The Rotunda is delivering thousands more babies than other hospitals, as plans for its redevelopment have stalled. Meanwhile, across the river in Dublin 4, millions have already been spent on relocating the National Maternity Hospital
Public urged to remain vigilant as cases rise again after Christmas drop-off
There were 2,321 new respiratory illness cases notified over the past week, which includes flu, Covid-19 and RSV
Nurses union says emergency department staffing levels are unsafe
Third option to tackle overcrowding is to develop a new hospital in HSE Mid West, says Hiqa
Significant increase in nursing home beds needed to meet growing demand, says representative body
Delays accessing care in the community affected 5,548 fit-for-discharge patients
HSE chief warns without increases in productivity, ending insourcing arrangements may see private sector use increas
Patient care doesn’t pause on weekends. Witnessing medically fit patients stuck in hospital due to discharge delays is deeply frustrating
HSE chief Bernard Gloster says action ‘regrettable’ and would breach terms of public sector pay deal
Cork, Galway, Limerick, St James’s and St Vincent’s accounted for 44% of people waiting for beds, noted top civil servant
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says aim as Minister for Health is to get waiting times down to three months
Teenager’s father James has been diagnosed with stage four cancer, dealing a further blow to the family
With the proportion of elderly people increasing as the population rises, how will the country cope with the health implications of these changing demographics?
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
Coroner notes ‘extremely challenging’ work environment facing hospital staff as she returns misadventure verdict
Teenager died of meningitis after she was left for more than 13 hours at Limerick hospital without antibiotic treatment, report finds
Investigation sets out order of events for what happened after teenager’s arrival at UHL emergency department
Johnston (16) died of meningitis after she was left for more than 13 hours at UHL without ‘vital’ antibiotic treatment, report finds
As key services in education, health, housing and transport struggle with increasing demand, plans are being devised to deal with pressures from rising immigration and people living longer
Minister for Health says ‘the kind of reforms that have worked in other hospitals are not fully rolled out in UHL’
Decision to postpone scheduled care is ‘abandonment of the people’ in the midwest, says IHCA
While health watchdog Hiqa assesses whether the midwest requires a second ED, the latest moves suggest the answer is obvious
Early assessment and intervention by dedicated teams of health and social care professionals could lead to shorter stays in hospital
Shortage of beds leading to overcrowding problems experienced in hospitals such as Limerick, unions says
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly expected to make announcement on Wednesday, with a further tranche of more hospital beds likely to be scheduled for between 2028 and 2030
Occupancy of intensive care units regularly exceed recommended levels
Figures emerge amid increased scrutiny of hospital’s safety record following Aoife Johnston case
HSE sees 16% reduction in hospital admissions for those with chronic diseases in the five years to 2023
Dr Muiris Houston: University Hospital Limerick has been a black spot for many years, while Beaumont is a good example of how a hospital can turn things around
HSE officers issues letter saying price increases hitting funds needed for patient care ‘in a growing challenging environment’
A hospital consultant explains how health professionals can deliver hospital-level care in people’s homes with the help of digital diagnostic and monitoring devices
Open letter to Taoiseach points to insufficient investment in infrastructure, and radiotherapy services operating ‘significantly below’ capacity
Minister of Health says investments in health funding and staff has already resulted in falling waiting lists
New report published along with plan to achieve savings of about €550m and boost productivity in health sector
New figures show 463,000 waiting for treatment outside official targets but Department of Health says progress being made
Demand for services in EDs rose 12% in early part of year
The midwest hospital, serving a population of about 400,000, is considered one of the worst blackspots in the Irish health service. That’s despite large increases in spending and staffing
Minister for Health tells Dáil he had to ‘challenge back’ HSE to certain extent, where there was ‘culture of additionality’
Hundreds, if not thousands, of doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals face a long road before they can work in their chosen field
Dáil to debate Sinn Fein motion this week calling for taskforce to review scoliosis and spina bifida services
National service plan for 2024 states cost of running services will exceed available funding
Some 124 patients waiting for admission on Friday, the second highest figure recorded in an Irish hospital
Like thousands of other junior doctors, Dr Brian Doyle has rotated every six or 12 months between hospitals to build up his skills
More than 80% of medical interns from 2015-2018 are now back working in Ireland, says HSE
Nursing union says persistent overcrowding damaging morale of staff trying to provide safe care in ‘an extremely trying environment’
Hospital has massive capacity issue and is ill-equipped to deal with winter surge in patient numbers, warns head of emergency medicine body
Emergency medicine consultant Russell McLaughlin draws a comparison with lives lost at the height of the Troubles to illustrate the crisis facing Northern Ireland’s health service
Medical Council says 2016 deal to transfer common tasks to nurses has not been implemented
Nurses’ ‘trolley watch’ numbers suggest 42 people were awaiting admission as organisation counts differently to HSE
Stephen Donnelly says there were 80 per cent fewer patients waiting on trolleys over Christmas weekend, compared to same period in 2022
There are currently 30 outbreaks of Covid in hospitals and 24 in nursing homes
Call to extend immunisation programme for babies based on trial outcome in UK, France and Germany
Directive comes in wake of incident in which man injured after falling twice in the emergency department
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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