Big week for Sláintecare as doubts remain over Government appetite for plan
Ministers may ultimately conclude health sector can be reformed without Sláintecare
Researchers say private care in public hospitals institutionalises inequity
Submission to Sláintecare expert group says there is an economic incentive in the public hospital system to treat private patients
Politicians cannot afford to sabotage health reforms
Sláintecare will be best driven by concerned Irish public, not by old-style managerialism
Politicians must share burden of blame for cervical cancer scandal
Controversy presents political establishment with chance to deliver lasting health reform
No surprise hospital consultants dismiss idea of Sláintecare
Plan would stop consultants treating private patients in public hospitals
FG and FF TDs express alarm at healthcare proposal
Oireachtas committee is set to vote on a plan to separate public and private services
Irish people paying €600m more in health bills than in 2007
Austerity measures mean every adult spends extra €130 a year on healthcare, conference hears
President calls for discourse between economics and human rights
Right to health the focus of President Higgin’s ethics initiative conference at NUIG
‘Crude cuts’ have led to diminishing returns in health service
Research says health system did ‘more with less’ after crisis but ‘less with less’ from 2013 on
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