Further improvement needed in gynaecology services at Letterkenny hospital – Hiqa
Weaknesses remain in governance of services following extra funding, says report
Judge orders HSE to pay senior employee’s €80,000 legal costs
Saolta chief financial officer’s costs derive from successful bid to overturn Labour Court decision
HSE sues insurer Laya over payment for private patients
Insurer and health service at odds over when private patients start to get billed for public beds
Review of gynaecology at Donegal hospital after delayed cancer diagnoses
Hiqa to follow-up at Letterkenny hospital after care found to be ‘unsatisfactory’
Covid surge sees all but urgent surgery deferred in hospitals
Hospitals across State to cancel outpatient clinics and defer non-urgent procedures
Hospital consultant facing disciplinary action over private practice
Action related to allegedly breaching rules governing off-site practice, says HSE report
Health strike having ‘significant impact’ on patient services - HSE
Siptu agrees to further WRC talks in attempt to halt three further days of action next week
Nearly 240 consultants exceed limit on private patients
Breaching of rules on fee-paying patients beyond doctors’ control, HSE report says
Nearly half a million outpatient appointments were missed last year
St James’s Hospital has one of the highest no-show rates nationally, figures show
Coast Guard units ‘quadrupled’ missions during Storm Emma
Three-month old baby and six year-old child airlifted by helicopter during storm
Variations in patient experiences reported regionally
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Group fared the worst in survey
Nearly 500,000 people now on hospital waiting lists
Number of people waiting for consultant appointment rises by another 3,000
University Hospital Galway defends response to patient collapse
Witnesses claim it took several minutes to get resuscitation trolley after man’s head struck floor ‘with unmerciful smack’
The slow pace of reform in maternity services
Resignation of senior staff at Galway hospital raises questions about the level of progress locally and nationally
Inquiry after amputation of toes performed in ward at hospital
Review is under way at University Hospital Galway into why procedure was not in theatre
HSE unaware of more senior executive links to businesses
Internal audit highlighted potential conflict of interest of former Saolta chief Bill Maher
‘Potential conflict of interest existed’ for ex-hospital chief
HSE internal audit report finds a business relationship should be been declared
West expresses weariness over emergency services plans
Leaked report calls for closure of A&E department in Portiuncula Hospital
Hospitals chief favours Galway’s Merlin Park site
Existing hospital should be considered for ‘developments into future’, says Saolta chief
Physiotherapists at University Hospital Galway may be displaced for extra beds
Impact warns hospital the move would risk breaching Hiqa standards
Donegal cancer surgeon to resign over lack of resources
Kevin Moran: ‘I don’t have access to beds, I don’t have adequate access to operating theatres’
HSE considering expansion of Portiuncula hospital inquiry
Families who experienced problem deliveries want their cases included in review
Dispute over doctors’ pay threatened to close services at Portiuncula
Hospital relies on locum staff to run services
Call for inquiry into leaking of maternity unit report before all families contacted
Politicians express fears about attempt to close east Galway unit
Praveen Halappanavar hopes case will be heard in spring
Hospital’s clinical chairman says ‘significant progress’ had been made
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