Cancer patients facing delayed diagnoses and lower quality of life due to funding shortfall, says Irish Cancer SocietySociety claims cumulative loss of investment in cancer services from 2017 to 2024 is almost €180mWed Jun 19 2024 - 06:00
CervicalCheck patients have improved healthcare with their advocacy, study findsWomen affected still lack trust in the system, however, after scores were given inaccurate resultsTue Jun 18 2024 - 17:13
Up to 28,000 babies will be offered RSV vaccine under plans, says Minister for HealthThe RSV virus put significant pressure on paediatric hospital services last yearTue Jun 18 2024 - 06:00
Higher rate of obesity in children from disadvantaged areas in Ireland, conference hearsJust one in five children nationally are either overweight or obese, according to consultant endocrinologist Prof Donal O’SheaMon Jun 17 2024 - 17:11
Living with multiple sclerosis: ‘When you bring a long-term illness into a family, it’s the scariest thing ever’About half of MS sufferers say a friend or family member provides them with care, with 35% needing more than 31 hours per weekSun Jun 16 2024 - 07:00
Limerick, Dublin hospital patients to receive at-home treatment in ‘virtual wards’HSE to roll out ‘safe and efficient’ alternative as system struggles with demand for bedsFri Jun 14 2024 - 18:46
Two-thirds of patients on waiting lists for longer than target timeAt the end of last month, there were 705,237 patients on a hospital waiting listFri Jun 14 2024 - 14:14
Delayed cancer diagnosis and post-natal hospital experience among complaints made to Ombudsman Total of 839 complaints last year related to public bodies in health and social care sector compared to 790 in 2022 – a 6 per cent increaseWed Jun 12 2024 - 00:05
People living with HIV refused surgery or put last on waiting lists, research showsJust 42 per cent of healthcare workers and 27 per cent of healthcare students surveyed by RCSI said they received education on HIV stigma and discriminationTue Jun 11 2024 - 13:52
Dublin-based professor Mary Horgan named interim chief medical officerMedic, who served on served on National Public Health Emergency Team during pandemic, replaces Breda SmythTue Jun 11 2024 - 13:06
Local Elections: Louth County Council resultsIndependents perform strongly but high number of candidates potentially costs Sinn Féin extra seatsMon Jun 10 2024 - 14:27
What breakthrough in inflammatory bowel disease was discovered this week?Researchers made significant progress in identifying a cause of IBD, potentially leading to improved treatment optionsFri Jun 07 2024 - 14:20
Covid cases up more than 60% over past week, latest data showsMore than 170 people in Irish hospitals with virus but there were no deaths or admissions to intensive care last weekThu Jun 06 2024 - 14:46
Safety notice issued over two vapes containing illegal amounts of nicotineHSE sampled E-LIQUID and QST Puff Flex 2800 products which contain quantities of substance well over 20mg/ml legal limitWed Jun 05 2024 - 19:54
Forty-seven confirmed measles cases in State, latest figures findData released amid rising cases of the infectious disease across Europe and elsewhereWed Jun 05 2024 - 15:08
`I had to give about 40 pints of blood to get my iron back down to normal levels’Haemochromatosis is an inherited condition where iron levels in the body slowly build up over many yearsTue Jun 04 2024 - 07:00
Trek to Everest base camp: the impact of climate change is undeniableTrekking up the Himalayas brings with it significant challenges, but marvellous feeling of accomplishment tooMon Jun 03 2024 - 05:00
Firm building national children’s hospital set to get extra €107m in dispute resolutionConciliator recently proposed sum should be paid to BAM after firm sought further payments for project delays until last yearFri May 31 2024 - 06:00
National children’s hospital development stretches back 13 yearsDevelopment marked by missed deadlines and ballooning costsThu May 30 2024 - 21:20
National Children’s Hospital: New ‘substantial completion’ date now February 2025, TDs toldHospital will not be able to admit patients until August 2025 at the earliest, public spending watchdog hearsThu May 30 2024 - 15:22
Promise of almost 3,000 additional hospital beds is welcome – if Government deliversWith elections looming, one might think the announcement couldn’t have come at a better time for Government parties, but it is good news for patientsWed May 29 2024 - 20:28
Almost 3,000 new inpatient hospital beds to be delivered by 2031, says DonnellyShortage of beds leading to overcrowding problems experienced in hospitals such as Limerick, unions saysWed May 29 2024 - 18:08
Youth mental health services hit by lack of modern technology, HSE hearsHealth services cannot ‘speak to each other efficiently’ without an IT upgrade, officials sayWed May 29 2024 - 05:00
Ireland has fewer critical-care beds than European norm, report showsOccupancy of intensive care units regularly exceed recommended levelsWed May 29 2024 - 00:01
‘My donor was the same age as I was when he died’: Ireland’s longest-living heart transplant recipient gives thanks for second chanceAndy Kavanagh was told life expectancy post-transplant in the 1986 was normally one or two yearsTue May 28 2024 - 17:20
‘Concerning’ increase in under-18s presenting to addiction services due to legally available cannabis vapesHSE warns use of HHC vapes can lead to mental health difficulties in usersTue May 28 2024 - 16:40
Uptake of public-only consultant contract lower in MidwestMove to phase out private care from public system has had different take-up in different parts of the countryMon May 27 2024 - 06:00
Admissions to children’s critical care units up 14% on pre-pandemic levelsOccupancy rates regularly exceed recommended levels, audit findsMon May 27 2024 - 06:00
Husband of woman who killed herself and couple’s child says she was ‘screaming for help’ but not getting itDarren Coleman says his wife, Nicola Keane, was not a monster but a ‘really, really ill person’Sun May 26 2024 - 10:40
Trust in cervical screening ‘significantly lower’ in Ireland than Scotland, ESRI findsThe research investigated the impact of this controversy on public trust and the attribution of blame for interval cancers – cancers diagnosed after a negative screening resultThu May 23 2024 - 18:24
Most Irish women who went to UK for abortion did so due to physical or mental health injury riskTotal of 201 travelled from Ireland for procedure in England and Wales in 2022, a slight decrease on the previous yearThu May 23 2024 - 17:35
Five north Dublin nursing home residents died in three separate disease outbreaks, Hiqa findsSome staff of Raheny facility wore masks below their nose while some equipment was not cleaned properlyThu May 23 2024 - 13:21
Irish dancing: All cases of alleged competition fixing dropped by governing bodyThe CLRG says it is unable to identify a suitable witness to provide evidence against the teachers and adjudicatorsWed May 22 2024 - 21:49
Almost 240 patients died in UHL emergency department over past five yearsFigures emerge amid increased scrutiny of hospital’s safety record following Aoife Johnston caseWed May 22 2024 - 15:17
Pedestrians twice as likely to be hit by electric or hybrid cars, research suggestsQuieter, heavier vehicles could pose a deadlier threat on impact, Irish medics sayWed May 22 2024 - 06:00
Number of vacant and derelict homes brought back into use for social housing fell last yearAccording to the 2022 census there are 163,433 vacant homes in Ireland, of which 48,000 have been empty since 2016Tue May 21 2024 - 06:00
Unfilled psychiatric posts leaving young people on ‘unacceptably long waiting lists’In child and adolescent psychiatry, more than one-third of approved permanent consultant posts either vacant or filled on a temporary basis at end of 2023Tue May 21 2024 - 00:01
Healthcare workers to get quick digital access to patients’ medical records under new national systemGovernment plans aimed at addressing ‘major deficiencies’ in current information systemTue May 21 2024 - 00:00
Why are new cancer drugs available to private patients but not public patients? The approval for the public system is a long process, entailing between 20 and 30 stepsMon May 20 2024 - 06:02
Ireland’s two-tier cancer drug system: ‘I can give one drug to one lot of patients, not to another’Public patients face ‘huge delays’ on cancer drugs, a poorer quality of life and a poorer chance of survivalMon May 20 2024 - 06:01
Commitments on delivery of neurorehabilitation teams ‘being impacted by delays’, committee toldLast May, the HSE appeared before the committee and said teams in four Community Healthcare Organisations would be ‘fully functional by early 2024′Wed May 15 2024 - 22:13
HSE cyber attack: More than 470 legal proceedings issued against health service after ransomware hitLeak by Conti, the Russia-based crime group, compromised personal data of almost 100,000 staff and patientsTue May 14 2024 - 09:49
‘Well how are you going to get a job with a degree like that?’Social sciences seek to understand how people interact with each other, how society functions and how cultures developTue May 14 2024 - 05:35
Teaching offers ‘many and varied’ career pathways Teachers are responsible for imparting knowledge and skills that are essential for people to succeed in lifeTue May 14 2024 - 05:05
It’s not quite Grey’s Anatomy but a career in medicine can be very rewarding Directly improving patient well-being can be a very rewarding career.Tue May 14 2024 - 02:20
Spotlight on Business: Just like the degrees, the job prospects are also variedCommon-entry business programmes are among the most popular, as they allow undecided students the opportunity to try various streams.Tue May 14 2024 - 00:30
Tobacco sales: Raising legal age to 21 should be ‘stepping stone’ to complete phase-out, charity saysIrish Heart Foundation says decision to increase to 21 the age at which a person can legally be sold tobacco ‘one of the most important public health measures’Mon May 13 2024 - 15:25
Teenage boy dies in Grand Canal in Co KildareGardaí became aware of a person struggling in the water between Ardclough and Celbridge at around 5.40pmMon May 13 2024 - 11:49
Two yellow warnings in place as heavy rain forecast across countryWeather Ireland: Potential for localised flooding, difficult travelling conditions and poor visibility in some areasMon May 13 2024 - 08:14
HSE approves new treatment option for people with breast cancer at high-risk of recurrenceThe drug, called abemaciclib, reduces chance of cancer returning by more than 30%Sun May 12 2024 - 18:39
