Researchers say private care in public hospitals institutionalises inequitySubmission to Sláintecare expert group says there is an economic incentive in the public hospital system to treat private patientsTue Aug 07 2018 - 02:01
HSE warns Sláintecare may require compensation for consultantsElimination of private practice in public hospitals to pose financial complicationsTue Aug 07 2018 - 02:00
Rotunda warns of difficulty recruiting hospital consultantsHospital says State may have to triple salary level to recruit leading obstetricians if it removes private practice from public hospitalsMon Aug 06 2018 - 02:02
VHI says consultants could bring legal challenges over Sláintecare reformsState insurer says it does not believe Sláintecare recommendations will lead to a substantial reduction in hospital waiting listsMon Aug 06 2018 - 02:01
VHI claims Sláintecare will result in 200,000 paying moreInsurer says removing private care from public hospitals will close cheaper plansMon Aug 06 2018 - 02:00
Smartphones exposing many to longer working hours, Ictu saysLabour Court awarded €7,500 to woman who had to check emails as late as midnightFri Aug 03 2018 - 16:04
Tourism’s 9% special VAT rate is a ‘deadweight’, says reportDepartment of Finance says rate has cost €2.6bn since its introduction during recessionTue Jul 31 2018 - 20:22
Nurses pursue talks with HSE over staffing levelsINMO says highest level of overcrowding for month of July recorded since records beganTue Jul 31 2018 - 16:19
Government to review handling of CervicalCheck casesLegal ‘aggression’ by laboratories in recent weeks has caused surpriseTue Jul 31 2018 - 01:25
Nurses and doctors await commission report on staff payUnions argue that Ireland is losing workers to other countries with better salariesMon Jul 30 2018 - 00:34
Up to 350 vacant consultant posts, notes HSE reportLargest hospital in the south, Cork University Hospital, has 33 vacant positionsMon Jul 30 2018 - 00:00
Forsá union insists Ryanair must stop threatening staffRyanair has cancelled 20 of its 300 planned flights to and from Ireland next FridayFri Jul 27 2018 - 20:38
Further industrial action seems likely at Lloyd PharmacyMandate says workers involved in industrial action reject new proposals on terms, conditionsFri Jul 27 2018 - 14:44
Reforms at cytogenetics lab at Crumlin hospital necessary to meet best practice – HSEDraft report expresses serious concern at governance and management issues at labThu Jul 26 2018 - 21:44
Children’s hospital lab has high risk of ‘serious error’Review raises concerns about cytogenetics facility at Our Lady’s hospital in CrumlinThu Jul 26 2018 - 01:14
Ambulance staff to ballot for strike action in row over negotiation rights with HSEHSE last week threatened injunction to prevent previously planned industrial actionWed Jul 25 2018 - 20:47
Section 39 health staff to strike over pay restorationUnion claims management refused to give €1.5m for process to beginWed Jul 25 2018 - 14:50
Nearly 400 people on trolleys in country’s hospitalsNurses say ‘startling’ figures up 23% on number recorded on same day last yearWed Jul 25 2018 - 11:28
Number waiting on hospital trolleys 26 per cent higher than last yearMore than 400 people are waiting on hospital trolleys in emergency departmentsTue Jul 24 2018 - 18:05
Extend HPV vaccine to boys, says Hiqa assessmentSimon Harris says proposal will be given priority if approved by final health body reportTue Jul 24 2018 - 11:36
Universal free GP care to be significantly delayedPlan is downgraded to long-term goal, while Donohoe criticises Harris’s HSE proposalsMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:24
Sláintecare may progress at slower pace due to cost restraintsHealth reform move towards free GP care for all emerging as long-term objectiveMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:02
Ambulance personnel halt industrial action plan after legal action threat from HSERow over refusal of HSE to facilitate payroll deductions at source of dues for new union membersSun Jul 22 2018 - 12:12
Ervia tasked with carefully untangling Irish Water by 2023Union Fórsa says decision to make body commercial raises fears about privatisationSat Jul 21 2018 - 02:24
Health funding hikes 'have not improved services'Spending review advises reducing legal aid payments and garda overtime ratesFri Jul 20 2018 - 07:54
Health service efforts to manage budgets have ‘consistently failed’Expenditure review states that spending is rising while waiting list numbers ‘stagnate’Thu Jul 19 2018 - 23:30
Review states no exodus of nurses, while pay competitiveEvidence implies nursing and midwifery pay in public health system ‘high comparatively’Thu Jul 19 2018 - 20:44
Cost to HSE of recruiting 371 staff a month ‘not sustainable’Donohoe says Government will broadly balance its books this yearThu Jul 19 2018 - 16:39
Donohoe says Government will broadly balance its books this yearMinister says as much focus should go on €62bn spent annually as on scope for expenditure risesThu Jul 19 2018 - 15:32
Dispute processes must precede garda access to State bodies, Cabinet toldFears that industrial relations bodies could otherwise be swamped by Garda complaintsWed Jul 18 2018 - 01:58
National minimum wage likely to rise to €9.80Low Pay Commission expected to recommend 25c rise in report set for MinisterWed Jul 18 2018 - 01:25
Five HSE staff overpaid nearly €300,000, audit findsAuditors criticise process of placing staff in acting-up roles and regularisation methodsWed Jul 18 2018 - 01:07
Excessive mileage claimed by some staff at St Luke’s unit - auditHSE internal report says medical education grants were not always value for moneyWed Jul 18 2018 - 01:00
No agreement on Sláintecare funding packageGrowing concerns that the HSE deficit could be over €500m for the full yearTue Jul 17 2018 - 01:44
Taoiseach believes benefits of €15bn health spending not seen by patientsVaradkar believes people entitled to expect a better service says spokeswomanMon Jul 16 2018 - 18:11
Sláintecare job could be Laura Magahy’s toughest challenge yetConsultant had roles in several high-profile projects, some of which attracted controversySat Jul 14 2018 - 01:00
Laura Magahy appointed executive director of SlaintecareFormer director of Temple Bar Properties was also involved with the ‘Bertie Bowl’Thu Jul 12 2018 - 15:09
Government to pare back HSE structures, says HarrisMinister rules out a return to old health board system in new reformsWed Jul 11 2018 - 21:27
Government’s plans for 2,600 more hospital beds ‘will not be sufficient’Consultants’ body says State’s acute hospital and mental health services are at breaking pointWed Jul 11 2018 - 10:16
Siptu and Unite reach deal on representing crane operatorsUnions to run rule over number of operators who are members of each union and of bothMon Jul 09 2018 - 18:22
Thousands of health and social workers ‘likely’ to go on strikeNovember strike for Section 39 workers on the way unless pay talks progressMon Jul 09 2018 - 12:43
Ambulance service staff to take industrial action over union duesAction, to begin on July 24th, is part of dispute about deduction of union dues at sourceMon Jul 09 2018 - 11:17
Hospital consultants ‘seriously considering’ resigning over two-tier payIHCA says system of consultants delivering services in public hospitals ‘on a cliff edge’Mon Jul 09 2018 - 00:01
Pay talks for staff in State-funded voluntary bodies to resume on MondaySiptu insisting on pay restoration for its members in Section 39 organisationsSun Jul 08 2018 - 20:38
Chair of CervicalCheck inquiry receives records from HSEDr Scally had earlier criticised alleged lack of cooperation on provision of documentsFri Jul 06 2018 - 12:17
Health service faces significant funding shortfall this year, PAC hearsSolution that will not affect patient care will require ‘serious effort’, committee toldFri Jul 06 2018 - 06:00
Head of CervicalCheck inquiry criticises HSE over delaysScoping inquiry chair Gabriel Scally not happy at information’s ‘pace and format’Fri Jul 06 2018 - 01:27
Number of legal cases against screening service reaches 35HSE chief says there are two other potential cases over misdiagnosis of cervical cancerThu Jul 05 2018 - 10:55
Government should ‘incentivise’ young medics to return to IrelandPatients needed elective care being ‘crowded out’ says HSE executiveWed Jul 04 2018 - 18:15
TK Maxx bought Wicklow staff ‘two goldfish in a bid to halt strike’The Arklow’s store employees will stage industrial action on Saturday over pay disputeTue Jul 03 2018 - 14:24
