HSE

HSE internal audit warns of potential patient safety and reputational risks

HSE experts also told TDs there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ against mandatory waiting periods

New recruitment and spending restrictions to be introduced in health service in coming days amid Government concern at €700m overrun

Opportunity for reflection should be available but not imposed, HSE clinical director to tell politicians

Analysis leads Minister for Health to criticise hospitals unable to explain ‘consistently’ poor trolley figures

Abuse of the gas can lead to permanent spinal cord and nerve damage

Bringing the budget back on course will require difficult decisions

Almost 12,000 cases of sepsis and septic shock recorded in Irish hospitals last year, with death rate standing at 21.2%

Consultants helped tackle surging inpatient numbers, too, during pilot project, which was ‘not real test’ of system

Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said there had been ‘extraordinarily high’ recruitment in the HSE

Why is the definition of insanity being once again flaunted?

Proposed regulations ignore contributions made by those already resident for many years

A further strike if necessary ‘is also planned’, Irish Congress of Trade Unions says, as it puts pressure on Government over new pay deal

Government has taken measures to put brakes on outgoings following €577m deficit to the end of July

Forty-eight children and teens developed skin and soft tissue infections after an outbreak of aggressive strain of MRSA developed

Repeatedly reorganising management structures while restricting recruitment at the frontline is not healthcare reform

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: TDs and Senators should be aware of need to stabilise national drug approval process

Funding for breastfeeding support positions had been promised as part of Budget 2026

Fórsa, Siptu and INMO have all said they will take action on September 30th

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says scale of projected HSE overspend ‘cannot be explained by demand pressures alone’

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Regionalisation of health administration was a key Government reform but within months financial challenges began to emerge

Internal Health Service Executive paper indicates shortfall of nearly €56m

ExWell runs community-based clinical exercise programmes for people living with chronic illness

An advocacy group for ageing parents of children with disability believes we have replaced the high walls of the institutions with kilometres of distance instead

Future model could see mandate for hospitals to have internal service with rotating community midwives

A 10-year strategy aimed at improving maternity experiences in the State is ending. Has it worked? Women who have given birth and those behind the initiative share their views

I’m suggesting a headline change

Sláintecare is a noble aspiration, but ignores the reality of the private healthcare system in Ireland

I am working with drug users waiting five months or more to access treatment

Despite significant improvements there is still much more to be done

David Carroll says rising rents, cost-of-living issues and mental health difficulties are putting people under increasing pressure

New approach is part of wider plan to reduce drug-related harm and support people to access help at an earlier stage

HSE Mid West has met a second family after inquiries found disturbing footage was not filmed in University Hospital Limerick

Newly-qualified doctors would be expected to agree to spend set period working in State under proposal

Senior officials in the agency sounded alarm about ‘crisis’ in system for children in State care

Treatment of ADHD is associated with significant benefits in physical and mental health outcomes, says Marie Boilson of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

MediBack is HSE scheme designed to reduce dangers to public from unwanted medication

Two weddings were scheduled at Westmeath venue this weekend before it was temporarily closed