Mother and baby home records held in database ‘not fit for purpose’
Tusla warned Government that system would require ‘significant’ redevelopment to ensure preservation
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Second hospital chief executive salary breaches public pay scale
The Department of Public Expenditure asked the HSE to examine salaries of voluntary hospitals after issue emerged in Limerick
Our psychology services are overwhelmed. It doesn’t have to be like this
Primary care psychology is a reservoir of human suffering and missed opportunities
‘It was terrifying because he was tiny’: Mother recalls infant son’s brushes with RSV
Conaill McGrath had to attend hospital three times due to the virus in the first year of his life
Almost a third of newly qualified doctors from Irish universities move abroad
Less than half of doctors who leave Ireland return within ten years, new census figures indicate
Health service worker awarded almost €87,000 in sexual harassment case
Complaints of repeated harassment by senior pharmacist against junior staff took place over one-year period
‘There were so many little failings’: The patients improving Ireland’s health system
Health service users’ experiences of issues such as systems and medical teams not talking to each other, never mind patients, motivates them to drive change
Doctor highlighted in Irish Times investigation suspended from practising
Dr Asif Ali among 11 practitioners who faced serious sanctions in UK but remained registererd in Ireland
Pay review in major hospitals to follow Limerick CEO salary disclosure
Health Department told public expenditure officials salary rate of St John’s Hospital CEO was ‘news to us’
‘Significant’ staffing shortages in stroke units, report finds
National Office of Clinical Audit reports 13 per cent increase in hospital stroke admissions
Boy settles legal action with HSE over alleged arm injury at birth for €905,000
Court heard baby suffered injury due to shoulder dystocia, resulting in left Erb’s palsy
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’
Limerick hospital expansion at risk over chief executive pay row
Tensions between St John’s Hospital board and HSE have increased in recent months
‘We expect nothing other than full compliance’: Inside the row over a hospital boss’s pay
Accusations of ‘unreasonable and unwarranted conduct’ – and risk to patients – amid pay scale dispute
Maynooth University officially launches new school of nursing
Nursing school currently has 27 undergraduates, with number of students due to rise to 100 within four years
Increasing number of younger women diagnosed with breast cancer, committee told
Demand for cancer services on rise due to ageing population and growing complexity of treatment
Woman flagged for sepsis but not given medication in time died of respiratory failure
Leona Cusack (33) only received ‘narrow’ spectrum of antibiotics in ‘breach’ of HSE protocols, inquest hears
Woman claims she was forced to give up child for adoption while in mother and baby home
‘Very vulnerable individual’, who is now a pensioner, settles case in High Court
Loss of up to €7m on medical devices a ‘defining collapse’ in HSE governance, says chief
‘People failed at their jobs’ after authorising payments without checking goods had been received, Bernard Gloster said
Man who claimed he developed autism due to care at birth settles court action for €1.5m
Brian Naughton (19), who has an intellectual disability and is non-verbal, sued HSE through his mother
HSE could face ‘an overall loss’ of between €5m-€7m from dealing with one supplier
Public Accounts Committee to be told there is no hope of recovering losses
HSE spends tens of thousands each year to bury those without family, figures show
Services deal with cases of homeless individuals who die in acute hospitals
One day we will have redress schemes for the children failed by Ireland’s care system
We must stop outsourcing the care of vulnerable young people
‘My children would be alive if I knew about my wife’s illness’
Bereaved call for changes to mental health patient confidentiality following killings
HSE warns Limerick hospital of ‘significant risk’ if chief executive pay not reduced
Emer Martin and board of St John’s Hospital warned breach of public pay scale could have repercussions for pensions
Minister writes to HSE expressing ‘deep concern’ at emergency care in some hospitals
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill warns of ‘heightened risk to patients’ if underlying issues not tackled
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
Breastfeeding rates on the rise in Ireland
More than 65 per cent of babies were breastfed during their first feed after birth in 2024
Hiqa report highlights how healthcare impasse in midwest can be linked to one decision
Current situation can be tied back to the closure of three smaller EDs in 2009
Hospital secures orders allowing it administer chemotherapy to woman with advanced cancer
Woman faces fatal outcome unless she gets treatment, High Court told
The lucrative lobbying careers forged by Lucinda Creighton, Phil Hogan and Dara Murphy in Brussels
The former politicians work as lobbyists and consultants to banking, pharma and tech firms
‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic
‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic
Nurse censured over ‘historic practice’ of pinching resident’s nose to aid swallowing
Allegations noted that medic acted aggressively and inappropriately towards two residents in care home
Chickenpox vaccine: who can get it, when and why?
Hospitalised cases of the virus rose to 165 in 2023, more than twice the level of the previous year
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
Consultant working in a public hospital received €963,000 in a year
New report shows one individual working in a public hospital received €963,000 in payments in the same year
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higher
Resignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level pay
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
Minister for Health briefed on Drogheda hospital concern weeks before patients
Patients advised of file reviews 11 weeks after HSE raised it with department, Labour’s Ged Nash says
Flu vaccine uptake among health workers in 2024 lowest in seven years
More than 23,000 cases of influenza notified to health officials between October and end of February
Depression and thyroid disease main health issues among Ukrainian refugees
Conditions stem in part from after-effects of 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and ongoing Russian invasion
New financial safeguards planned for national maternity hospital project
Government seeks to implement lessons learned from national children’s hospital construction
Taoiseach’s exchange with exhausted mother a fraught moment but not a gotcha
Frustrated mother of a sick child has passionate but respectful encounter with Taoiseach
Elderly Ukrainians unable to access healthcare in Louth feel ‘humiliated’ and ‘exhausted’
Three adults in their 70s, including woman with prosthetic leg, were transferred from housing in Youghal to Dundalk in August
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
Number of children on community healthcare waiting lists rises to 42,000
More than 14,000 children waiting more than a year for psychological services, figures show
Minister cautions against speculation on cause of Blackwater fish kill
Timmy Dooley urges people to wait until agencies have gathered data necessary to identify cause of pollution
Medicine pricing agreement coming to end with no talks yet sanctioned on successor deal
Pharmaceutical companies say they have little interest in any new agreement unless it can guarantee faster access for new drugs
More than 1,000 patient cases examined as part of review at Drogheda hospital
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is taking a look back at all histopathology slides seen by one consultant
New plan aims to improve diagnosis and care for people with rare diseases
Life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases affect 300,000 people in Ireland
Dementia: 12% fewer beds for patients, as rates of condition set to double by 2050
Just 353 HSE-funded beds remain in the State for care of patients with dementia, including Alzheimer’s
Suicide-prevention charity Pieta seeks to cut €3 million amid ‘unsustainable’ financial position
Drop in donations since Covid-19 has been a ‘major challenge’, says charity’s chief executive
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