Child and adolescent mental health services audit to ‘reassure’ users
Review ordered after South Kerry revelations when report revealed ‘risky’ treatment
Public hospital waiting lists grow again in February
Hospital consultants claim new Waiting List Action Plan has ‘fallen at the first hurdle’
‘Rapid increase’ in inflammatory bowel disease over course of pandemic
Consultant warns of waiting lists for early detection of IBD and cancer
‘Covid crisis is like somebody flew planes into every hospital in the country’
Both inpatient and outpatient services have been severely hit, says Dr Francis Finucane
Donnelly wants agreement on new Sláintecare contract ‘within weeks’
Children being offered dates in 2035 for hospital appointments, say doctors
Tsunami of young people seeking mental health care but too few beds, say consultants
Often no adult psychiatric beds available at night for admissions, association claims
Record 908,000 patients on public hospital waiting lists
Shortage of consultants ‘root cause’ of unacceptable delays, warns IHCA
Up to 900,000 people may be on hospital waiting lists, consultants warn
Pandemic and cyberattack ‘cannot mask’ capacity issues in health service, says group
UCC spin-out develops software with potential to cut hospital waiting lists
Stimul.ai co-founders Prof Barry O’Sullivan and Naomh McElhatton seeks seed-funding
HSE hack will cut lives short due to delays in diagnosis, doctors say
Consultants ‘have repeatedly urged’ investment in IT infrastructure and cybersecurity
Covid and HSE hacking are harming cancer services, TDs warned
Recent events crippling system ‘already on its knees’, Irish Cancer Society chief warns
Consultants criticise ‘very disappointing’ record numbers on hospital waiting lists
Almost 900,000 people waiting for some form of hospital treatment
Government does not plan to negotiate on new Sláintecare contract , says IMO
Doctors to be offered salaries ranging from €190,000 to €227,000 for working in public system only
Government to start talks with hospital consultants on new contracts
Salary range of between €189,000 and €227,000 set to be offered initially
Failure to fill health consultant posts contributed to waiting times – doctors group
Irish Hospital Consultants Association point to ‘ongoing failure’ by Government to fill 728 openings
Covid-19: Four in five medical consultants facing burnout due to pandemic
About 64% said pandemic has had adverse effect on their mental health – study
People waiting on hospital treatments up 11% since last year
Some 622,963 patients waiting for first hospital consultation at the end of January
Healthcare workers ‘abandoned by State’ after schools closed, committee told
Department of Health rules out meeting additional costs of childcare for health staff
Covid-19: Nurses seek compensation for working during pandemic
INMO says health staff in Northern Ireland and in France receiving special payments
Vaccine rollout began in haphazard manner, INMO claims
Group to tell Oireachtas committee of ‘sharp increase’ in hospital-acquired infections
Over 830,000 patients now on hospital waiting lists
Treatment waiting lists likely to grow due to impact of latest surge in Covid-19 cases
Fixing two-tier pay system has to fit in with overall health reforms
Pay cut in 2012 for new hospital consultants blamed for current staff shortages
Almost 730 consultant posts vacant, say doctors
Over 600,000 people awaiting outpatient appointment, according to consultant group
Almost 613,000 people now on hospital outpatient waiting lists
Backlog reaches new high as extra 59,383 join list since the start of the year
Reid urges doctors to not undermine public confidence in health service
Beacon Hospital executive says his board not inclined to sign new agreement with HSE
Nearly 90% of women have not responded to cervical screening invitations
Conference told that people are afraid to attend health settings due to Covid-19
Donnelly vows to permanently increase the number of critical care beds
Sinn Féin proposes 1,000-bed hospital for elective patients in Galway
The Irish health system is ‘wasting a lot of talent’
Over one third of doctors in Ireland trained abroad but the Irish health system curtails their ability to work
Doctors say additional beds provided in new winter plan are ‘insufficient’
Medical and nursing bodies argue staffing will be criticial to implement new measures
Extra 2,000 hospital beds are needed almost immediately, consultants say
Doctors warn there could soon be one million people on hospital waiting lists
Public should focus on trends and messages rather than daily figures - Glynn
Acting CMO says he can understand how the release of daily Covid-19 numbers causes anxiety
Covid-19: Doctors call for ‘utterly meaningless’ daily figures to be dropped
Daily briefings are causing unnecessary anxiety and should be switched to a weekly basis, number of doctors argue
Report says 50% more consultants and 32% more GPs needed in coming years
Doctors say HSE report confirms gravity of recruitment and retention crisis in medicine
Coronavirus: Private medical consultants seek clarification on HSE contracts
Consultants’ body and Government yet to agree on terms for work in the public system
Coronavirus: Consultants say ‘impasse’ on care for private patients is ‘untenable’
IHCA says updated contract does not include agreed provisions for continuity of care
Private specialists allowed to treat their patients in public system
No charge to be levied as Government proposes bringing 600 doctors into public system
Doctors treating public patients in private hospitals will be covered by State indemnity
Talks continuing on move to bring 600 private sector consultants into public system
Private consultants say they are ‘100% committed to fight against Covid-19’
Talks under way to break impasse over moving 600 consultants to public system
Coronavirus: Plans to move 600 consultants into public system hit obstacle
Concern over private patient care as further 21 die and 390 new cases confirmed
Coronavirus: About 600 private consultants in limbo after State deal
Agreement to take over private hospitals inadvertently leaves many unable to practise
Private hospital consultants urged not to sign up to working in public system
IHCA says large number of issues need to be clarified as part of new Covid-19 scheme
Coronavirus: Concerns raised over private practice in public hospitals
Private hospitals seek clarity over whether public hospitals can continue private care
Medical consultants seek 800 extra beds and new targets for timely delivery of care
IHCA calls on Harris to end two-tier pay system for specialist doctors
HSE chief calls for fewer emergency departments
Paul Reid says progress being made in reducing overcrowding as trolley numbers fall
Sections of hospitals ‘shut down’ due to overcrowding
Hospitals remain under intense strain as emergency department crisis continues
Trolley crisis: Harris averse to cancelling planned admissions
Overcrowding in hospitals remains at record levels for second successive day, say nurses
Number of patients on trolleys remains at 760 on Tuesday
Figure equals record level of overcrowding, HSE says hospitals under ‘significant pressure’
Hospital beds crisis: ‘It's like trying to put out a fire with a tea cup’
Consultants say HSE plans will fail to provide enough beds to ease overcrowding
Taoiseach says Government will end lower pay for doctors who treat only public patients
Varadkar says new offer to end two-tier pay system will be made to medical consultants
Thousands of doctors in public hospitals to begin voting on strike action
IMO says its key demands are an end to a two-tier pay system and for the recruitment of more consultants for public hospitals
Consultants will have to be paid more to stay in public system – Harris
‘I want to look at how we can end the two-tier reality,’ says Minister for Health
Doctors expected to support ballot for industrial action
Hospitals could face disruption after Christmas amid row over pay and recruitment
Doctors to decide next week on industrial action in hospitals
Dispute centres on pay and recruitment issues
Harris will treat ‘ageist’ attacks on him by consultants with contempt
Minster says Government will pay for deal on pay parity with doctors if agreement reached
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