HSE can’t afford urgently needed changes to ambulance serviceHiqa review found evidence of consistent underperformance in some control centresWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
Emergency callers to fire brigade left waiting up to eight minutes on phoneHiqa says less than 33% of ambulance calls in some life-threatening situations hit targetTue Dec 02 2014 - 14:19
Hiqa: Ambulances being used inefficientlyMany people taken to A&E departments could be dealt with on phone, says reportTue Dec 02 2014 - 11:26
Co Mayo home called ‘another Leas Cross’RTÉ documentary alleging mistreatment at HSE-run Áras Attracta home has echoes of Leas Cross scandal in 2005Tue Dec 02 2014 - 01:00
HSE to hold two separate investigations into Mayo care homeAgency appoints Christy Lynch and Dr Kevin McCoy to investigate Áras Attracta allegationsMon Dec 01 2014 - 22:02
Public access defibrillators cost €105m to save 50 livesHiqa critical of lack of coordination in existing provision of live-saving devicesMon Dec 01 2014 - 13:27
Younger children to lose out in new dental care planHSE plan for dentists to prioritise older children condemned as a ‘stealth cut’ by the Irish Dental AssociationMon Dec 01 2014 - 09:43
The painful cost of delaying children's dental careEarly preventive work and screening of young children’s teeth is crucial and cost-effectiveMon Dec 01 2014 - 01:00
Inquiry ordered into slapping, force-feeding allegations at Mayo centreNine staff placed ‘off-duty’ at Áras Attracta facility for adults with intellectual disabilitiesMon Dec 01 2014 - 01:00
Patients to be pursued more actively for A&E chargesHSE director says it will maximise collection to ease funding pressures on budgetFri Nov 28 2014 - 01:02
Estimated HSE savings could be destroyed by hospital presentation riseWhichever way figures sliced, a shortage of patient beds is the bugbearFri Nov 28 2014 - 01:00
Health must cut €230m in 2015 despite modest funding boostIncrease in resources set at 1% of budget but HSE savings needed due to ‘cost pressures’Thu Nov 27 2014 - 15:32
Photographs capture reality of managing Ebola in LiberiaIrishman Victor Lacken has spent the last three months chronicling the burial of victimsThu Nov 27 2014 - 11:54
Phelim Quinn appointed Hiqa chief executiveSuccessor to Tracey Cooper says safeguarding vulnerable in society will be a priorityThu Nov 27 2014 - 10:12
HSE service plan to target waiting times and cancer carePlans expected to include €25m for free GP care for under-sixesThu Nov 27 2014 - 07:40
Sexually confused young people more vulnerableReport finds those with concerns are 14 times more likely to attempt suicideWed Nov 26 2014 - 21:52
Sepsis guidelines follow Savita Halappanavar death reviewLeo Varadkar says recommendations drawn up to improve hospital performanceWed Nov 26 2014 - 10:28
Less to Varadkar medical card moves than meets the eyeMessage from review group report is: if system isn’t broke, don’t fix itWed Nov 26 2014 - 01:23
People with terminal illnesses no longer face medical card reviewMajor medical card changes announced by Leo VaradkarTue Nov 25 2014 - 20:20
Quarter of new drugs rejected for State schemesConference told innovative medicines must provide ‘real value for fair prices’Tue Nov 25 2014 - 13:21
Irish burial experts help control Ebola outbreak in Sierra LeoneGlasnevin Trust and Concern join forces to ensure safe and dignified burialsMon Nov 24 2014 - 20:00
Crumlin referrals for embryo screening halted on legal adviceReferrals abroad for controversial IVF treatment thought to be in violation of ConstitutionMon Nov 24 2014 - 01:00
Pharma firms’ payments to doctors to be disclosedRules to bring ‘greater transparency’ to the industryMon Nov 24 2014 - 01:00
Department of Health warned of ‘another thalidomide’Use of valproate in pregnancy linked to developmental problems in childrenSat Nov 22 2014 - 17:44
National screening programme detects 200 bowel cancersToo early to say if initiative is saving lives as not clear what stage cancers have reachedSat Nov 22 2014 - 01:01
Numbers of patients on hospital waiting lists and on trolleys soar371,829 people waiting for outpatient appointment, the ninth consecutive month in which list has grownFri Nov 21 2014 - 20:26
Screening detects 200 bowel cancer casesVast majority of 250,000 tests normal but 5 per cent require colonoscopyFri Nov 21 2014 - 10:41
Head physician interview: Should the end of Arthur’s Day be just the beginning?The new president of the Royal College of Physicians wants to reform the way Ireland sells alcoholWed Nov 19 2014 - 19:00
Ireland facing ‘silent epidemic’ of superbugs, doctors toldAntibiotic use in Irish nursing homes is twice as high as any other country in EuropeWed Nov 19 2014 - 12:15
Cabinet agrees measures to tackle medical card controversyNew system envisages greater use of ‘discretion and humanity’ in certain casesTue Nov 18 2014 - 20:41
Bimbo Paden found guilty on two counts over incident in Sligo hospitalNurse found guilty of having placed surgical tape over mouth of highly dependent patientMon Nov 17 2014 - 18:16
Ireland key in moving food up world agendaConcern’s former head Tom Arnold talks about a global goal of zero hungerMon Nov 17 2014 - 01:01
Free GP care for under-6s plan takes another blow as doctors vote for its postponementNational Association of General Practitioners says it has secured trade union negotiating licence through alliance with another unionMon Nov 17 2014 - 01:00
GPs attack ‘morally corrupt’ Government policiesPatients being unnecessarily turned away from A&E departments, conference hearsSat Nov 15 2014 - 19:26
Government urged to postpone extension free GP care to under-6sNAGP to align with Independent Workers’ Union to gain access to negotiating licenceSat Nov 15 2014 - 17:54
Surgeries to be cancelled and ICU beds closed if Ebola hits IrelandNew guidelines on managing infected patients published by Critical Care Advisory GroupSat Nov 15 2014 - 14:08
Cavan patients at high risk of superbugHiqa inspectors tell hospital to take immediate measure to deal with infectionFri Nov 14 2014 - 16:31
O’Brien calls on internet giants to help pay for broadband in developing worldDigicel chairman accuses Google, Facebook etc of ‘lobbying heavily’ against access expansion paymentFri Nov 14 2014 - 08:51
Charity calls for meningitis vaccine after baby’s deathHSE urged to make new drug available to prevent infectionsThu Nov 13 2014 - 13:09
Warning that national genetics centre proposal could lead to ‘huge clinical risk’Staff at centre resisting downgrade of unit as part of HSE reorganisation of genetic servicesThu Nov 13 2014 - 01:03
Under control of Crumlin hospital, genetics unit faces issues of ethosCentre will become department in Our Lady’s, Crumlin, which has Catholic ethos and whose chairman is Archbishop of DublinThu Nov 13 2014 - 01:03
Howlin insists national children’s hospital will be fully equipped and staffedAssurance welcomed by Varadkar who had warned about ability to equip hospitalWed Nov 12 2014 - 08:11
Patients to bypass GPs under new schemePharmacists may be allowed write prescriptions for medical card patientsWed Nov 12 2014 - 08:10
Nurses face threat to employment if fees go unpaidUnion plans protest over €50 rise in annual registration cost for nurses and midwivesTue Nov 11 2014 - 13:50
Howlin insists funds will be available for children’s hospitalLetter sent by Leo Varadkar warned about lack of money to equip new facilityTue Nov 11 2014 - 12:02
Cancer death rates three times higher in some poor areasHigher incidence of mortality in less affluent communities needs to be tackled ‘as a priority’Tue Nov 11 2014 - 10:41
Varadkar warns of not being able to equip new hospital‘No provision’ to increase number of care beds for older patients, says VaradkarTue Nov 11 2014 - 10:36
HSE relents on cardiac transfers to St Vincent’sSt Vincent’s has seen surge in patient numbers since emergency service at Loughlinstown Hospital was discontinued last yearTue Nov 11 2014 - 08:29
Irish soldiers to go to Sierra Leone to help in fight against EbolaIreland one of the few western countries with an embassy in FreetownTue Nov 11 2014 - 01:00
