Nurses who contracted long Covid remain trapped in a post-pandemic freeze frame, battling extreme fatigue, brain fog, weakened immunity, headaches and pain
Shops will have to ‘hide’ vapes, with ban on single-use devices, ‘significant’ restrictions on flavours to reduce appeal to young people
New National Maternity Hospital could cost up to €2 billion to complete
Concerns sent by consultants to chairwoman was catalyst for NTPF suspending funding for initiative to tackle waiting list
The mother of a teenager who died from a heart condition on a hike at a Connemara Irish college wants answers from a hospital group
Despite assurances, patients not expected in facility for at least another year
Dublin hospital drawn into funding controversy as Crumlin children’s hospital identified as subject of prior concerns
A new treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been partially approved but is not yet available in Ireland
Internal report ‘discussed’ with senior Health Service Executive figure at performance review meetings
Gardaí and Medical Council now involved as fall out continues over reports of in-fighting and patient safety concerns
The HSE apologised to Macken, who has incurable cancer, over ‘failings’ of two cervical smear tests
Concerns over operation of special waiting-list clinics at CHI have seen NTPF funding to children’s hospital group suspended pending a review
In the News podcast: CHI was set up in 2019 to improve governance in paediatric healthcare
Move by Jennifer Carroll MacNeill comes amid controversy over alleged abuse of waiting lists at CHI
Toll on medics training under certain consultants was especially acute
Questions raised over governance and transparency of waiting list initiatives after hospital controversies
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Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Four board members had resigned over the past week, as CHI faced controversies over children’s scoliosis and hip surgeries
‘Lack of confidence’ in governing body facing growing number of issues
Ireland’s ageing and increasing population will mean greater capacity requirements in public hospitals over next 15 years
Latest departures follow resignation of board chairman in April
Proposed measure is bid to activate developments such as large-scale apartment schemes which might otherwise go beyond their permission timeline
Audit found almost 70 per cent of surgeries were not necessary
Once more there are serious questions to be asked about clinical governance failures
Bernard Gloster says he was not informed about report alleging consultant abused waiting system and delayed operations for sick children
Report examined 147 surgeries performed at three hospitals between 2021 and 2023
Pharmaceutical companies stepped up blitz to push Government to back industry position, lobbying logs show
US withdrawal from global body leaves financial hole that must be plugged to prevent millions of deaths
‘Questions need to be asked now about what exactly is going on here,’ says Labour health spokesperson as 10 reviews ongoing
Increased one-off grant offered to pharmacists after union talks with department
Ten reviews ongoing into maternity and baby care at Co Galway hospital
Health union Fórsa ‘concerned about employment gaps’ but Minister says she intends changes will come into effect by end of June
Sinn Féin TD says parents going abroad as CHI, Government not giving them answers over hip surgery controversy
Publication is imminent of independent audit report on surgery on children
Martin has measure of Pearse Doherty and Co as Dáil standoff continues over delayed report into children’s hip surgery
Report of independent review into surgeries due shortly
New Oireachtas committee needs continued failure in big projects if it is to function effectively for its members
Taoiseach says nobody ‘ducking, diving, dodging’ on paediatric hip operation audit
Gloster tenders resignation and says he is ‘privileged to serve’ in role over coming months
Initiative is expected to target, among others, disillusioned academics who have lost financial backing due to Trump administration
Minister for Health expected to bring final business case for project to Cabinet after HSE examine submitted tenders
Early access to site was supposed to be granted in April to allow operational commissioning to begin
Medicine shortages increasingly negatively affecting patient outcomes, Irish Pharmacy Union says
Nurses call for more security and CCTV amid rise in assaults and abuse
Minister says detailed survey underway of all ‘insourcing’ across HSE
A reader wonders if pharmacies’ reluctance to dispense more than a month of a longer prescription at a time is down to maximising prescription fees
Dr Anne Dee calls out ‘underlying hostility’ towards doctors who are blamed for health service woes
Enhanced flu vaccines are designed to better protect those aged 65 or older from severe illness and hospitalisation
Minister for Health seeking greater ‘visibility’ for private customers but Irish Pharmacy Union says move won’t change what they pay
Pharmaceutical industry asks Coalition to use EU influence to push ‘competitiveness’ agenda
Free hormone replacement therapy was due to be introduced on January 1st, now it’s June 1st - but issues remain
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to seek an update on progress by next week and to meet CHI board again on April 28th
Minister for Health says 166 healthcare workers currently in receipt of special scheme
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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