Children’s hospital: The meetings, the memos and the Minister - who knew what when?
Timeline: Project had an overrun of €61m five months after getting the green light
Children’s hospital: top health chiefs were told in September 2018 of €400m overrun
Officials discussed how ‘construction costing is trending very significantly over budget’
HSE will have to save at least €80m next year despite biggest health budget
Reductions to be sought in legal and consultancy costs, procurements, agency staff
John Connaghan to leave role as HSE director general
Anne O’Connor to be second person to fill post pending appointment of Tony O’Brien’s successor
Hepatitis C sufferers to be offered community-based programmes
National treatment programme to expand to reach more of the 30,000 infected with virus
Validation exercise to see 30,000 taken off waiting list without seeing doctor
Half a million patients do not attend their appointment each year, committee hears
Health service faces significant funding shortfall this year, PAC hears
Solution that will not affect patient care will require ‘serious effort’, committee told
Number of legal cases against screening service reaches 35
HSE chief says there are two other potential cases over misdiagnosis of cervical cancer
Number of women affected by CervicalCheck scandal likely to increase
Public Accounts Committee hears the HSE is currently auditing 46 additional cases
HSE defends delaying telling patients after ‘an adverse event’
Officials warn disclosures ‘could be more harmful than beneficial’ amid smear test inquiry
CervicalCheck erred in ‘not closing loop’ with patients
Programme’s manager concedes mistake in not telling women of incorrect smear tests
Acting HSE head ‘listening intently’ to Vicky Phelan
Terminally-ill Limerick woman seeking accountability over CervicalCheck scandal
HSE chief says people will be held to account over CervicalCheck scandal
Interim head of HSE apologises to women affected by smear test controversy
CervicalCheck: Ministers ‘not informed of delays in telling women’
Tony Holahan insists Department of Health decision not to escalate ‘reasonable’
Senior officials told women would get audit results – HSE
Interim HSE chief says top management not told of row between doctors and CervicalCheck
Varadkar: ‘Nobody immune from being held to account’
Further accountability needed in cervical screening crisis, says Government
Taoiseach apologises to women affected by CervicalCheck controversy
Emma Mhic Mhathúna says measures announced for affected women are ‘welcome’ but ‘not enough’
HSE interim director general to be appointed by July 1st
Temporary Tony O’Brien successor likely to be one of three HSE senior executives
Children should not go back to school if they have flu symptoms
592 people on trolleys as HSE confirms fewer than 10 deaths from flu this winter season
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