Mental health services must be prised from grip of psychiatry
Mac MacLachlan: Our mental health services have not evolved to reflect what we know about mental health
Irish Patients Association
Seriously ill patients waited over 24 hours on average for bed at three hospitals
Average wait times to admit seriously ill patients at least a day in hospitals in Cork and Tallaght
How to be a patient: It’s okay to make a fuss about yourself
It’s an Irish thing not wanting to be a bother, but you have a right to good care
More people contracted Covid-19 in hospitals early this year than in all of 2021
St Vincent’s had highest number of hospital-acquired infections in four-month period
Health service crisis being driven by internal legacy problems
Analysis: Little or no willingness to tackle hospital overcrowding and long waiting lists
Public hospital waiting lists grow again in February
Hospital consultants claim new Waiting List Action Plan has ‘fallen at the first hurdle’
Reports of false positives from Genrui antigen test to be examined by regulator
Rapid testing kit is one of the most commonly used and is sold in supermarkets
Thousands of patients to benefit under €5.3m plan for clinical trials
More patients will gain faster access to new treatments as part of plan across six hospitals
Beaumont Hospital earned over €1.5m in a year charging for car parking
Patients’ group says charges by hospitals are stealth tax that hits families of those who are dying
Almost 400,000 fewer people scanned for cancers last year
Irish Patients’ Association raises concern over impact of Covid-19 on screening
Warning over ‘influx’ of seriously ill cancer patients after pandemic
Ireland ‘not where it needs to be’ regarding options available to patients, says oncologist
Record numbers of patients waiting for treatment, new figures show
More than 800,000 waiting to be seen at a public hospital for assessment or treatment
Insurers consider how to react to State’s co-opting of private hospitals
Industry urged to pause health premium payments during response to coronavirus
Flu season on the way with upsurge in cases, HSE warns
Main strain circulating so far is H3N2 swine flu, which particularly affects the elderly
Irish healthcare workers among best informed in Europe about antibiotic use
Call for all sectors of society to work together to effectively tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance
Price of a private smear can vary by up to 200%
Wide variation in service prices attributed to the choice of laboratory and overhead costs
Patients taken off waiting lists after failing to respond to letters, advocacy group says
Figures are released by treatment purchase fund to Irish Patients’ Association
Removing private care from hospitals likely to take considerably longer than expected
Publication of report on implementing the Sláintecare plan has been shelved until autumn
Ireland ‘unbelievably incompetent’ at managing health spending
Academic says State has thrown money at issue like ‘drunken sailors’ in recent years
The high, mysterious and added costs of IVF
Patients can spend thousands of euro on ‘add-ons’ to boost their chances of pregnancy but their effectiveness is far from clear
Nurses’ initial one-day strike gets widespread backing
Prominent doctors line up to support fellow health professionals but wary note also sounded
The Irish Times view on the children’s hospital: managing the fallout
The project will put a significant strain on the health capital budget, potentially jeopardising other important works
Almost 4,000 cases of hospital equipment failing reported since 2015
Patients’ group says new children’s hospital is ‘choking’ investment in other facilities
Nurses and doctors told not to call patients ‘love’ or ‘dear’
HSE’s new recommendations for hospital staff criticised as ‘political correctness gone mad’
CervicalCheck: Harris will consider expert’s view no further inquiry needed
Vicky Phelan, the woman whose case revealed controversy, says finding is a ‘whitewash’
Patients using drug recalled over impurity urged not to panic
About 50,000 Irish patients likely to be affected by recall of drugs containing valsartan
Ireland urgently needs access to new drugs, says pharma body
Simon Harris signs agreement to make innovative medicines available to Irish patients
International alert issued after HSE computer glitch
Canadian company warns customers worldwide about patient scans problem
How Ireland’s hospital waiting list crisis got so bad
Experts give their opinion on cause of crisis and how the health system can be improved
Superbug ‘associated’ with 27 deaths in midwest, group says
HSE staff member alleges she has been victimised over whistleblowing activities
Hospital waiting lists plan will not work, groups claim
Healthcare bodies criticise Simon Harris’s five-point strategy to tackle in-patient lists
HSE taking ‘urgent’ action to restore medical card system
GPs unable to check validity of cards or register patients due to computer glitch
Over 60 patients have undergone incorrect procedures
Operations and procedures carried out on incorrect part of patients’ bodies
Government ‘should appoint Minister for Primary Care’
Healthcare organisation call for consensus approach to develop primary care
Minister admits shelving plan to force doctors to disclose mistakes
Move prompts FF spokesman Billy Kelleher to accuse Minister of making ‘blatant U-turn’
Hospital apologises to woman (101) left on trolley for 26 hours
Tallaght hospital pledges to bring in measures to reduce risk of repeat incident
Ireland ‘should consider’ no jab-no pay vaccination policy
Doctors say incentives work better than Australian plan for penalties
New medical group to campaign against health cuts
Patients, doctors and nurses unite to oppose Budget cuts to health service
When Dr Google and Dr Expert disagree
Empowered by medical internet searches, Ashya King’s parents took dramatic action. Is it a good idea to diagnose yourself? And what does it mean for the future of medicine?
Residents of Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services units in Dublin charged for ‘household items’
Hiqa inspectors raise issue with residents being charged to cover staff costs such as meals on outings and holidays
HSE to check data release does not infringe privacy
Increasing sophistication of computer-driven data-mining techniques has led to fears of identification
Prescription drugs worth €300,000 seized
Two arrested and four Irish websites shut down as part of international operation
Concern at rates of injury in nursing homes
195 nursing homes report 373 cases of alleged, suspected or confirmed abuse to Hiqa
HSE warns of risk from stroke drugs
Patients’ group calls for ‘consent forms’ after medication linked with haemorrhage
Junior doctors’ strike will cause ‘crisis’, says patients’ group
IPA chief excutive says it supports the cause, but not the method
Banksterity strategy is built on ignorance
We have a clear and consistent policy of suppressing dissent and obscuring bleak realities
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