HSE

Flu season expected to peak next week

Head of the HSE says health service is taking ‘several measures’ to prepare for potential surge in hospitalisations and intensive care numbers

Why are so many people getting the flu?

The flu virus spreads through coughs and sneezes and can live on hands and surfaces for 24 hours. If you reckon you have it, it’s best to stay at home

Republic could face ‘shortage of 62,000 healthcare assistants’ by 2036

Low wages and inflationary cycle for staff on permits at nursing homes render job ‘unattractive’ - report

‘It can be a difficult time of year’: Community workers deliver festive food to the elderly

Teams of healthcare attendants will be making home visits to vulnerable older patients who have no family or who live alone

First group of children evacuated from Gaza to receive medical treatment arrive in Ireland

Eight children, accompanied by carers and siblings, travelled to Dublin on Thursday evening

More than 600 people hospitalised with Covid, flu and RSV, says HSE

Almost 2,000 cases of three illnesses notified and EDs have seen significant increases in presentations

Four children settle cases over claims they were over-medicated by South Kerry Camhs

HSE pays out €196,000 in cases taken over Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs)

Opening of first medically supervised injection facility marks ‘momentous shift in policy’

Merchants Quay Ireland CEO says facility will save lives, reduce harm and decrease drug-related litter

HSE has more than 200 vacant properties on its books, internal audit finds

Report highlights 21 vacant HSE properties on St Ita’s Hospital campus in Portrane, north Dublin

Mental health in Ireland: ‘Should we not be helping people before they get down to the breakdown stage?’

Generational health: Support services ‘are well hidden and the services are already under pressure’

Audit shows spending of €19m to reduce spinal waiting lists for children was used for purpose intended

Minister told the Seanad in July that funding for spinal services had been allocated ‘far more broadly’ across the Children’s Health Ireland group

Boy (12) secures €1.5m interim payment in settlement of claim alleging deficits in post-birth care

Cranial ultrasound five days after emergency Caesarean section showed difficulties with the baby’s brain cells

Most patients waited more than six hours at emergency department before admission - survey

More than 13 per cent waited more than 24 hours, Hiqa experience survey finds

‘I had let it go too far ... but I had zero pain’: We need to talk about penile cancer

New guide aims to stop men dying due to unawareness and shame

We can’t build our way out of the capacity issues in the health service

We must stop viewing health as ‘a cost to be managed’ and instead understand it as ‘an investment to be made’

Anti-choking devices donated to hundreds of schools despite HSE advising against use

Meals provider Lunch Bag is donating LifeVac devices to schools despite HSE advice that anti-choking devices should not be used due to lack of research on efficacy

Five major Dublin hospitals receive €200m bailout to pay staff before Christmas

The hospitals wrote to the HSE saying they were facing a financial shortfall of more than €100 million

Simulation test using drones to deliver life-saving equipment is a success

Test delivers defibrillator to home where a person could be having a heart attack in about two minutes

Healthcare worker takes case against HSE over disclosure of sexual assault complaint

Worker is seeking an order quashing the HSE’s decision to furnish gardaí with a complaint report and another quashing the Garda vetting bureau’s acceptance of it

HSE chief weighed decision to place University Hospital Limerick clinical director on leave, court hears

Prof Brian Lenehan takes case over being put on leave following death of teenager Aoife Johnston

Prof Donal O’ Shea: ‘The positioning of Ronald McDonald House at the entrance to the new children’s hospital makes me angry’

Prof Donal O’ Shea is the HSE lead on obesity and a regular commentator on the dangers of marketing ‘junk and fast food’ to children

Craft workers’ union Connect the latest to back industrial action in HSE

Result of ballot run over recent weeks endorsed by Connect’s executive on Thursday

More than 80,000 HSE workers including nurses vote for industrial action

Votes raise the prospect of serious disruption to services early in the new year

Lucy Nugent has been appointed new chief executive of Children’s Health Ireland

Appointment follows two senior resignations at CHI as it prepares for completion of new national children’s hospital next year

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

Two most senior officials at Children’s Health Ireland quit posts

Resignations come at a critical time for organisation, which is preparing for the completion of the new national children’s hospital

Pregnant and seeking asylum: ‘Imagine the journey some of these women have been on’

Coombe hospital-linked Daisy Clinic provides maternity and gynaecological care to pregnant women who are within the international protection system

Woman ordered to pay HSE’s legal costs after claim of delayed breast cancer diagnosis successfully defended

Lawyers for Catriona Crumlish argued sides should pay own costs for High Court and Court of Appeal hearings as case raised important issue

Two complaints about alleged abuse at HSE-run nursing home not investigated, Hiqa finds

Health watchdog publishes report into Cherry Orchard Hospital in Ballyfermot that highlighted a number of areas of non-compliance

Voluntary hospitals warn they may have to choose between paying staff and suppliers amid HSE cash limits

Hospitals say spending restrictions will force them to choose between paying staff, suppliers or Revenue

Hospital asks court to sanction man’s move to nursing home months after being fit for discharge

Man (60s) lacks capacity due to alcohol-related brain condition, court hears

Development of charity-run centre for children with additional needs at risk as Government withholds funding

Kildare National Child Development Centre project stalls as IIP programme closes

If my dad follows my mum into a nursing home will Fair Deal charge us again?

The charge is assessed on the value of assets, not on any specific asset, so HSE will charge on all savings and assets above a certain financial threshold

Bord Pleanála faces questions over health scrutiny of wind farm projects

Two cases have come to light where planning authority advised HSE consultation about wind farms but the health service says it received no notification

Covid-19 left deep scars in Irish society. Those whose lives were lost or upended deserve better

People need, want and deserve a proper accounting of the successes and failures of the handling of the pandemic

Dublin’s crack cocaine epidemic: ‘You get a rush. You come down. And then you have to go again’

Crack cocaine is the new heroin, say addicts and frontline support workers, its use and widespread availability an epidemic that is getting worse

Woman (70s) living in house with dog faeces requires hospital detention, court told

Judge hears woman is ‘very unhappy’ about being in hospital but would be at risk if returned home

Pregnant women enduring domestic violence are afraid to report it, study finds

Fear that children will be taken into care cited as a key reason for not telling maternity hospitals about abuse

‘There has to be a shorter, more compassionate way,’ says woman who considered taking medical negligence case after husband’s death

Doctors, patients and family members are all suffering due to the lengthy and expensive management of clinical negligence claims

Mother of vulnerable teen brings court action against HSE and Tusla

Legal action seeks a declaration that both agencies are in breach of their statutory duties towards the boy

State child care system ‘in crisis’ and vulnerable children are ‘falling through the cracks’

Report of Child Law Project ‘sounds the alarm’ says special rapporteur on child protection

Medics must be trained to recognise signs of human trafficking, conference told

US ambassador says lack of training leads to neglect of the most vulnerable in society

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