Minister tells hospitals group to enact spinal surgery report recommendations fully and quickly
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to seek an update on progress by next week and to meet CHI board again on April 28th
Temple Street hospital
More children added to spinal surgery waiting list in first three months than operated on
Children’s Health Ireland indicates procedures for those with scoliosis and spina bifida, showing 123 surgeries in the first quarter – but 144 added to scheule
Oliver Callan’s mood darkens: ‘In this incredibly rich country of ours we get this’
Radio: RTÉ host hears about waiting-list misery as Kieran Cuddihy exchanges tart words with Minister for Health
Temple Street spinal surgeries: Unauthorised springs used on children due to ‘failings’ beyond one surgeon, say consultants
Events ‘preventable’ with proper policies and procedures at Temple Street, says Irish Hospital Consultants Association
Spinal surgeries: When no one is responsible or accountable, shocking incidents likely to happen again
Many people with vital expertise and experience just don’t want to be on healthcare boards anymore, because it’s not worth the risk of reputational damage
Minister knew last year of reports of unnecessary paediatric surgeries but families were only told in past week, Dáil hears
Pearse Doherty claims thousands of children could be affected as parents speak of procedures a decade ago
Temple Street: Taoiseach says removal of CHI board ‘would not help’
Labour Party calls for resignation of entire board of Children’s Health Ireland
Temple Street report provides major challenge for new Minister for Health
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More departures from Children’s Health Ireland expected after Hiqa report finds use of springs in surgery ‘wrong’
CHI chief Lucy Nugent seeks to assure families of ‘commitment to ensuring that something like this never happens again in our organisation’
Spinal surgeries report: The story behind the springs used on children
Implantation of unapproved springs to treat scoliosis in children occurred without either ethical approval or formal approval from any CHI senior clinical leader
Full inquiry urged as spinal surgery report shows Temple Street did not protect children ‘from risk of harm’
Scoliosis Advocacy Network and Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group say families ‘ringing the alarm bell for years’
Temple Street spinal surgeries: Taoiseach says use of unauthorised springs ‘beyond comprehension’
Hiqa says failure of controls meant children were not protected from the risk of harm
Spinal surgeries report by Hiqa: five things we learnt
Hiqa report on springs used at Temple Street Children’s Hospital focused on governance at Children’s Health Ireland and hospital
Timeline: Background to the controversies at CHI over orthopaedic surgeries for children
New health authority report is one of a number of investigations and reviews commissioned
Hundreds of children had unnecessary hip surgery at Dublin hospitals, Dáil hears
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty raises issue of audit sparked by whistleblower allegations
Studying ‘pandemic babies’: Fewer allergies, but lower language skills
The Floral study will give researchers more vital data onthe effect of the pandemic on the microbiome, allergies and social development
‘We have planned everything:’ Inside the new national children’s hospital
Facility in Dublin will come with many important upgrades albeit six years later than initially hoped and at almost four times the cost
Girl injured in Parnell Square stabbing does not remember the attack, family says
The child, who was aged five at the time of the attack, spent more than nine months in Temple Street children’s hospital
Emma Blain: ‘I don’t think my dad with dementia is fully aware that I’m the Lord Mayor of Dublin’
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Winter wedge issue: On Oliver Callan, icy weather is one of Ireland’s ever-growing urban-rural divides
Radio: ‘I can tell you Dublin is getting off very lightly in the cold snap so far,’ Oliver Callan notes on Tuesday’s show, ‘much to our relief here’
Four-month target for spinal surgery set by Simon Harris has ‘no clinical relevance’
Target is ‘used as a stick to beat us’, says head of State’s paediatric spinal unit
Audit shows spending of €19m to reduce spinal waiting lists for children was used for purpose intended
Minister told the Seanad in July that funding for spinal services had been allocated ‘far more broadly’ across the Children’s Health Ireland group
Childhood cancer: ‘As soon as the ultrasound was turned on, they could see the tumour – it was large’
Even the end of treatment does not spell the end of parental anxiety, and a new peer-support network is being launched to help parents cope with what comes next
Rickets, anaemia, scabies: homeless children in Ireland suffering malnutrition effects associated with poorer countries
Specialist fears ‘society is numb’ to child homelessness as it reaches record levels
Surgeon at centre of investigation into Temple Street spinal surgeries working in Ukraine
Orthopaedic surgeon Connor Green teaching reconstruction surgery for those injured in war with Russia
Admissions to children’s critical care units up 14% on pre-pandemic levels
Occupancy rates regularly exceed recommended levels, audit finds
‘Major vulnerabilities’ in Temple Street neonatal critical care, doctors warn management
Dublin hospital is ‘failing to meet the specific needs’ of newborns requiring intensive care, doctors say
Children’s scoliosis waiting lists fall despite Temple Street controversy
Dáil to debate Sinn Fein motion this week calling for taskforce to review scoliosis and spina bifida services
Attempts to resuscitate toddler after paddling pool incident heard at inquest
Coroner records open verdict on 22-month-old boy found unresponsive in less than 10cm of water
Wednesday’s Top Stories: Temple Street spinal surgery review widened; death of man in Macroom treated as suspicious
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Temple Street hospital spinal surgery review widened to 17 more ‘cases of concern’
Extra cases relate to practice of consultant whose work was already being reviewed, says department
Father tells how son (8) on scoliosis waiting list is suffering pain so bad that ‘he bursts out into tears’
Children under the care of Mr Connor Green, who went on leave last September after Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) referred him to the Irish Medical Council, are still on waiting lists
Paediatric consultant at Temple Street calls for reinstatement of doctor at centre of spinal surgery controversy
Some 150 children requiring surgery for complex orthopaedic conditions are on waiting lists, Seanad told earlier this week
Girl (4) who died of strep A complications may have survived if clinicians acted on evidence, inquest hears
Inquest into death of Ahana Singh, who died in December 2022, records verdict of medical misadventure
‘Nothing gets easier’: Mother of toddler (2) who died from strep A infection after being sent home by hospital
Lauren Graham-Hayden said she hopes any new procedures arising from her daughter Phoenix’s death might save other families similar pain
Detectives still waiting to arrest Dublin child stabbing suspect two weeks on
While suspected attacker’s medical condition has improved, 49-year-old naturalised Irish citizen still suffering serious injury
Hiqa publishes terms of reference of Temple Street review
Interim findings into the use of unauthorised springs in operations will be made by end of year, watchdog says
Temple Street managers gave warning about surgeon’s competence a year before serious incidents
Report asked Children’s Health Ireland to address issues at Temple Street that posed ‘real risk to patient safety and staff’
CHI chief’s summary of problems at Temple Street fails to answer the question why
A central question is, did children’s spinal surgeries scandal result from actions of one consultant or were there wider factors at play?
Parents’ group calls for reinstatement of doctor at centre of spinal surgery controversy
OrthoKids Ireland says their children have been ‘waiting months’ for life-saving treatment due to surgeon’s absence
Taoiseach rules out statutory inquiry into poor outcomes of orthopaedic surgeries at Temple Street
UK expert commissioned by HSE to review service begins work, despite boycott by some advocacy groups
Health of child in row over medical records should be at ‘forefront’ - judge
Girl’s family has brought proceedings against CHI seeking all medical records arising out of her spinal surgery
Family of girl who had spinal surgery at Temple Street launch High Court proceedings for medical records
Girl is one of 19 children who were the subject of a report on patients with spina bifida who were operated on at hospital
Boy (6) provided with spinal records by Temple Street hospital after court’s intervention
Parents with children caught up in the spinal surgery controversy at Temple Street hospital are ‘pouring their hearts out’ in requests for medical records, the court was told
Surgeons to be flown in as part of latest bid to tackle lengthy delays for children with spinal issues
Donnelly intervenes directly with Children’s Health Ireland over difficulties experienced by families in obtaining their children’s patient records
CHI accepts ‘communication breakdown’ over Temple Street spinal records sought by six-year-old boy
Children’s Health Ireland senior counsel says communication less than ideal, but judge notes it was ‘non-existent’
Children’s Health Ireland chief directed to attend court to explain medical records delay in spinal surgery action
Case relates to Luke Ryan, one of a number of children taking actions over alleged adverse effects suffered after spinal surgery
Hiqa to investigate use of unlicensed springs in Temple Street children’s operations
Health watchdog will also carry out wider review of paediatric orthopaedic surgery following recent controversy
Crumlin spinal surgery review caused ‘anxiety’ but was needed for information, surgeon says
Dr David Moore said ‘pressure’ by media meant doctors could not explain purpose to patients in advance
Hospital consultants call for widening of spinal surgeries review at Temple Street
IHCA conference hears review must be ‘systemic’ and ‘cannot be allowed to report to itself’
Spinal surgeries review must be systemic if medics are not to be deterred from complex cases
Government needs to take firm control of this review and adjust its terms of reference so it does not fail before it has even begun. It cannot be allowed to report to itself
Temple Street parents call for statutory inquiry into spinal surgery failings as they meet HSE chief and Minister
Advocacy groups say they have lost confidence in Minister and HSE to resolve ‘catastrophe’ in children’s spinal surgeries
Crumlin spinal surgery review finds most children with spina bifida had repeat surgery
Most suffered post-operative infection but no deaths and no metalwork removed, says Children’s Health Ireland
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