Bernard Gloster

The hospitals wrote to the HSE saying they were facing a financial shortfall of more than €100 million

HSE to pay 75% of Prof Brian Lenehan’s legal costs for the case

Prof Brian Lenehan takes case over being put on leave following death of teenager Aoife Johnston

Healthcare is at climate frontline, notably in emergency departments and at primary care level, conference hears

INMO members to commence ballot for industrial action on Monday in protest at employment ceiling introduced in the HSE

Prof Brian Lenehan, suspended in the wake of reports into death of the Co Clare teenager, told the High Court that decision to suspend him lacks reason

Risk of reoccurrence of circumstances that led to death of Aoife Johnston at Limerick hospital still present ‘but I think the risk is less’, says Bernard Gloster

Bernard Gloster tells Oireachtas committee that report into death of Aoife Johnston at UHL will be published by next Monday

HSE chief Gloster expected to say demand for services increasing at faster rate than predicted before pandemic

Clare teenager (16) died of meningitis in December 2022 with suspected sepsis that went untreated for more than 12 hours

HSE publishes first report of Opportunistic Case Finding Programme at its national conference on integrated care

Decision to postpone scheduled care is ‘abandonment of the people’ in the midwest, says IHCA

University Hospital Limerick among those hospitals requiring ‘resets’, says Bernard Gloster, amid emergency department demand

Termination payment of €1.6m to outgoing staff member revealed in Comptroller and Auditor General report

Health service chief recently told senior managers staffing ‘now at a level not previously seen and continues to grow’

Health service will now have an approved workforce close to 130,000 as recruitment pause eased

Department of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatment

Review by independent safeguarding expert Jackie McIlroy was commissioned by HSE in wake of ‘Emily’ rape case

HSE chief executive says he expects movement on issue ‘shortly’

A recruitment freeze and plans to drastically reduce reliance on agency staff go not seem to go hand in hand

Work to begin immediately on devising actions designed to ease crowding and pressures in hospital and HSE’s Mid West region

Ministers and office of Taoiseach became involved in issue surrounding departure of ex-deputy director general, files show

Victorian building should be transferred to Dublin City Council for housing or cultural use, councillor says

Demand for services in EDs rose 12% in early part of year

HSE chief executive to tell members of Oireachtas Committee on Health that service now employing largest workforce to date

Overcrowding continues as Limerick hospital postponed non-urgent surgeries for two days

Agreement, reached following mediation, was authorised by Department of Health and Department of Public Expenditure

HSE inquiry to establish ‘what happened and how, and then to take any appropriate actions’

Records show financial crisis facing disability care provider had been building for years

HSE has cut spending on agency staff and overtime as well implementing a recruitment freeze for the vast majority of staff

Facility to be among the most expensive of its kind worldwide, when Switzerland has built larger hospital in Berne for €700m

Number of top managers to be halved as responsibilities move to regions

Board members express concern at failure to learn from previous reports on hospital organ retention policies

Spending on acute hospitals has increased 80 per cent in the past seven years; spending on health services pay has risen by €3.2 billion in the same period

Radiologist Dr Martin Schranz said he was ‘happy out’ after agreement reached to allow him to return to University Hospital Kerry

Bernard Gloster’s focus on accountability over death of teenager in Limerick hospital is new ground for a HSE chief and is welcome

Bernard Gloster warns against ‘trial by social media’ over Aoife Johnston’s death in UHL in December 2022

Retired judge Mr Justice Frank Clarke appointed to investigate death of Aoife Johnston (16) after lengthy wait in UHL last December

There is nothing flashy or bombastic about Gloster, whose entire career has been in the public service, but there is a steeliness in his blue eyes which suggests he is not to be messed with

€960m extra for health to meet costs of increased demand, particularly in acute hospitals