Concerns over cannabis drug product costNational Centre for Pharmaco-Economics finds Sativex is not cost-effectiveThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:00
Protest at 50% rise in nursing board feeUnions in dispute with regulator over increase in professional feesThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:00
HSE unveils new structure for local servicesNinety primary care networks to be created in every town and district across the StateWed Oct 08 2014 - 17:32
Leo Varadkar says waiting lists not manipulated to meet targetsMinister for Health says he is not aware of memo instructing staff to restrict the number of patients on waiting lists about to be classified as ‘long waiters’Tue Oct 07 2014 - 10:34
HSE keeps patients at arm’s length by playing the waiting gameWith waiting lists, it’s the anti-law of gravity: what goes down must come upTue Oct 07 2014 - 10:34
Fire risk criticised at Co Clare community hospitalHiqa report expresses concern over condition at the HSE-run St Joseph’s HospitalMon Oct 06 2014 - 16:34
Varadkar promises to reform discretionary medical cardsGovernment-appointed expert panel calls for greater sensitivity in the way cards are allocatedSat Oct 04 2014 - 07:44
Massive increase in Irish spiders leads to surge in bitesFalse widow spider has spread across south-east of Ireland since arrival in 1990sSat Oct 04 2014 - 07:12
Medical cards and GP visit cards cover 43% of populationThe number of cards has increased by 74% since 2005 due to increasing unemployment and an ageing populationSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
15,000 to have medical card eligibility extendedCards will be extended says Varadkar as expert group warns conclusive list of covered illnesses cannot be compiledThu Oct 02 2014 - 22:00
Sharp fall in number of critical care hospital bedsThe number of beds has fallen from 289 to 233Thu Oct 02 2014 - 11:28
Doctors warned about blood tests on those with Ebola symptomsGPs advised to protect themselves against infectionThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
Almost 500,000 fail to show for hospital appointmentsHSE may provide group appointments as way to cut longer waiting lists, says VaradkarTue Sept 30 2014 - 14:00
Ward was ‘understaffed’ when nurse taped patient’s mouthDisciplinary hearing dominated by staffing and patient-dependency issuesTue Sept 30 2014 - 13:31
Nurse describes moment she discovered colleague had taped patient’s mouthBimbo Paden ‘half smiled like he had been caught in the act’Tue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Varadkar appoints experts to review cancer strategyNew national plan to tackle the disease to be implemented from 2016Mon Sept 29 2014 - 15:22
Nurse who taped patient’s mouth accepts guiltFirst nursing fitness to practice inquiry held in publicMon Sept 29 2014 - 13:16
HSE chiefs ordered court action over Ms Y to be abandonedDepartment says it became aware of HSE legal action ‘at very late stage’Mon Sept 29 2014 - 01:00
EU states 'can do more' to battle Ebola virusProminent public health experts urge western governments to do moreMon Sept 29 2014 - 01:00
Makers of MS drug reapply to be covered by HSE schemePatients are currently paying €500 a month for FampridineMon Sept 29 2014 - 01:00
Non-compliant procurement at a ‘significant level’ in HSEMost of the non-compliant purchases were arrangements that had been in place for a considerable periodFri Sept 26 2014 - 20:29
Seven years on, and Sonia’s silver shinesA national athletic hero, Sonia O’Sullivan’s career has had plenty of heartaches, as well as triumphsFri Sept 26 2014 - 06:00
Mothers claim midwife row has left them in limbo50 women and children protest outside Four Courts in support of Philomena CanningFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
Report criticises HSE medical card reviewPublic Accounts Committee says most medical cards should be renewed automaticallyThu Sept 25 2014 - 10:44
Patient ‘Emily’ shows why national children’s hospital is badly neededLong-running hospital saga has cost taxpayer €40m without one brick being laidThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
New National Children’s Hospital delayed againFacility will not open at St James’s until 2019, three years later than originally plannedThu Sept 25 2014 - 00:30
HSE figures show one in 12 are on outpatient waiting listOver 360,000 people are waiting for an outpatient appointmentWed Sept 24 2014 - 07:54
Irish plain packaging tobacco law can create ‘domino effect’Expert warns Government not to be bullied out of plans to remove logos from packetsTue Sept 23 2014 - 16:17
Hiqa says none of defibrillator programmes is ‘cost effective’Legislation requiring defibs in 43,000 buildings would save at most 11 livesTue Sept 23 2014 - 13:46
Hospital spends €550,000 per quarter filling consultant postsAgency staff on hourly contracts used to cover five positions at Letterkenny HospitalTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:02
Department of Health publishes abortion guidelines for doctorsVaradkar says guidelines may be amended to take account ‘Ms Y’ caseFri Sept 19 2014 - 19:06
‘No plan’ to close Portlaoise A&E, Varadkar saysHSE report recommended services should be discontinued for safety reasonsFri Sept 19 2014 - 16:39
Number of suicides rises to highest on record in 2011Number of men taking their own lives outnumbers women by over four to oneFri Sept 19 2014 - 14:45
Senator calls for end to ‘scaremongering’ on Portlaoise emergency departmentMinister Varadkar and HSE urged to make statement on future of hospitalFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
Nurse fitness-to-practise hearings to be publicAll complaints about nurses and midwives since October 2012 to be dealt with under new ActFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
IMO warns Ireland’s health services ‘at critical point’Doctors call for increased health funding, abolition of prescription chargeThu Sept 18 2014 - 12:42
HSE report calls for closure of Portlaoise emergency unitUnpublished review says 24-hour department should be replaced by daytime local injury clinicThu Sept 18 2014 - 07:21
Terminally ill patients in Galway A&E denied dignity and privacyNurses protest over ‘unacceptable conditions’ at University Hospital GalwayThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Care processes at Portlaoise hospital at risk of ‘collapse’Urgent correction and reconfiguration is needed, according to unpublished reviewThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Ministers to engage in ‘intensive discussions’ ahead of budgetGovernment says its ‘monitoring’ referendum in ScotlandWed Sept 17 2014 - 14:06
‘Obese, sedentary’ Irish population worst for diabetesIndex ranks Ireland lowest in western Europe for diabetes care and data collectionWed Sept 17 2014 - 10:57
University Hospital Galway patients ‘lack privacy and dignity’UHG acknowledges overcrowding in emergency unit and that building needs updatingWed Sept 17 2014 - 10:39
Prescription charge likely to be retained in budgetMinister resists calls for abolition of charge despite claims patients can’t afford itWed Sept 17 2014 - 01:00
Warning that free GP care will increase waits for most patientsEmigration has been considered by half of those who responded to survey of GPsTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:02
Haemophiliacs seek access to new treatmentGroup says 350 Hepatitis C patients urgently need new therapies to stay aliveMon Sept 15 2014 - 13:19
New medical group to campaign against health cutsPatients, doctors and nurses unite to oppose Budget cuts to health serviceMon Sept 15 2014 - 12:50
Review of Savita obstetrician finds no safety or quality issuesConsultant obstetrician continues to work as normal at University Hospital GalwayMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:04
Report says rehabilitating stroke survivors in community could save State up to €7m3,000 stroke survivors a year could benefit from early supported discharge programmesMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:04
Healthier hospital food on the wayMinister has nothing against chips, but thinks there should be salad on the menu tooMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:00
Hospital trolley numbers up 19 per centNursing union says rise in hospital overcrowding is ‘truly shocking’Fri Sept 12 2014 - 14:00
