Remaining at home often a tough struggle for older peopleVast majority of care ends up provided by unpaid family carers rather than the StateFri Jun 03 2016 - 01:00
Cystic fibrosis patients dismayed as Orkambi rejectedCF campaigner Orla Tinsley says decision disappointing as trials showed drug worksThu Jun 02 2016 - 08:58
Health committee is an unprecedented exerciseAnalysis: Cross-party group represents an appropriate response to obvious failingsThu Jun 02 2016 - 01:00
HSE set to make new drug available to melanoma sufferersPembrolizumab to be included in drugs scheme three months after economic approvalWed Jun 01 2016 - 19:24
Cystic Fibrosis drug Orkambi rejected as not cost effectivePrice talks urged between Government and maker on €160,000 per patient medicineWed Jun 01 2016 - 17:48
New cancer drug to be given to patients free for 30 daysBristol-Myers Squibb allows compassionate access to nivolumab after appeal by HarrisWed Jun 01 2016 - 11:20
Cavan deaths: More babies die while lessons still not learnedIt is vital to establish if deaths were preventable but has this happened in this case?Wed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00
Three Cavan baby death inquiries not yet completedSimon Harris says ‘speedy conclusion’ to inquiries important for confidenceWed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00
Investigation after woman dies in surgery at Holles StreetMalak Kuzbary Thawley died at the hospital in Dublin on May 8thTue May 31 2016 - 21:14
Investigations into baby deaths at Cavan hospital under wayOne child died after issues during mother’s labour and emergency Caesarean called forMon May 30 2016 - 23:41
Harris urges free cancer drug access from pharma giantsMinister for Health calls for compassion for patients as Government mulls price decisionMon May 30 2016 - 16:09
Bone scan facility closes with 20-year waiting listShutdown of Galway scanner to mean early deaths among older people, warns doctorSat May 28 2016 - 01:00
Living with cancer: ‘Combined surgery and pembro kept me alive’Numerous controversies over huge costs of drugs have erupted. What price do we put on life?Fri May 27 2016 - 01:00
Cancer patients will die over new drug delays, say doctorsLifesaving drugs denied to seriously ill patients by slow HSE decision-makingFri May 27 2016 - 01:00
Dogs can be used to detect cancers, Future Health Summit toldDr Claire Guest of Medical Detection Dogs says their sense of smell can find diseases earlyFri May 27 2016 - 01:00
Dublin hospitals agree over mediatorSt Vincent’s and National Maternity Hospital in final effort to resolve governance rowWed May 25 2016 - 01:00
Salt intake limits may be too low, study showsIdea everyone should eat less salt could be misplaced, claims NUIG researcherTue May 24 2016 - 01:00
Community care key to health service, Simon Harris toldBriefing prepared for Minister for Health is highly critical of governance in the HSETue May 24 2016 - 01:00
One-third of Irish adults on long-term medication – surveyHealth authority concerned over growing use of internet to diagnose medical conditionsWed May 18 2016 - 13:08
Reasons for drop in numbers travelling for abortion contestedPro-choice groups say pills procured online contributing to decline in English abortionsWed May 18 2016 - 01:00
Number of women going to UK for abortion lowest since 1980More than nine women a day gave Irish addresses at clinics in Britain last yearTue May 17 2016 - 17:59
Medical care should not be ‘tool of the State’, ethics guide statesSurvey finds high public trust in doctors but not business leaders, journalists, politiciansTue May 17 2016 - 10:00
Simon Harris as Minister for Health: the challenge awaitsA lack of track record made Harris a puzzling choice as Minister for Health, but he hasn’t been easily daunted in the pastTue May 17 2016 - 01:00
Beaumont Hospital operations cancelled due to staff shortageOne of facility’s 11 theatres shut each day on average since new year, says spokeswomanTue May 17 2016 - 01:00
McGrath entitled to tobacco views - but not to ignore evidenceMinister of State’s arguments are the same ones employed by the tobacco industryTue May 17 2016 - 01:00
Finian McGrath ‘will support tobacco reduction policies’Independent stands over pro-smoking views, says smokers ‘getting fed up’ with treatmentMon May 16 2016 - 12:41
New strategy aims to tackle Irish obesity levelsGovernment wants to ensure Republic does not become the fattest country in EuropeMon May 16 2016 - 01:00
Meath incinerator did not cause fatal disease, HSE findsEnvironment groups criticise report on cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome in the countyMon May 16 2016 - 01:00
Pharmacists concerned by GP plans to dispense medicineGP prescribing could leave patients open to being ripped-off by doctors - pharmacistsSun May 15 2016 - 16:00
Tallaght Hospital admits losing test results of up to 100 patientsUp to 5,000 patients may be waiting for urea breath test, some up to 3 years, says sourceSun May 15 2016 - 14:22
Numbers waiting over 24 hours for A&E care up 14%Overcrowding, flu behind ED delays in January and February, HSE saysFri May 13 2016 - 13:21
HSE almost €60m over budget in first two months of yearOverspend could hit €350m in 2016 with hospitals and social care areas with main overrunsFri May 13 2016 - 10:59
Psychiatric patients kept in hospital due to lack of drugUp to a dozen people with schizophrenia in Co Meath unable to access ClozarilFri May 13 2016 - 01:00
Measles case under investigation by the HSEInfected person was in a number of public places in the run-up to the May Bank HolidayThu May 12 2016 - 17:29
Union begins balloting ambulance staff on strike actionMinister for Health Simon Harris urged to publish report on performance of serviceTue May 10 2016 - 01:00
Number of GPs qualifying for rural allowances to doubleFund of €10m geared towards continuing access for patients and supports for doctorsTue May 10 2016 - 01:00
Catholic ethos a ‘red herring’ for maternity hospital, says doctorClinical chief Prof Michael Keane says hospital will be free to carry out sterilisationsTue May 10 2016 - 01:00
HSE was told of risk to disabled adult in foster care - TuslaDisabled person was left in foster home after sex abuse claims raised about foster carerMon May 09 2016 - 20:54
Ireland 'too rural' for ambulance targetsHiqa’s eight-minute goal for serious calls deemed challenging due to rural settingsMon May 09 2016 - 05:49
Ambulance service needs 750 more staff, says reportRural nature of Ireland means cost of service significantly higher than in UKMon May 09 2016 - 01:00
HSE ends routine eye screening for fifth and six class pupilsAssociation of Optometrists, which drew attention to the change, is disappointedMon May 09 2016 - 01:00
Hospitals to resume talks on maternity governanceSimon Harris likely to meet St Vincent’s and National Maternity Hospital separatelyMon May 09 2016 - 01:00
Number of patients on public waiting lists exceeds 500,000Almost 24,000 people have been on outpatient waiting list for more than 15 monthsSat May 07 2016 - 01:00
Varadkar threat to pull funds in St Vincent’s hospital rowMinister issues warning on dispute over €150m relocation of maternity hospitalFri May 06 2016 - 01:00
Maternity hospital governance row 'a risk to women'St Vincent's director warns running maternity unit separately could cause delaysThu May 05 2016 - 01:00
Turf war at heart of dispute between Holles Street and St Vincent’sBoth see benefits of National Maternity Hospital’s move but differ on who takes chargeThu May 05 2016 - 01:00
Folic acid ‘most effective way of reducing birth defects’FSAI report says mandatory fortification of bread best option to cut spina bifida ratesWed May 04 2016 - 10:46
Spinal curvature-treatment waiting lists increasingDespite HSE resources and outsourcing to UK and private sector, queues still growingWed May 04 2016 - 01:00
Scoliosis waiting lists: Marie Cunningham is 58, but feels 90‘Walking is really bad ... I have to use crutches to help hold me up as I get exhausted’Wed May 04 2016 - 01:00
Medical misadventure verdict over death of five-day-oldFamily of baby Darragh Byrne critical of failings of Coombe maternity hospital in 2013Tue May 03 2016 - 17:57
