Patient’s picture was shared ‘mistakenly’ on WhatsApp, HSE data protection log shows
Health service recorded 624 breaches last year including theft of backpack containing files
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Home-birth system is a ‘risk to patient safety’, audit finds
No agreed maximum safe travel time to nearest maternity unit or self-employed community midwife, report shows
Consultant working in a public hospital received €963,000 in a year
New report shows one individual working in a public hospital received €963,000 in payments in the same year
Former Ryanair executive critical of HSE’s adoption of cost cutting recommendations
Board member Michael Cawley told Bernard Gloster there seemed to be ‘no urgency’ in efforts to cut spending
Managing chronic pain no longer a case of endurance
In Dublin’s Mount Carmel HSE surgical hub, ‘it’s so calm and you know you’re actually going to be seen’
We need to have a conversation about babies born alive after abortion
The 2023 three year review on abortion called for guidelines to be developed on comfort care after a live birth after abortion
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Minister for Health briefed on Drogheda hospital concern weeks before patients
Patients advised of file reviews 11 weeks after HSE raised it with department, Labour’s Ged Nash says
The urgent need to combat vaccine hesitancy in Ireland and abroad
Concerns about childhood vaccination have returned with a bang – we must allay these fears
Elmpark office investment back for sale with reduced €18.5m price tag
Building last offered for sale in 2020 for €28m is generating €1.32m in annual rental income
Could our society’s prejudice against drug users be costing lives?
Despite the narcotics problem in the Republic, could our society’s prejudice against drug users be costing lives?
Taoiseach’s exchange with exhausted mother a fraught moment but not a gotcha
Frustrated mother of a sick child has passionate but respectful encounter with Taoiseach
HSE to create panel to help cut waiting lists for children’s assessments of need
About 90% of applicants not seen within six months as required by Disability Act
‘This could kill’: Highest dosage MDMA ever seen in Ireland identified at Electric Picnic
MDMA tablet was one of 110 drug samples voluntarily submitted through the HSE programme at festival
Two-thirds of public hospitals have unsafe bed-occupancy levels in first half of 2025
Occupancy at 95.9% nationally in the first six months of the year, where 85% considered the limit, new figures show
National Orthopaedic Hospital staff seek boycott of Israeli company’s medicines
Letter signed by 104 workers asks hospital to discontinue use of Israeli company’s products
Raising Limerick hospital chief’s salary ‘in best interests’ of centre, staff told
St John’s Hospital CEO’s pay was raised to a higher band in 2023, in breach of agreed salary scales
Dublin facing high-quality office space shortage, HWBC says
Property agency warns of ‘growing mismatch’ between market demand and office space delivery
The next generation of healthtech must be built around the patient
New services should enable self-management, reduce clinic dependency and improve outcomes that matter to people’s lives
Consultant at centre of review in Drogheda’s Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has left country
Just over 1,000 cases being looked at as part of analysis relating to tissue diagnoses slides across various specialities
Three hospitals paid consultants all the NTPF money received for waiting-list schemes
Naas, St Michael’s and Kerry hospitals disclosed they had failed to comply with memorandum of understanding with agency, review reveals
More than 1,000 patient cases examined as part of review at Drogheda hospital
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is taking a look back at all histopathology slides seen by one consultant
New plan aims to improve diagnosis and care for people with rare diseases
Life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases affect 300,000 people in Ireland
HSE warns Electric Picnic festivalgoers of new psychoactive drugs, offers substance tests on site
Gardaí say they will work with health service’s harm-reduction initiative, but warn of consequences of drug possession
Dozens of Drogheda hospital patients had pre-cancerous cells miscategorised
Several dozen patients to receive letters from hospital over grading of their pre-cancerous cells on foot of review of work of one consultant
Sparking innovation in healthcare: From virtual reality for pain to digital diagnostic systems
HSE Spark awards celebrate innovative healthcare professionals who improve patient care across the public healthcare system
Dementia: 12% fewer beds for patients, as rates of condition set to double by 2050
Just 353 HSE-funded beds remain in the State for care of patients with dementia, including Alzheimer’s
BreastCheck programme missed targets for last two years
HSE says cancer-screening service is impacted by global shortage of radiology staff
‘Huge loss to a disadvantaged community’: Future of long-running addiction support service in doubt
Number of staff members at Neart le Chéile are being made redundant
Over 50 consultants urge State to stop using Israeli medicines ‘if viable alternatives’
Teva Pharmaceuticals, which makes Sudocrem, is one of the largest suppliers of generic medicines to HSE
Suicide-prevention charity Pieta seeks to cut €3 million amid ‘unsustainable’ financial position
Drop in donations since Covid-19 has been a ‘major challenge’, says charity’s chief executive
Department cuts firm’s Ukraine accommodation contract over Garda vetting controversy
State bodies under pressure over contracts awarded to group found supplying falsified vetting checks
Bottomless brunches: are restaurant booze offers breaking the law?
Author of new Irish study says alcohol remains a ‘clear and present danger’ to public
Father of Harvey Morrison Sherratt says his son was ‘abandoned’ by disability services
Almost 11,000 children waiting for assessment by HSE’s children disability network teams, figures show
Smokers in Ireland will lose almost 5m years of life and cost health system €20bn, study finds
RCSI finds 20-year-old males expected to ‘lose eight years of life’ compared with non-smokers
‘Significant decline’ in RSV-related illness in babies after high uptake of vaccine
Department of Health introduced new vaccination programme for babies last year
5,500 patients have stayed in Irish hospitals longer than medically necessary this year
Delays accessing care in the community affected 5,548 fit-for-discharge patients
HSE accused of ‘abandoning rural mothers’ at protest over Portiuncula maternity services
Woman with high-risk pregnancies having antenatal care moved from Ballinasloe hospital to other locations after series of reviews
Cash not the issue for Government but how to spend it wisely is, Ifac boss told in briefing
Séamus Coffey’s officials expected budget oversight committee to focus on Apple tax windfall priorities, migration costs and health service spending
Indian health workers in Ireland: ‘Any nurse getting ready to come here will now be warned’
Amid increased awareness of racist attacks on Indian nationals, healthcare professionals say nurses and doctors from India are nervous to work in Ireland
Covid, CervicalCheck and the Trinity job: questions for Tony Holohan if he launches a presidential run
Tony Holohan found himself in an extraordinary position as a public servant. Now he is pondering a tilt at the highest public office
Cork woman dies after living with rare locked-in syndrome since 2008
Catherine O’Leary, from Carrigaline, was 32 when she developed the rare condition
Production at Ballymaguire Foods resumes following listeria detection last month
Food Safety Authority of Ireland launched an investigation following ‘extensive’ outbreak of listeriosis that led to recall of products
Cost of hiring agency staff in hospitals hit €380m last year
HSE says high spend was despite intensive recruitment efforts, but David Cullinane criticises figures as ‘completely unacceptable’
‘Significant failings’ at disability centre put residents at risk, watchdog finds
Non-compliance impacted the delivery of care to residents in 11 centres, says health watchdog
Children’s Health Ireland spent years challenging ‘defiant’ staff, says resigning doctor
Dr Gavin Lavery was one of four CHI board members who resigned last May
Irish doctors increasingly prescribe highly addictive opioids for pain, new study finds
Usage rates of pain medications now outpace those in England, according to new research
Agency nurse’s two complaints alleging penalisation rejected by Labour Court
Gerard Foy had reported a colleague for pouring water over a patient at the residential facility
Medical device company paid €720,000 twice by HSE for the same invoice now in liquidation
Company is now in liquidation, and health service says it is engaged with liquidator to recover overpayment
Paramedics to vote on proposal for ending extended dispute at National Ambulance Service
Ballot to take place on deal providing basic pay rises of more than 20% in return for work practice-changes and loss of premium payments
Quarter of children found not to have disability after assessment of need, HSE figures show
‘Astonishing’ that HSE expects number of overdue assessments to rise this year to more than 24,000, says Sinn Féin leader
Eating disorders: What are they and how do they affect patients?
Reason why people develop such disorders is unknown but low self-esteem and trauma are among them
How eating disorders are changing: ‘I’m not the stereotype. I’m a man, I’m plus-sized’
People with complex eating disorders face challenges in their illness, in accessing treatment in Ireland and on the road to recovery
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