HSE’s winter plan to include new clinics for the elderlyPlans were not submitted to the Department of Health until the start of NovemberMon Nov 26 2018 - 01:00
Patient confidentiality row led to withholding of drug paymentsHSE and Mater hospital at odds over provision of patients’ detailsMon Nov 26 2018 - 01:00
Hospital car parking charges should be capped, new report recommendsNew system could include a two day parking pass for €10 or five day pass for €20Sun Nov 25 2018 - 16:29
Cooling therapy for vulnerable newborns achieves 88 per cent survival rateA total of 140 babies underwent therapeutic hypothermia treatment over two yearsSat Nov 24 2018 - 16:52
Hospital food: The meals here are ‘by and large inedible’A new policy aimed at improving what we serve patients comes not a moment too soonSat Nov 24 2018 - 06:00
Crumlin genetics review finds no evidence of any further transcription errorsHospital says patients should have no cause for concern over accuracy of test resultsFri Nov 23 2018 - 18:21
Cataract surgery waiting times halved at State’s main eye hospitalOpening of new operating theatre at Eye and Ear Hospital cuts wait time to 12 monthsFri Nov 23 2018 - 16:50
Ireland has fourth-lowest number of hospital beds, says OECDFew doctors, many nurses in Irish health system, finds ‘Health at a Glance’ reportThu Nov 22 2018 - 18:10
Ireland has one of the highest rates of mental health illness in Europe, report findsMental health problems cost the Irish economy over € 8.2 billion a yearThu Nov 22 2018 - 15:11
High prices causing delays in approving breakthrough drugs, says HSEIreland needs ‘innovative approach’ to reimburse cost of drugs to treat rare diseasesThu Nov 22 2018 - 01:00
Vaginal mesh devices should not be first treatment for prolapse in women, report findsChief medical officer says mesh devices associated with significant and severe complications in minority of womenWed Nov 21 2018 - 17:48
Limiting cancer drug access to 221 women ‘discrimination’Labour TD criticises selective provision of drug to women caught up in CervicalCheck controversyWed Nov 21 2018 - 14:26
Prescriptions for antidepressants surged in wake of Brexit voteResearchers say prescribing rose by 13.4 per cent relative to other drugs in that periodWed Nov 21 2018 - 00:30
HSE announces extra 550 homecare packages to minimise trolley crisisPackage to include additional transitional care beds and €4m for aids and appliancesWed Nov 21 2018 - 00:01
Protesters occupy Rehab offices in row over polio fundingGroup claims charity provides relatively little support compared with funds raised over yearsTue Nov 20 2018 - 18:08
Woman (77) who got new lung, kidney and hip is ‘game for everything’Vera Dwyer has become the world’s longest surviving single lung transplant recipientTue Nov 20 2018 - 15:23
More than 130 children seriously injured at early years services in 2017Tusla received 276 complaints about preschools, creches and other facilities last yearMon Nov 19 2018 - 18:57
Crumlin hospital to check genetic test results of 335 womenOne woman’s mis-transcribed test result an ‘isolated incident’, says MinisterMon Nov 19 2018 - 18:31
Parents of newborns to get seven weeks’ paid leave each by 2021Extension of supports to all paid childminders among plans in First 5 strategyMon Nov 19 2018 - 14:01
New drug could save children from violent reactions to peanutsIrish scientists help develop immunotherapy drug which desensitises people with allergiesMon Nov 19 2018 - 06:40
Each year, 1,200 Irish children are diagnosed with a peanut allergyCase study: ‘Her face had swelled up and she looked like the Elephant Man’Mon Nov 19 2018 - 01:00
CervicalCheck woman ‘wrongly included’ in 221 groupJulie O’Reilly had endometrial cancer not cervical cancer, according to health sourcesSat Nov 17 2018 - 14:39
Radiographer found guilty of professional misconduct and poor performanceEvidence at fitness to practise hearing described as ‘unreliable, culpatory and self-serving’Fri Nov 16 2018 - 19:02
African radiographer claims colleagues conspired to get rid of her because of her colourKashimbo Musonda was dismissed from her post at Waterford University Hospital in 2017Thu Nov 15 2018 - 20:09
HSE secures price deal with drug firm after death of two patientsNineteen patients with genetic emphysema will continue receiving key medicationThu Nov 15 2018 - 18:17
Hospital stays linked to higher risk of incorrect drug prescriptionsOlder patients 72% more likely to get a potentially inappropriate prescription after admissionWed Nov 14 2018 - 23:30
HSE to carry out CervicalCheck audit as many women not participating in reviewHealth body says it needed to act because of low consent rate to review by UK collegeWed Nov 14 2018 - 18:30
Validation exercise to see 30,000 taken off waiting list without seeing doctorHalf a million patients do not attend their appointment each year, committee hearsWed Nov 14 2018 - 17:54
Home help hours provision a ‘postcode lottery’, figures showGalway has longest waiting list for home support services, with 674 people on listTue Nov 13 2018 - 01:00
CervicalCheck test errors must be investigated properly, lawyer claimsSolicitor for affected women says case of Julie O’Reilly highlights outstanding questionsTue Nov 13 2018 - 01:00
Fewer additional women may be involved in CervicalCheck controversy than thoughtDr Gabriel Scally’s clarification accepts he was mistaken in believing HSE applied a cut-offMon Nov 12 2018 - 20:16
Simon Harris to restart recruitment drive for new head of HSEHigh-profile process fails to find successor to Tony O’Brien for €250,000 health roleSun Nov 11 2018 - 21:04
Four smear tests came back ‘normal’ – yet Julie O’Reilly diedJulie O’Reilly died on October 6th. Her husband, Tony, tells her storySat Nov 10 2018 - 06:02
Navan hospital determined to retain emergency department‘I’m tired of listening to south Dublin medical ivory towers,’ says Dr Ruairi HanleySat Nov 10 2018 - 01:00
Woman died after four smear tests missed evidence of pre-cancerous cellsJulie O’Reilly becomes 19th woman caught up in CervicalCheck controversy to dieSat Nov 10 2018 - 01:00
How did the HSE hire a doctor who did not know the basics?Extraordinary case highlighted by Judge Peter Kelly is far from an unusual occurrenceFri Nov 09 2018 - 01:31
Graduate at maternity hospital ‘was never taught how to examine pregnant women’Colleagues witnessed man making ‘wild’ clinical assessments, High Court is toldThu Nov 08 2018 - 06:47
Irish surgeon separates conjoined twins in TanzaniaMartin Corbally left Ireland after sanction by Medical Council but was vindicated in courtThu Nov 08 2018 - 00:21
Less than one in 10 of promised mental health staff recruitedPosts approved last year have seen just 21 of 240 positions in mental health services filledWed Nov 07 2018 - 05:00
Partner of Big Tom’s son dies after complications after giving birthRita Bogdanova's funeral is to take place in Oram, Co MonaghanTue Nov 06 2018 - 19:33
Record numbers travelling to other EU states for medical proceduresNumber of Irish patients using cross-border directive set to rise further with new servicesTue Nov 06 2018 - 15:29
Ireland ranked first in Europe for palliative care of breast cancer patientsIrish health service rated eighth out of 28 countries in sustainability indexTue Nov 06 2018 - 10:30
Superbugs responsible for more than 200 deaths a year in IrelandStudy in ‘Lancet’ suggests antibiotic-resistance bacteria cause 33,000 deaths across EuropeMon Nov 05 2018 - 23:30
Tyrrelstown primary schools may reopen this weekDepartment of Education working to address schools’ concerns about safety of internal finishesMon Nov 05 2018 - 21:36
Skin cancer deaths among Irish men double in 30 yearsDeaths among Irish women from the disease also up, against international trendsMon Nov 05 2018 - 20:48
State’s first Lyme disease resource centre to openMater hospital unit to meet growing demand as the number of suspected cases increasesMon Nov 05 2018 - 00:05
Hundreds of patients not told they had come into contact with superbugHSE chief says those affected may be ‘upset and disappointed’ over delay in informing themTue Oct 30 2018 - 03:00
IMO predicting number of patients on trolleys set to exceed 1,000 this winterLack of emergency department resources, a lack of beds and a lack of recruitment will combine to create ‘perfect storm’ in hospitalsTue Oct 30 2018 - 00:01
‘It was miraculous. This procedure gave me back my life’Rachel Corbally had a stroke. A thrombectomy gave her full and speedy recoveryMon Oct 29 2018 - 20:13
Violence threatens efforts to control Congo’s Ebola outbreakIrish aid worker with WHO in North Kivu races against time to track people with virusMon Oct 29 2018 - 17:01
