Drug reimbursement system no longer fit for purpose, former HSE boss says
Government will need to reform how it assesses which drugs to fund if it is to meet Programme for Government commitments, Ipha conference hears
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Medtech firm plans €15m finance round to fund expansion
DermView, whose backers include former AIB director Bernard Somers, is also eyeing a push into Britain
Taoiseach forced to defend level of cybersecurity spending
Aontú TD Peader Tóibín says attack was ‘monstrous crime’ that hit most vulnerable in society
Courts hope to resume full-day hearings ‘as soon as tomorrow’
Courts Service is believed to have received advice from expert who raised issue of ‘two-hour limit’ at Dáil committee hearing
Miriam Lord: TDs give Princes of Petri Dish very mild, almost pleasant, grilling
Mathematics of doing Dáil business has reached levels of advanced calculus
Dáil witnesses in same place for too long would breach Covid-19 guidelines
Guidelines broken even if witnesses move locations after being together more than two hours
Taoiseach pledges that 1,000 medicine graduates will be offered an internship
Varadkar makes announcement at virtual graduation ceremony for 197 new doctors at University College Cork
Anti-abortion protest sparks renewed calls for exclusion zones
Simon Harris ‘appalled’ by protest by 100 people outside National Maternity Hospital
Creditors meeting hears NAGP has almost €400,000 in debts
Liquidator appointed to company behind the association of GPs
State faces €2.8bn in HSE legal claims
Catastrophic birth injuries account for most costly category of claims against the health service
New HSE chief expected to receive salary of just over €300k
Fingal County Council chief expected to be named as new head of health service
Portlaoise baby deaths controversy helped bring CervicalCheck to light
Disclosure rules revision meant cancer patients had to be told of misinterpreted tests
HSE suggests breaches of private patient rules are structural issues
Against claims of abuse of public-private ratios, report says doctors not at fault
Nurses lead condemnation of protest outside Simon Harris’s home
Harris says what happened ‘was plain and simple intimidation’
Harris to put in place new €20m plan to tackle hospital superbug
Minister warns CPE bug will have serious impact on health service if not contained
Best of frenemies: Why Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have stuck together
It suited Micheál Martin, and the national interest, to keep Leo Varadkar in power
The Irish Times view on the year in politics: what could go wrong?
Little progress was made in meeting the State’s major challenges: building homes for a growing population and providing an efficient and affordable health service
John Connaghan to leave role as HSE director general
Anne O’Connor to be second person to fill post pending appointment of Tony O’Brien’s successor
Government may increase pay for new HSE chief by a further €50,000
Ministers are considering a salary of about €300,000 a year in a bid to fill the position
Maternity hospital standoff may see last-minute breakthrough
Government hopeful of deal with hospitals on new facility ahead of year-end deadline
Simon Harris to restart recruitment drive for new head of HSE
High-profile process fails to find successor to Tony O’Brien for €250,000 health role
Navan hospital determined to retain emergency department
‘I’m tired of listening to south Dublin medical ivory towers,’ says Dr Ruairi Hanley
Harris bloodied but unbowed by former HSE chief’s attack
Resilient Minister for Health will survive criticism Fine Gael TDs see as unwarranted
Varadkar defends Harris after O’Brien calls him a ‘frightened little boy’
‘Anything he may lack in experience or age, he makes up in commitment,’ Varadkar says
Varadkar backs Harris in CervicalCheck row with ex-HSE boss
Taoiseach intervenes as Tony O’Brien compares Minister to ‘a frightened little boy’
Should you feel safe in the Irish health system?
Having worked in the Irish health service for 20 years, I am damn proud of it. Yes, progress is painfully slow, but it is very real
Soaring health deficit causing alarm within Government
Day-to-day HSE spending and insurance firm practices main culprits behind overspend
Scally report contrasts with political hysteria of early scandal
Claims of some politicians misleading and potentially damaging to a screening programme
Woman who objected to rival fast-food outlet works for Supermac’s
LinkedIn page saying woman worked for 12½ years at Supermac’s deleted after questions
Private investigator found no trace of objector to Supermac’s rival in Galway
Woman ‘not living’ at address from which letter opposing Eyre Square outlet was sent
Two hospitals in breach of HSE guidelines on superbug, Hiqa finds
CPE was described in October as the biggest threat of its kind facing the health service
Guide to investigations into CervicalCheck controversy
Background: New inquiry examining outsourcing of services to labs in United States
Proposed patient safety fines for healthcare providers ‘a joke’, says Vicky Phelan
Victim of CervicalCheck scandal says State contributed €25,000 to her €2.5m settlement
Universal free GP care to be significantly delayed
Plan is downgraded to long-term goal, while Donohoe criticises Harris’s HSE proposals
Paschal Donohoe links Government funding to HSE reforms
Minister suggests top HSE chiefs will have to have more personal accountability for spending
Tony O’Brien approved for share options days before leaving HSE
Sign-off agreed on director share-buying at US firm as cancer controversy deepened
Government likely to move to appoint HSE chairperson-designate under new reforms
Scally warns of ‘fevered atmosphere’ around cervical screening controversy
GPs cautioned that repeat smear tests ‘not clinically indicated’
HSE will provide tests to combat ‘worry’, assessing GP-service impact after three months
Politicians must share burden of blame for cervical cancer scandal
Controversy presents political establishment with chance to deliver lasting health reform
Varadkar: ‘Nobody immune from being held to account’
Further accountability needed in cervical screening crisis, says Government
Irish Times view on cervical cancer
Tragedy of Emma Mhic Mhathúna and Vicky Phelan will be compounded if women lose faith in CervicalCheck
Tony O’Brien expresses regret to staff over departure
Outgoing HSE director general addresses staff in video and said he was ‘extremely proud’ of them
Taoiseach apologises to women affected by CervicalCheck controversy
Emma Mhic Mhathúna says measures announced for affected women are ‘welcome’ but ‘not enough’
Tweet from Tony O’Brien criticised by politicians
Director general of HSE to stand aside after CervicalCheck programme controversy
It hurts: Husband of cancer victim shocked at 2016 memos
Stephen Teap asks: should Leo Varadkar have known about the 2016 memos?
Cervical cancer campaigners welcome resignation of Tony O’Brien
Vicky Phelan and Emma Mhic Mhatúna express satisfaction at HSE chief’s exit
HSE chief Tony O’Brien stepping down as cancer scandal worsens
Memo warning of negative media fallout from cervical cancer patients described as ‘game-changer’ by Government Minister
Briefing memo on cervical audits ‘devastating’, ‘damning’
Documents given to members during dramatic six-hour committee hearing
Mhic Mhathúna radio interview: ‘My world began to slow down and stop’
‘It makes us reflect on the obligations we have as members of Government,’ Paschal Donohoe tells the Dáil
O’Brien told in 2016 audit results were to be given to patients
O’Brien said he was informed audits had not thrown up concerns in relation to quality
Taoiseach concerned about leaks from Cabinet discussions
Issue raised after reports that three ministers told Cabinet this week they wanted HSE boss to step down
Screening controversy: Woman’s anger ‘outweighs her fear of dying’
Mary Lou McDonald says mother with cervical cancer ‘has no confidence’ in HSE chief Tony O’Brien
Government has effectively left Tony O’Brien in political limbo
No one will express confidence in HSE head, but main players will not move against him
Government split on issue of seeking Tony O’Brien’s resignation
Three Ministers call for HSE head to step down in relation to accountability for errors
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