Irish College Of General Practitioners

Four years on, almost half of maternity sites don’t offer termination-of-pregnancy services, leading to a postcode lottery

More places to train interns could help promote career choice amid acute shortages, report says

‘Root and branch reform’ needed to make Camhs an attractive workplace for child psychiatry graduates

Heroin users outside Dublin must wait up to three months to access opiate substitution therapy

Amid a GP shortage, many of those remaining are struggling to keep up with mammoth workloads

Cork doctor cites GP retirement, population hikes, increasing numbers of medical cards among reasons for difficulties for facing health system

HSE-backed scheme is open to all non-EU doctors and may help Ireland attract those currently planning to leave South Africa

Temperatures could exceed 31 degrees in coming days, Met Éireann warns

Minister signals Government prepared to respond on domestic brutality and abuse

Supply problems always relate to the low-cost market, says head of drug manufacturer

Drug companies scrambling to meet surging demand for patches and gels

Hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness and weight gain? Time to tackle these problems

‘Severe’ lack of family doctors sees 13 GP areas with no physician for a year or longer

Inside Politics: Central Bank predicts remarkable bounceback for economy

Nphet did not leak letter for Cabinet on restriction advice, chief medical officer says

Growing trend of home tests cover a range of issues from fertility to coeliac disease, but are they reliable?

HSE says vaccine booster system upgraded but problems persist as queues form at clinic

Chief medical officer and Minister Michael McGrath says no plans yet to impose fresh curbs

Groups of activists to hold demonstrations in Dublin and other cities on November 6th

Anxiety is a normal emotion but can become problematic. Here is what to look out for

When it comes to menopause, there are no awkward or ridiculous questions

‘We are already completely overwhelmed,’ says Dr Fiona Kelly in west Cork

Continued doubt over next phase of reopening on October 22nd due to high case numbers

Major violations 'embedded' in legislation must be addressed in review, expert states

A delay of just a few days can affect the level of medical intervention needed

GP says it is unfair to protest at locations where women access health services

There is a spectrum from heat stress at the mild end to heat stroke at the extreme end

Consultants ‘have repeatedly urged’ investment in IT infrastructure and cybersecurity

Blood tests and X-rays which rely on IT among procedures facing major delays

80% of women who reach menopause suffer symptoms, but are often misdiagnosed

One option available is to space out the doses between vaccines still being administered

National Immunisation Advisory Committee to discuss State’s position on shot

Donnelly and Glynn set to consider vaccine in context of other EU countries’ restrictions

Medics hopeful delivery problems will be ironed out and supplies will rise from next week

Videos in 36 languages give details on the State’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout programme

Mental health experts warn, however, that the fallout post-Covid could be worse than anticipated

Nphet told of people with symptoms who were unwilling to be tested

The majority of family surgeries will close for several days in the festive season

Translate Ireland videos follow on from success of Covid-19 world service programme

There is no waiting room, prescriptions are sent online, but GPs are still here