Children's Health Ireland (CHI)

CHI spinal surgery list manager gets temporary injunction against dismissal

Anita Little claims she was dismissed following instructions to suspend 10 patients from waiting list

Concerns raised about ability to reduce spinal waiting lists due to increasing demand

Recent taskforce meeting spoke about ‘no improvement from the start of the year’

Consultants not empowered to manage colleagues effectively, conference told

Consultants can’t ‘manage risks in a meaningful way’ owing to lack of ‘budgetary or financial control’, says CHI clinical director

Confidence vote in Harris to be pushed through to avoid presidential race disruption

Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys trade blows as they enter final 10 days of campaign

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You may notice your baby’s tongue not lifting, but persistent feeding problems are more likely to alert you to a potential issue

Parents of boy (15) ‘lost in system’ while awaiting surgery seek answers for delay

Kildare boy Evan Gardiner ‘is suffering in the long run, his life is on hold’, his mother says

CHI board concerned three years ago over insourcing in hospitals

HSE chiefs to update Oireachtas committee on use of private companies which used public-service personnel and facilities after hours to reduce waiting lists

Mother of boy (9) who died after waiting years for spinal surgery ‘cautiously optimistic’ on CHI inquiry

Gillian Sherratt says ‘priority and focus’ must be on helping those children still relying on the State, CHI and HSE

Teenager who lost both legs in farm accident has one goal: to return home and to school

Féile O’Sullivan’s west Cork community has helped raise more than €650,000 for her since incident in July

Government commits to CHI inquiry after meeting Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s parents

Harvey, who died in July aged nine, waited years for surgery

The Irish Times view on the end of Children’s Health Ireland: promise unfulfilled

It is hard not to link the decision to the chequered performance of CHI over the last eight years

What will the HSE’s takeover of Children’s Health Ireland mean for patients?

Paediatric healthcare provider has faced a litany of controversies

Children’s Health Ireland to be folded into HSE

Move follows months of controversy, notably relating to orthopaedic and spinal services

Jordan chosen as route to evacuate sick Gaza children to Ireland in ‘imminent’ operation

It is understood around 11 children have been identified for an upcoming third evacuation mission

CHI investigates reports of surgeons contacting parents to review children they operated on

One mother recalled sense of shock after surgeon said he wanted to review his own work

The really nauseating thing about the Ryder Cup is how seamlessly it will all happen

Imagine the war cabinet that would have been assembled if paediatric spinal surgery was a global spectator sport

CHI still faces questions over waiting list irregularities and orthopaedic care

Children’s Health Ireland still faces inquiries into its services which are yet to be completed

Garda deemed report into potential CHI waiting list irregularities ‘not suitable’ for investigation

Confidential document on work culture and use of funding to cut public waiting lists was leaked widely in the media earlier this year

Childhood cancer: ‘I had this thing in my head that, until somebody tells me, it’s not real’

When cancer is detected in any child, adolescent or young adult, there is a devastating impact on the entire family. Support can be precious

Palestinian nurses conclude intensive surgical training in Ireland

Rotation characterised as ‘key step’ in advance of spring 2026 opening of Jubilee building in West Bank baby hospital

National children’s hospital: what’s the hold-up - and whose fault are delays?

Project originally due to be finished in 2022 looks likely to miss its latest completion date in September

Three hospitals paid consultants all the NTPF money received for waiting-list schemes

Naas, St Michael’s and Kerry hospitals disclosed they had failed to comply with memorandum of understanding with agency, review reveals

National children’s hospital developer BAM’s claims ‘not credible’, says Minister

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says she has concerns about BAM’s ability to meet its work programme

Parents should not allow children on e-scooters

‘As clinicians involved in the care of children with traumatic brain injuries, we are writing to highlight our concerns’

Cost of former CEO employment dispute at Children’s Health Ireland exceeds €160,000

Issued centred on clash between Government policy on term limits for chief executives in State sector and rights under employment law

Hundreds gather in Dublin to remember Harvey Morrison Sherratt

Anger directed at Simon Harris following death of nine-year-old boy with scoliosis

Over 50 consultants urge State to stop using Israeli medicines ‘if viable alternatives’

Teva Pharmaceuticals, which makes Sudocrem, is one of the largest suppliers of generic medicines to HSE

Father of Harvey Morrison Sherratt says his son was ‘abandoned’ by disability services

Almost 11,000 children waiting for assessment by HSE’s children disability network teams, figures show

Data watchdog opens ‘inquiry’ into CHI Tallaght over safety of children’s records

It is understood door to office containing hundreds of patient charts was left propped open

Family of recently deceased boy Harvey Morrison Sherratt to meet Simon Harris

Scoliosis patient (9) faced delays in waiting for surgery

Palestinian mothers of seriously ill children refuse relocation to Donegal due to healthcare concerns

Children’s Health Ireland determines it safe to transfer care to regional health centre

Children’s Health Ireland spent years challenging ‘defiant’ staff, says resigning doctor

Dr Gavin Lavery was one of four CHI board members who resigned last May

Family of girl (14) who died while at Gaeltacht seeks review of CHI care

Amelia Belle Ferguson (14) collapsed while out walking in Co Galway last year

Inquiries under way into further allegations around waiting list initiatives at Children’s Health Ireland

Public Accounts Committee and Minister hears that consultant paid €40,000 in 2018 to treat patients on his waiting list at private hospital

Dublin children’s hospital ‘misplaces’ child’s record in ‘serious data-protection breach’

Separately, watchdog carried out unannounced inspection at CHI Tallaght on foot of complaint

CHI apologises for delay in diagnosing liver cancer in toddler who later died

Eveen Sheehy was 2½ years old when she died six years ago

Government will not use Jordan to evacuate sick children from Gaza, despite previously saying route was ‘not an issue’

Doctors prefer Jordan crossing to Rafah due to higher quality of hospital in Amman

Waiting list initiative suspended at Naas after concerns consultants paid directly

PAC set to question NTPF and CHI over controversies over use of millions allocated to tackle waiting lists

Naas hospital voluntarily paused insourcing amid concerns over use of public funding

HSE chief Bernard Gloster says effectiveness of insourcing governance ‘is probably questionable’

Saturday outpatient appointments at Crumlin hospital surge by 240%

Concerns raised about overreliance on appointments paid for by National Treatment Purchase Fund

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