Children’s exposure to harmful online content a ‘public health crisis’, says Minister
Stronger laws may be needed to safeguard young people, according to Stephen Donnelly
Stronger laws may be needed to safeguard young people, according to Stephen Donnelly
Stephen Donnelly is seeking an expansion to the scheme providing free contraception to women – including possibly to 16-year-olds
Consultancy firm Ernst and Young was paid a total of €33.5m by health service in 2023 for orders over €100,000
Plans to restrict the sale and advertising of vaping products and ban single-use vapes are in train but challenges lie ahead
Protests within 100m of hospitals and other facilities offering pregnancy terminations will be prohibited from mid-October
Sale of disposable vapes in State would be banned under proposals brought before Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting
St James’s Hospital advised Paige Behan to go instead to Holles Street
HSE publishes first report of Opportunistic Case Finding Programme at its national conference on integrated care
More than 40,800 Palestinians have been killed and almost 94,400 wounded in Israel’s military offensive, says Gaza health ministry
Online platforms are harming children in ‘really sinister, dark ways’, says Stephen Donnelly as online health taskforce is announced
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly seeks to improve productivity in the service
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High-quality information ‘more important than ever’, says Stephen Donnelly
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
There have been a number of cases in which people in high-profile positions at a healthcare facility that experienced controversy stepped down without any findings of wrongdoing being made against them
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Government should declare smartphone and social media use by the young as public health emergency, says Irish Medical Organisation
The public consultation looked at potential additional measures to decrease the appeal of nicotine-inhaling products to young people
Health and social care regulator publishes terms of reference of new review into emergency department services in midwest region
Simon Harris says inquiry into former consultant surgeon is a matter for whole Government, after Stephen Donnelly claimed it was ‘not a healthcare issue’
Reassignment of former CHI chief Eilísh Hardiman to new position as strategic programme director in April followed ‘mediation process’, documents indicate
Spokesperson for contractors BAM says it is ‘fully confident in the quality of the construction work for this world-class hospital’
With rising pressure on GP resources, the initiative should help to address an increasing bottleneck
Minister for Health says ‘the kind of reforms that have worked in other hospitals are not fully rolled out in UHL’
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly intends to have scheme in place by ‘early next year’
Hormone replacement therapy is a prescription-based medicine used to relieve symptoms of menopause such as hot flushes, night sweats and mood swings
Covid-19, flu, MMR and suite of childhood vaccinations to be included in scheme to cover adverse events resulting from State vaccine programmes
Move to include expanded intakes for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, podiatric medicine and physiotherapy programmes
Government will make additional €1.2bn available for health service despite almost 10% cost overrun so far this year
Government is planning another round of once-off household supports while struggling to keep permanent spending under control
Surgeons understood to have raised concerns about confusion and disagreement around which surgical care teams should take care of seriously injured patients
Management says nearly 25,000 more health workers than in 2019 but unions argue posts vacant at the end of last year have effectively been suppressed
Mental Health Bill, a significant reworking of the State’s mental health laws, comes to Cabinet this week
It is understood accommodation and flights for those travelling for surgeries will be paid for by State
Minister for Health’s latest waiting list initiative seeks to shift focus to lazy consultants
New approaches are needed, though the proposed policy to assess new consultant posts may not achieve the desired outcomes
Donnelly says facilities should be in operation from 8am to 8pm daily
New data shows variations in average number of out-patients seen by consultants in same specialty
Department of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatment
Minister says legislation is ‘end-game measure, signalling beginning of the end of tobacco in our country’
Funds not used in intended manner and waiting lists remain ‘unacceptably long’, says Minister for Health
Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall, two of the founders of the Social Democrats, take a bow as the third founder hides in plain sight
Minister for Health also says board should have ensured adequate succession planning to replace former chief executive after her second five-year term ended
Bill will license and regulate fertility clinics for the first time and allow for domestic and international surrogacy
All her children have been diagnosed with fetal valproate syndrome, a rare congenital disorder caused by their exposure to valproic acid
Valproate-containing medicines can cause birth defects and developmental disorders in children whose mothers take them during pregnancy
Other key medical posts remains unfilled
Stephen Donnelly accuses Rónán Mullen of ‘obsession’ with controlling women’s sexuality, while Mullen claims Donnelly may be ‘worst minister we have ever had’
New legislation to provide for fingerprinting, processing centres and stronger border security
The RSV virus put significant pressure on paediatric hospital services last year
Medic, who served on served on National Public Health Emergency Team during pandemic, replaces Breda Smyth
The extension has been supported by an additional €4 million in funding through the Women’s Health Fund
Labour Party TD Alan Kelly said the move was ‘completely undermining of the Public Accounts Committee
Details of largest additional payment to BAM over delays on State side of project not explained to committee when it heard from development board on Thursday
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