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Inability to track health service improvement plans could lead to ‘serious incidents or injuries’
Audit highlights one medium risk and one high risk to HSE
Waiting lists: Patients waiting 18 months or more increased in the majority of Irish hospitals in 2025
Across the three waiting list types – inpatient, outpatient, and GI endoscopy – 894,369 people were waiting for treatment last year
Construction inflation and labour shortages could hit major health projects, HSE says
Health service to open five surgical hubs and submit planning permission for two hospitals this year
Prisons must not be a substitute for psychiatric care
The prison system lacks capacity for those needing inpatient treatment
Two-thirds of healthcare workers ‘actively’ considering leaving role, study finds
Think tank’s report highlights ‘growing retention crisis’ in sector
Women to face curbs on private maternity care access from next week
Insurers told there no further extension of transitional period for consultants who signed Sláintecare contract
New restrictions will limit options for women planning maternity care, say consultants
From January, operation of public-only hospitals will take step forward with ending of transition arrangements for consultants
The chatbot will see you now: is this the future of Irish medicine?
Evidence of AI progress is mounting whereas humans ‘haven’t had a software update in 200,000 years’
Nearly half population now reliant on private health insurance as claims soar
New report notes growth of non-public facilities
Our psychology services are overwhelmed. It doesn’t have to be like this
Primary care psychology is a reservoir of human suffering and missed opportunities
Labour Party leader calls on governments to set out timeline for Irish unity referendums
Ivana Bacik says election of Catherine Connolly as President brought together Irish left and her party is willing to work to align policies
Maynooth University officially launches new school of nursing
Nursing school currently has 27 undergraduates, with number of students due to rise to 100 within four years
Consultants not empowered to manage colleagues effectively, conference told
Consultants can’t ‘manage risks in a meaningful way’ owing to lack of ‘budgetary or financial control’, says CHI clinical director
A budget with barely a mention of universal healthcare
Waiting lists for surgeries, scans and disability assessments remain scandalously long
Two-thirds of public hospitals have unsafe bed-occupancy levels in first half of 2025
Occupancy at 95.9% nationally in the first six months of the year, where 85% considered the limit, new figures show
Number of children on community healthcare waiting lists rises to 42,000
More than 14,000 children waiting more than a year for psychological services, figures show
The next generation of healthtech must be built around the patient
New services should enable self-management, reduce clinic dependency and improve outcomes that matter to people’s lives
Demand for GP consultations could rise by up to 30% over next 15 years as population ages and grows
ESRI says there will be a need for thousands of extra doctors and general practice nurses by 2040
GPs who take part in chronic disease management programme will not be surprised by latest findings
CDM research shows reduction in hospital visits and emergencies
Children’s health crisis will roll on until there is transparency about how public money is spent
There was a significant drop in the average number of patients seen per consultant last year, with ramifications for our long waiting lists
French billionaire Niel inches closer to full ownership of Eir
Seen & Heard: McKillen company defaulted on loans; Sláintecare a boon for private firms; Solar 21 gets green light for project
‘Where I come from, people don’t do medicine. It’s not on your radar’: how a new generation of doctors is being trained
Lower tuition fees and living costs in Derry are attracting more medical students from diverse backgrounds across the island
€420m plan to cut patient waiting lists approved
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill brings memo to Cabinet detailing new waiting list action plan aimed at reducing waiting times for patients
Public hospitals made almost €390m from private patients last year
The public-only consultant contract is likely to result in financial deficits in some hospitals, due to the loss of private income
‘It can be a difficult time of year’: Community workers deliver festive food to the elderly
Teams of healthcare attendants will be making home visits to vulnerable older patients who have no family or who live alone
People with low health literacy turning to AI for advice, study finds
Ability to get, understand and use healthcare information ‘low’ among 40% of Irish people, says Sláintecare report
Pharmacists to prescribe prescription-only medications for common conditions under new scheme
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly intends to have scheme in place by ‘early next year’
Two-thirds of patients on waiting lists for longer than target time
At the end of last month, there were 705,237 patients on a hospital waiting list
Design of the new health regions lacks accountability, transparency and integrity
Research has identified grounds for concern, including deficiencies in policy process
Healthcare workers to get quick digital access to patients’ medical records under new national system
Government plans aimed at addressing ‘major deficiencies’ in current information system
‘Northern Ireland is broken’: how a ‘toxic’ culture and better pay is enticing North’s doctors across the Border
Doctors in the North can earn two and a half times what they make with the NHS in the health service in the South
‘Productivity challenges’ must be overcome following hospital activity report, says Donnelly
Minister of Health says investments in health funding and staff has already resulted in falling waiting lists
State payments to GPs up by more than 50% since 2019
HSE paid €785m GPs in 2022, not including €102m in Covid payments
Smart watches and fitness trackers can improve health, it’s not just about counting steps
Research around wearables is telling us that the health benefits at both individual and population levels are significant for current and future generations
More than 1,000 hospital consultants sign up for new public-only contract
One in every four consultants in health service now on contract, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says
Trolley figures: Over 1,000 children without hospital bed in September, INMO says
Trolley numbers for the year are at 87,321 as some hospitals fail to improve, leader of nurses’ organisation says
The last thing Ireland’s booming economy needs is tax cuts
Budget 2024 should focus on improving welfare payments for those in need and on planning for future challenges such as an ageing population and climate change
Appointees to new HSE manager tier could earn more than €250,000 a year
New managerial tier in the HSE to be paid more than hospital managers in current health system
Health insurance premiums could double if private care is removed from public hospitals, insurer warns
Irish Life Health has expressed concerns about the impact of plans to amend regulations for minimum health insurance benefits.
Ireland’s health system is one of the lowest performing in the northern hemisphere
The influential and credible CEO World rankings of health systems has Ireland ranked as 80th in the world. And yet we’re one of the highest spenders per capita on health in the world
Health service stubbornly resistant to change, cancellation figures underline
Flaw in Minister for Health’s thinking is to believe the system can be improved without comprehensive reform or upsetting vested interests
Direct State employment of GPs to be examined by review group
Strategic review of general practice to be completed by end of year, Minister for Health announces
Over 40% of Sláintecare reforms suffered delay last year, report finds
Provision of home care 2.5 million hours below target, with waiting lists too long
Whether Sláintecare lives or dies is now in hands of the consultants
It’s almost unheard of for Government policy to have all-party support, but Sláintecare does and consultants need to lead the way by embracing it
Powerful people will have to ‘give away’ power for Sláintecare to proceed, Oireachtas committee hears
Delivering healthcare plans will require years more of political priority, resource allocation and skilled leadership, according to the director of the Centre for Health Policy
Chris Fitzpatrick: Why not make a midwife ‘master’ of a Dublin maternity hospital?
There’s no reason a master must be an obstetrician, no excuse for the inequalities of a three-tier care system
Maternity care: New contracts mean private patients won’t get to choose consultants
Restrictions of contract will damage maternity hospitals’ ability to recruit the best obstetricians due to Ireland’s complex medico-legal system
Free GP care for all would cost €881m and could be rolled out by 2026, ESRI says
Institute warns there may not be enough family doctors to meet extra demand a free system would generate
Free GP care for all could finally be on the cards - but serious barriers remain
The estimated cost of providing universal free care seems affordable, but other issues must be overcome
Government to press ahead with new hospital consultant contracts despite no agreement with doctors’ groups
Doctors’ organisations say they have not yet agreed to the new contract and have warned the Minister for Health not to proceed without their agreement
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland’s dysfunctional health service crushes idealism and rewards cynicism
Why is the culture so resistant to positive change? Three historical reasons suggest themselves
Hospital overcrowding is a symptom of the failure to reform the health service
Health reform is excruciatingly slow and we are seeing the results
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