‘One of the best people’: 23 character references for convicted child exploiter released
Submission of pre-sentencing character letters for people convicted of crimes is a common but more veiled practice
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Carroll MacNeill plans in-house HSE ‘agency’ staff to reduce payouts to outside companies
Health service’s expenditure on agency workers reached €903.4 million last year
Ireland’s low-risk alcohol guidelines may need to be reviewed, research finds
‘Minimal’ difference in the risk of alcohol-related harm between men and women, Hiqa review finds
Deaf-blind man in High Court seeking legal aid to pursue discrimination case
David Eccles is taking WRC case over HSE’s refusal to provide him with supports to learn Braille
Children’s healthcare failings in Ireland laid bare by new HSE audit
Families have long raised concerns about deterioration in children awaiting procedures
If Jennifer Carroll MacNeill means what she says about women’s choice, she needs to fund it
It’s very difficult to have a conversation which begins with a threat to the hospital’s funding
From the HSE to Church of Ireland dean: ‘I took a huge salary cut, but I’ve never been happier’
‘Sitting in meetings would have killed me’ says Canon Tom O’Brien of his unlikely career change
‘An everybody issue’: How drug-related intimidation affects all areas, urban and rural
Report reveals scale of the problem and highlights the help that is available
‘I felt nobody had my back’: What the Rotunda row says about public v private maternity care
Mothers and medical professionals share their views as differences between public and private maternity care in the State are brought into sharp focus
Tensions come to fore over drive towards single-tier healthcare
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Removing private practice in public hospitals under new contracts ‘inadequately monitored’
Rostering of consultants to work Saturdays or evenings via latest arrangements remains low, HSE auditors say
Public or private? Share your experience of maternity care in Ireland
Tell your story: did you choose public or private maternity care – and why?
Eight women under private care by public-only consultants at Rotunda to switch doctors
State’s busiest maternity hospital backed down in dispute over private care
Striking theatre staff say settling pay claim would save HSE substantial agency costs
Dozen elective cardiac operations cancelled because of action by specialist perfusionists
Rotunda Hospital board agrees to Minister’s demands over public-only consultants
Board has backed down following stand-off with Government and will comply with terms of public-only consultant contract
Key hospital operating theatre staff at five Irish hospitals to strike tomorrow
Perfusionists operate machinery that performs heart and lung functions during surgery
Rotunda backs down in standoff over consultants taking private work
Maternity hospital’s board to ‘bring its arrangements into line with Government policy’
‘To the passersby we were just your average Irish family with two kids splashing, jumping, eating sand’
Innovation programme draws on frontline staff for ways to improve health service
Taoiseach warns Rotunda board to ‘reflect’ on public contracts decision
Minister of State Robert Troy says there must be ‘consequences’ if public contracts not implemented
All pregnant women should get continuity of care – not just those who can pay for it
Days of the consultant being on-call for the labour ward from home need to be consigned to history, too
Rising number of ‘free births’ raises alarm among midwives
Lack of medical supervision can put women and babies at risk of life-threatening complications, new policy paper states
‘Free births’ in Ireland: Within three hours Naomi (38) died, leaving behind four kids
Doctors and midwives are concerned about a ‘notable rise’ in medically unassisted home births in the State. Do expectant mothers know the risks?
Rotunda stands by decision to allow public-only consultants offer private maternity care
Hospital may owe refunds to women cared for privately, says Minister for Health
Family settles action against HSE over daughter’s death by suicide
Maxine Maguire’s family call on Government to implement key recommendations made at inquest
Rotunda told funding could be pulled over public-only consultants providing private care
Minister for Health says ‘last thing’ she wants is conversation on cuts, but Government policy is clear
‘It’s like an NCT for human beings’: Free annual health check gives peace of mind
Private patients missing out on benefits of public healthcare prevention programme
Some doctors unwilling to take on challenging cases because of litigation ‘risks’
Outgoing Irish Medical Council president says proposal to tie newly-qualified doctors to fixed terms of Irish service could infringe their rights
‘Significant disparities’ in accessing specialised diabetes resources, report finds
Ireland’s first national strategy for diabetes outlining recommendations for action is published
‘We look after mind, body and soul’: The acquired brain injury charity transforming lives
An Saol Foundation was set up by couple whose son was badly injured. Now the service is planning to expand
Rotunda at loggerheads with Minister over public-only consultants having private patients
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill told master of the hospital she is ‘not happy’ about situation
Ireland can learn a lot from Italy’s value-for-money health spend
Key factor is the lack of an evidence-based approach to health-service delivery
More than 32,000 adults waiting over a year for physiotherapy and other primary care assessments
Physiotherapy and occupational therapy waiting lists are particularly long, new HSE figures show
Kyne and Ennis elected to Dáil; HSE waiting lists; the trial of Jeffrey Donaldson
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‘You can’t force people to stay’: How to stop the exodus of Irish medical graduates?
Last year, 630 Irish doctors got visas to work in Australia, this year so far it’s 437. A senior medic says the numbers leaving are ‘off the charts’
Newly-qualified doctors could have college fees paid in bid to stem numbers moving abroad
Reduction would be in return for doctors agreeing to work in Irish health service for set period
Self-reported rude health of Irish adults is an unhealthy basis for policy
Unlike many European peers, Ireland treats primary care as a private commodity rather than a tax-funded right
Irish charities facing uncertain future amid rising costs and funding shortfalls
Survey finds that nearly a quarter of charities have doubts they can sustain services over the coming year
100 consultant doctors who sued HSE over breach of contract seek orders for legal costs
‘This is like getting through the Strait of Hormuz,’ says barrister as costs orders still not made eight years after cases settled
Even before conception, intending parents can boost a baby’s health
Steps can be taken to affect outcome of the pregnancy and long-term health for mother and child
Survey showing low morale in health sector should ‘serve as a wake-up call’
Oireachtas committee hears criticism of health service management for focus on narrow issues and cost containment measures
Up to 200 staff at disability service provider may have been affected by recruiter data breach
Stewarts Care tells personnel their data may have been exposed in serious breach at Healthdaq firm through which they were employed
Simon Harris’s brand of middle-class populism leads to bad decisions
VAT cut for hospitality and low-tax investment accounts are hardly responsible amid current economic uncertainty
Increasing community care likely to put more pressure on services, State think tank says
Implementing reforms will require increasing staff levels, ESRI report finds
Mother of autistic child challenges circular over special school eligibility requirements
Circular states children seeking a special school placement must provide a letter from NCSE confirming autism diagnosis
Recruitment of health workers from overseas is now a lucrative business
Recruitment companies are capitalising on our insatiable hunger for staff to replace our healthcare graduates who have left
Girl who suffered burst appendix after being discharged from CUH settles case
Failure to admit Liana Cirule to hospital on January 9th caused her clinical course to deteriorate to the point she needed open surgery, court hears
On most days, father and daughter who both need kidney dialysis barely see each other
Irish Kidney Association calls for ‘urgent action’ as organ donation falls to lowest level in five years
Ambulance strike under way as group warns move poses ‘significant risk’ to lives
National Ambulance Service clinical director says 24-hour stoppage would be ‘very challenging’
‘We’ve been left behind’: Striking national ambulance staff call on HSE for improved pay
EMT says nurses are making same sorts of decisions as ambulance staff but paramedics are making them on the sides of roads
Opposition urges clarity on whether levies will lead to broken spending promises
Parties also express support for striking ambulance workers, saying their apparent need to strike was ‘outrageous’
Doctors can refrain from invasive care of man despite ‘likely’ early death, judge rules
Patient (78) with severe depression has long refused to engage with clinicians, High Court hears
Ambulance strike to begin at 8am on Tuesday, but emergency numbers still available
National Ambulance Service clinical director says 24-hour stoppage would be ‘very challenging’
HSE fails in challenge to ‘off the scale’ legal fees awarded in personal injuries case
Solicitor’s instruction fee sought was €703,000 but HSE believed €375,000 was more appropriate
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