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BCG jab to be limited to high-risk babies

BCG jab to be limited to high-risk babies

Hiqa holds public consultation on plan to introduce selective vaccination against TB

Wed Sept 09 2015 - 11:24
Garda investigates disability worker over CCTV footage

Garda investigates disability worker over CCTV footage

Four staff at HSE-run St Raphael’s Centre in Co Cork facing disciplinary proceedings

Wed Sept 09 2015 - 01:00
Improving homes for intellectually disabled to cost €57m

Improving homes for intellectually disabled to cost €57m

Hiqa should take account of lack of resources when critical of individual facilities, says HSE

Wed Sept 09 2015 - 01:00
Former lobbyist and jockey named as tax defaulters

Former lobbyist and jockey named as tax defaulters

Frank Dunlop and retired jockey and trainer Charlie Swan on latest tax defaulters list

Tue Sept 08 2015 - 15:52
Government implements 16 of 58 health commitments

Government implements 16 of 58 health commitments

Sick system: The ailing health service, part2

Mon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
Check-up: How Minister for Health Leo Varadkar fared

Check-up: How Minister for Health Leo Varadkar fared

Health continues to be a thorn in the Coalition’s side but less so than under his predecessor

Mon Sept 07 2015 - 01:00
Broken: Ireland’s ailing health service

Broken: Ireland’s ailing health service

Sick system, part 1 of a series on Ireland's ailing health service.

Sat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
Empty Mount Carmel beds to go to southsiders

Empty Mount Carmel beds to go to southsiders

Leo Varadkar acknowledges difficulties getting patients to cross Liffey

Fri Sept 04 2015 - 16:34
Ireland may take thousands of migrants - Kenny

Ireland may take thousands of migrants - Kenny

Taoiseach says numbers to increase under EU deal

Fri Sept 04 2015 - 14:33
Analysis: Is this what happens when politics and medicine clash?

Analysis: Is this what happens when politics and medicine clash?

Political meddling is getting in the way of radical change at Portlaoise hospital

Fri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00
Northside patients won’t cross Liffey for empty hospital beds

Northside patients won’t cross Liffey for empty hospital beds

Beds reserved for patients from hospitals on northside where severe shortage exists

Fri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00
Nursing and Midwifery Board boss to resign

Nursing and Midwifery Board boss to resign

Dr Maura Pidgeon led board during dispute with INMO over increased registration fee

Thu Sept 03 2015 - 16:59
HSE to fund on limited basis cost of multiple sclerosis drug

HSE to fund on limited basis cost of multiple sclerosis drug

Extended campaign by patients proves success for medicine that helps sufferers to walk

Thu Sept 03 2015 - 16:50
Varadkar to press ahead with minimum alcohol pricing plan

Varadkar to press ahead with minimum alcohol pricing plan

European Court of Justice said Scottish proposal could infringe on EU trade rules

Thu Sept 03 2015 - 15:59
Nurse who  put duct tape over patient’s mouth fined €2,000

Nurse who put duct tape over patient’s mouth fined €2,000

Bimbo Paden censured over 2013 incident at St John’s community hospital in Sligo

Wed Sept 02 2015 - 13:32
HSE says multiple payments issue being investigated before leak

HSE says multiple payments issue being investigated before leak

HSE says at no time has it been approached by whistleblower about controversial practice

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 12:35
Breakthrough on diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis

Breakthrough on diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers identify protein that regulates severity of tissue damage caused by disease

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
Obesity affecting children as young as two, warns doctor

Obesity affecting children as young as two, warns doctor

Paediatrician Sinéad Murphy says families are desperate due to lack of services

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
HSE to face public watchdog over dispensing fees dispute

HSE to face public watchdog over dispensing fees dispute

Committee to investigate claims of multiple fees charged for single prescriptions

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
Rise of 27% in calls to youth mental health centre

Rise of 27% in calls to youth mental health centre

Anxiety the main problem, followed by low mood, family problems and anger issues

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
HSE alleges fraud over phased dispensing fees

HSE alleges fraud over phased dispensing fees

LloydsPharmacy Ireland chain describes allegation as ‘entirely unfounded’

Sat Aug 29 2015 - 01:00
HSE investigates Lloyds pharmacy prescription payments

HSE investigates Lloyds pharmacy prescription payments

Lloyds denies fraud over boosting income by claiming multiple medical card prescription fees

Fri Aug 28 2015 - 18:02
Nurses and midwives back Lansdowne Road Agreement

Nurses and midwives back Lansdowne Road Agreement

INMO members vote 71% in favour of revised public pay deal in spite of reservations

Thu Aug 27 2015 - 18:03
Cancer survival rate after 10 years now at 54 per cent

Cancer survival rate after 10 years now at 54 per cent

New data shows three-quarters of breast cancer patients will be alive a decade later

Wed Aug 26 2015 - 01:00
Multiple sclerosis  society urges patients to assert rights

Multiple sclerosis society urges patients to assert rights

Sufferers subjected to ‘postcode lottery’ despite HSE approval of remedial treatment

Mon Aug 24 2015 - 01:00
One drink a day raises breast cancer risk, study finds

One drink a day raises breast cancer risk, study finds

Medical review says those with family history of disease should consider giving up alcohol

Wed Aug 19 2015 - 10:12
Tallaght Hospital has image problem, study finds

Tallaght Hospital has image problem, study finds

Board members discouraged by problem of portraying the hospital in a positive light

Wed Aug 19 2015 - 01:00
Incidence of several common cancers rising, report finds

Incidence of several common cancers rising, report finds

Lung cancer in women up 11.7 per cent and colorectal cancer in men up 8.3 per cent

Tue Aug 18 2015 - 01:00
Teething trouble a figment of parents’ imagination, says dentist

Teething trouble a figment of parents’ imagination, says dentist

Symptoms often associated with teething are generally the result of infections

Mon Aug 17 2015 - 12:50
HSE considered suing US firm over high price of live-saving drug

HSE considered suing US firm over high price of live-saving drug

Alexion Pharmaceuticals charging €4,557.50 per vial of Soliris for rare blood disorder

Mon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
Varadkar to remove training post barriers for overseas doctors

Varadkar to remove training post barriers for overseas doctors

Situation ‘a sophisticated form of modern slavery’ says Overseas Medics of Ireland

Mon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
HSE seeks €250m funding for disability homes

HSE seeks €250m funding for disability homes

Money to be used to accelerate move from institutions to smaller accommodation units

Sun Aug 16 2015 - 16:10
Terminally ill need not die in hospital, says study

Terminally ill need not die in hospital, says study

Patients express preference for palliative care in specialist units over hospital care

Fri Aug 14 2015 - 01:00
Trolley crisis ‘the price being paid’ for focus on waiting lists

Trolley crisis ‘the price being paid’ for focus on waiting lists

Emergency being ‘squeezed’ as result of drive on Varadkar’s targets, say doctors

Fri Aug 07 2015 - 01:00
Aras Attracta unit given 28 days to avoid closure

Aras Attracta unit given 28 days to avoid closure

Hiqa issues closure notice for five bungalows at Co Mayo facility

Thu Aug 06 2015 - 12:58
Hiqa adopts ‘get tough’ stance on nursing homes

Hiqa adopts ‘get tough’ stance on nursing homes

Thousands of beds in State-run homes face closure over substandard facilities

Tue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Nursing homes face closure if Government fails to find money

Nursing homes face closure if Government fails to find money

Issue of substandard accommodation is coming to a head as new standards must be met

Tue Aug 04 2015 - 01:00
Only 50% of newborns breastfed as mothers forgo health benefits

Only 50% of newborns breastfed as mothers forgo health benefits

Just one mother in 40 exclusively breastfeeding by time baby is six-seven months

Mon Aug 03 2015 - 11:56
Doctor struck off list for over-prescribing sleeping pills

Doctor struck off list for over-prescribing sleeping pills

Two medical professionals sanctioned for practices relating to prescribing of drugs

Mon Aug 03 2015 - 01:00
Catastrophic consequences for jailed former Anglo staff

Catastrophic consequences for jailed former Anglo staff

‘Stroke of one button’ sealed the fate of the three bankers

Sat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Ex-Anglo officials jailed for hiding accounts

Ex-Anglo officials jailed for hiding accounts

First bankers to go to jail since start of economic crisis

Sat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Three Anglo officials jailed for hiding accounts linked to Seán FitzPatrick

Three Anglo officials jailed for hiding accounts linked to Seán FitzPatrick

Tiarnan O’Mahoney given 3 year term, Bernard Daly 2 years, Aoife Maguire 18 months

Fri Jul 31 2015 - 18:25
Registration for free GP care for  over-70s begins

Registration for free GP care for over-70s begins

Almost 40,000 older people can now apply for free doctors’ visits under health scheme

Fri Jul 31 2015 - 01:00
At least 260 deaths in 20 years since hepatitis C scandal erupted

At least 260 deaths in 20 years since hepatitis C scandal erupted

Report reveals health consequences of contaminated blood products supplied by State

Thu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
HSE records deficit of €164 million in first  five months

HSE records deficit of €164 million in first five months

Service unable to cut costs ‘because our focus has been on opening additional bed capacity’

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 19:49
Drogheda hospital spending millions on unchecked staff

Drogheda hospital spending millions on unchecked staff

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Co Louth, in breach of HSE regulations on agencies

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 10:26
Hundreds of retired HSE staff  employed again despite moratorium

Hundreds of retired HSE staff employed again despite moratorium

In one area 138 retired employees were paid a salary in 2013, according to audit report

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00
Purchase of gift cards worth €3,000 queried by HSE auditors

Purchase of gift cards worth €3,000 queried by HSE auditors

Management at National Drug Treatment Centre said cards related to play therapy

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00
Galway hospital patients at risk from  bird droppings

Galway hospital patients at risk from bird droppings

Hiqa report finds ‘suboptimal’ cleanliness in many wards at Portiuncula

Tue Jul 28 2015 - 12:45
Dozens of hip implant cases depend on outcome of appeal

Dozens of hip implant cases depend on outcome of appeal

Woman suing Johnson & Johnson says she suffers ongoing pain since surgery in 2005

Tue Jul 28 2015 - 01:00
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