senior politicians to push for spinal care inquiry
It comes after allegation boy was removed from surgery waiting list due to mistaken belief he was in palliative care
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has taken on the hospital boards. There can only be one winner
Attempts of Minister for Health to impose some sort of discipline on State’s voluntary hospitals is a battle about who should be in control
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