Survey showing low morale in health sector should ‘serve as a wake-up call’
Oireachtas committee hears criticism of health service management for focus on narrow issues and cost containment measures
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Up to 200 staff at disability service provider may have been affected by recruiter data breach
Stewarts Care tells personnel their data may have been exposed in serious breach at Healthdaq firm through which they were employed
Simon Harris’s brand of middle-class populism leads to bad decisions
VAT cut for hospitality and low-tax investment accounts are hardly responsible amid current economic uncertainty
Increasing community care likely to put more pressure on services, State think tank says
Implementing reforms will require increasing staff levels, ESRI report finds
Mother of autistic child challenges circular over special school eligibility requirements
Circular states children seeking a special school placement must provide a letter from NCSE confirming autism diagnosis
Recruitment of health workers from overseas is now a lucrative business
Recruitment companies are capitalising on our insatiable hunger for staff to replace our healthcare graduates who have left
Girl who suffered burst appendix after being discharged from CUH settles case
Failure to admit Liana Cirule to hospital on January 9th caused her clinical course to deteriorate to the point she needed open surgery, court hears
On most days, father and daughter who both need kidney dialysis barely see each other
Irish Kidney Association calls for ‘urgent action’ as organ donation falls to lowest level in five years
Ambulance strike under way as group warns move poses ‘significant risk’ to lives
National Ambulance Service clinical director says 24-hour stoppage would be ‘very challenging’
‘We’ve been left behind’: Striking national ambulance staff call on HSE for improved pay
EMT says nurses are making same sorts of decisions as ambulance staff but paramedics are making them on the sides of roads
Opposition urges clarity on whether levies will lead to broken spending promises
Parties also express support for striking ambulance workers, saying their apparent need to strike was ‘outrageous’
Doctors can refrain from invasive care of man despite ‘likely’ early death, judge rules
Patient (78) with severe depression has long refused to engage with clinicians, High Court hears
Ambulance strike to begin at 8am on Tuesday, but emergency numbers still available
National Ambulance Service clinical director says 24-hour stoppage would be ‘very challenging’
HSE fails in challenge to ‘off the scale’ legal fees awarded in personal injuries case
Solicitor’s instruction fee sought was €703,000 but HSE believed €375,000 was more appropriate
Ministers face new budget curbs in overspending crackdown
Expenditure control framework to be finalised shortly by Department of Public Expenditure
HSE chief says it’s ‘too soon’ to say whether more funding or measures needed to curb overruns
Anne O’Connor says patient services should not be disrupted despite overspend concerns
Government departments fear being asked to cough up due to Health overspend
HSE chief reveals ‘significantly worsened’ financial position in March when €250m overrun recorded in first quarter
Frontline hiring pause ruled out by Minister for Health intent on replacing agency staff
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill aims to remove ‘artificial, bureaucratic barriers’ in trying to convert posts
Bike shed in Kerry hospital costing €127,000 is ‘pure waste’, says Sinn Féin TD
Pearse Doherty condemns ‘culture of arrogance’ at a time when recruitment is being paused across the health service
Counting the cost of shingles
The shingles vaccine should be made available free to over-65s in Ireland, as it is in several EU countries
Hantavirus-hit cruise: Officials make plans to repatriate two Irish passengers
The Department of Health said that decisions regarding repatriation will be taken ‘depending on their medical status, following public health guidance’
Long shifts, understaffing and mental toll ‘causing six in 10 nurses to consider quitting’
‘Heartbreaking that we cannot do what we were trained to,’ delegate tells INMO conference
HSE to pause recruitment in some non-frontline roles due to €250m overspend
HSE chief tells senior management the organisation is ‘significantly over budget’ and the situation is ‘serious’
Nurse and midwife union members think workplace is ‘very unsafe’ as assaults rise – INMO
Trade union general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha calls on Government and HSE to ‘put safety first’
Absence of framework for physician assistants creating ‘avoidable risk’, report finds
Role of PAs is to assist doctors and surgeons by taking medical histories and performing examinations, among other duties
Hantavirus: Is there a risk to the public? And the simple way to avoid infection
Infectious diseases expert says ‘majority’ of cases are typically found in Asia and Europe, with fatality rate of between 1 and 15%
The drive to eliminate ‘silent but potentially deadly’ hepatitis C
Up to 5,000 people in Ireland are living with the virus, and most are unaware they have been infected
Cancer and ambulance services among HSE websites shut down after cybersecurity incident
Affected pages providing information on various services taken offline after ‘unexpected’ server activity
Reports on radiotherapy and neurology services and children’s hospital a cause for worry
Those responsible are doubtless working hard to resolve issues but could they speed up delivery?
Suspended sentence for Sligo GAA player who defrauded HSE of €84,000
Cian Lally (28) made it look like he worked more hours than he did as he ‘wanted to save for house deposit’
Autism charity under review told HSE it was ‘transitioning away’ from UK parent
Autism a Chara, alleged to have moved €1.5m out of State, says it ‘fully complied’ with reporting requirements
Man who had alleged brain injury after contracting meningitis as baby settles case for €9.75m
HSE denies claims of alleged delay in diagnosis at Limerick Maternity Hospital in 2000
Families launch landmark lawsuits over Covid-19 deaths at Cork nursing home
Settlement of first of five cases against Ballynoe Nursing Home was announced at High Court this week
Travellers in plea to Government to save support organisation closed after decades
Southside Traveller Action Group helped households with education, accommodation and healthcare
Three hospitals face total funding gap of more than €120m, Oireachtas committee hears
Mater hospital says it faced possible insolvency and considered cost-cutting moves including closing wards
Hiqa to review operation of screening services to ensure improvements made following CervicalCheck controversy
Watchdog to interview key personnel, review documentation and carry out targeted risk-based inspections where needed
St Vincent’s hospital has not signed deal with HSE as it ‘has not received enough money’
Mater hospital to tell Dáil Public Accounts Committee it has an accumulated deficit of almost €50m
More than three-quarters of addicts are multi-substance users, says treatment centre
Continued trend of rising cocaine users and rising multi-substance users, says the Rutland Centre
Detective praised for 25-year pursuit of man who raped and abused stepdaughter
Tommy Barry (67) jailed for 12 and a half years after initially escaping prison and living under aliases in UK
Four rescued after boat catches fire in Dublin Bay
Pleasure craft was more than 2km off coast and sank afterwards
Paramedic who claims she was groped by colleague felt forced to quit, employment tribunal told
HSE says investigation delayed by ‘Covid hangover’ and long list of witnesses
Vaccines for older people could reduce dementia risk by 20%, committee hears
Geriatrician calls for set vaccination schedule for older adults similar to childhood programme
Five food outlets in same Dublin shopping arcade hit with closure orders
Inspectors identified active cockroach infestations, rodent activity, meat being air dried in a bedroom and a waste discharge covering an entire floor in a kitchen
The miracle cancer drug that saves lives but costs €8,086 per dose
Pembro, made by pharma giant MSD, is hailed as a drug that saves and prolongs lives but it comes at an exorbitant cost
Health service pressures due to older population a daily issue rather than future problem, Minister says
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tells IMO conference she does not want to build another hospital in Ireland ‘when I know it would only work five days a week’
The Pitt review: A supremely tense and addictively terse drama. It’s like ER minus George Clooney
Television: Starring Noah Wyle, The Pitt bears a jarring resemblance to the joys of the Irish medical system
Ambulance service needs ‘several years’ of funding to have sufficient capacity for demand
Workforce plan set 2026 staff target of 4,780, but only 2,920 funded posts have been approved
Decisions on drug reimbursement must be in interests of all patients
The patient who shared her story in Tuesday’s article deserves sympathy and support
‘Immediate corrective measures’ ordered to tackle €150m HSE overrun in January and February
New HSE chief executive Anne O’Connor says financial position of health service after first two months of year ‘extremely concerning’
Medical consultants’ fees
Consultants in full-time private practice, unlike those employed by the HSE, do not have their practice costs subsidised by the State
Inside Bloomfield: The scramble to protect residents after patient care concerns raised
Mental health facility ‘voluntarily’ closed to admissions and allegations were reported to gardaí
How Ireland performs within the EU in the screening, prevention and treatment of cancer
Our cancer mortality rates are still 5.4 per cent higher than the EU average but have improved significantly in recent years
Tanning salon run by sister of Conor McGregor admits selling treatment to underage girl
Stop N Glow Limited, run by Aoife McGregor, ordered to pay €1,000 in costs and donate €500 to the Little Flower Penny Dinners charity
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