HSE investigates just 2% of serious incidents within four monthsFF’s Donnelly says HSE’s failure to meet its own targets ‘never ceases to astonish’Tue Aug 13 2019 - 00:24
Children in Republic more likely to suffer ‘lazy eye’ than in NorthStudy links disparity to socioeconomic disadvantage and poor complianceMon Aug 12 2019 - 01:54
CervicalCheck: Longer wait for smear test results possible as lab exits programmeCapacity may not be sufficient to clear backlog left as MedLab ends involvementMon Aug 12 2019 - 01:03
Hospital consultants call on Minister to set date for pay talksGovernment accused of ‘progressively destroying the fabric of hospital services’Mon Aug 12 2019 - 00:01
Consultant who carried out research on women without consent put on leaveRay O’Sullivan to challenge move linked to research consent issues in Kilkenny hospitalFri Aug 9 2019 - 09:16
Pressure now on colposcopy clinics following CervicalCheck crisisClinical need will determine access to clinics as smear test backlog to be cleared in weeksFri Aug 9 2019 - 01:18
Trinity College researchers’ discovery could help treat eye disease‘Leaky blood vessels’ pre-dispose eye to age related macular degeneration, study findsThu Aug 8 2019 - 20:28
Number of people with private health insurance close to height of Celtic TigerRise in subscriptions due to ‘ongoing market stability’Thu Aug 8 2019 - 12:03
Classic compromise between ‘health’ and ‘justice’ outlooks on drugs issueHarris argues for a compassionate approach, and promises ‘a helping hand instead of just a handcuff’Sat Aug 3 2019 - 01:00
Drug dealers may exploit new ‘personal use’ policy, warn GardaForce says dealers and couriers may ‘adapt’ to carry smaller, permitted amounts of drugsFri Aug 2 2019 - 19:32
New study suggests cutting pay of new hospital consultants was policy failureDecision resulted in ‘unintended negative consequences’ by making it more difficult to recruit and retain doctors in public hospitalsFri Aug 2 2019 - 17:25
Parents warned against ‘wholly negative effect’ of slapping childrenPaediatrician says slapping is ineffective and can lead to poor outcomes in later lifeThu Aug 1 2019 - 19:04
Cystic fibrosis drug drives surge in sales at Vertex PharmaceuticalsBreakthrough medicine Orkambi main factor behind 71% rise in salesTue Jul 9 2019 - 17:09
Harris orders review at nursing and midwifery boardMinister for Health orders external investigation in response to allegations about governanceMon Jul 1 2019 - 02:32
PKU drug to be made available to Irish patients at third time of askingHSE has agreed to reimburse Kuvan for up to 20pc of patients with rare metabolic disorderSat Jun 29 2019 - 11:51
Dysfunctional recruitment rules for doctors defy understandingHospitals relying on junior doctors, as untrained ‘consultants’ threaten patient safetySat Jun 29 2019 - 03:01
Medical staffing ‘crisis’ threatens patients and services, HSE report claimsReview says hospitals’ reliance on ‘transient’ foreign doctors has created instabilitySat Jun 29 2019 - 03:00
Zappone and Harris in standoff over €4m for disability careTusla and HSE at odds over who should pay for care of 34 vulnerable young adultsFri Jun 28 2019 - 06:50
Government promised protocol to let disabled people access HSE-funded services at 18Tusla continues to fund placements on ‘humanitarian and exceptional basis’Fri Jun 28 2019 - 01:21
Good working conditions: Australian pull factors lure yet more Irish doctorsDoctors ‘pushed’ to emigrate by health cuts, poor conditions and new entrant salariesThu Jun 27 2019 - 00:24
Without consent: Five women who had gynaecological work to be contactedPatients to be briefed on contents of report before it is publishedTue Jun 25 2019 - 01:00
Patient consent issue just one of a number of problems at hospital’s maternity unitDeath of two pregnant patients prompted outside investigations into St Luke’s Hospital, KilkennyTue Jun 25 2019 - 01:00
Kilkenny hospital to appoint extra obstetrician to facilitate abortionsMove follows claim by four doctors that St Luke’s was not ‘an appropriate location’ for the serviceMon Jun 24 2019 - 17:42
Women unaware experimental procedure was to be carried outObstetrician and gynaecologist’s work on new speculum raises bodily autonomy issuesMon Jun 24 2019 - 03:54
Gynaecologist performed ‘exploratory work’ without consentKilkenny hospital referred matter to Medical Council and sought suspension of doctorMon Jun 24 2019 - 03:38
Call for more research into environmental factors causing autismExperts cite ‘limited evidence’ linking a difficult labour to autismFri Jun 21 2019 - 20:09
Creditors meeting hears NAGP has almost €400,000 in debtsLiquidator appointed to company behind the association of GPsFri Jun 21 2019 - 17:59
Government may bring forward additional payments to end strike threatSiptu warns of further possible strikes by healthcare assistants, lab aides and portersThu Jun 20 2019 - 01:00
Planned strike by thousands of healthcare staff on Thursday deferredMove follows intervention of the Workplace Relations Commission on WednesdayWed Jun 19 2019 - 18:05
Government to pay full award to Ruth Morrissey despite appealVaradkar says appeal against High Court judgment is to obtain clarityWed Jun 19 2019 - 08:18
CervicalCheck: at least 120 women to receive €20,000 eachCabinet approves payments for women who were not informed of smear test auditWed Jun 19 2019 - 02:24
Hospital managers warn of possibly ‘crippling’ impact of strikeIndustrial action by support staff would have significant impact on services, says HSEWed Jun 19 2019 - 02:04
Medical Council finds GP failed to co-operate with investigationDr Michael Burnell told officials he was retired and had no intention of co-operatingTue Jun 18 2019 - 13:48
Cancer screening: Claims body says appeal will not affect Ruth Morrissey’s €2.1m awardBarrister says it is not clear how the award could be ‘disconnected’ from an appealTue Jun 18 2019 - 02:21
Removing private care from hospitals likely to take considerably longer than expectedPublication of report on implementing the Sláintecare plan has been shelved until autumnSat Jun 15 2019 - 03:30
Don’t blame parents for their obese kids, conference hearsEuropediatrics 2019 in Dublin discusses the causes and prevention of childhood obesitySat Jun 15 2019 - 03:00
Over 556,000 on waiting lists as hospital delays hit new recordFianna Fáil says figures ‘a disgrace’ despite small fall in patients waiting for operationsFri Jun 14 2019 - 17:12
HIV prevention programme to be rolled out by end of yearPre-emptive anti-retroviral drugs regime to be introduced to combat rise in infectionsFri Jun 14 2019 - 16:45
Health staff told to disclose all incidents of harm to patientsUnder new HSE policy workers urged to provide sincere apologies where errors occurThu Jun 13 2019 - 02:08
CervicalCheck defends performance of unapproved Salford labLegislation to set up a tribunal on alleged misreading of smear tests to go to CabinetThu Jun 13 2019 - 01:00
Doctor calls for no-fault compensation scheme for patientsThere is 'crying need' for change, says Dr Gabriel Scally, investigating CervicalCheckWed Jun 12 2019 - 02:00
What exactly is the Republic’s Fair Deal scheme?Farming families unhappy over paying a percentage of the farm’s value for careTue Jun 11 2019 - 21:13
Scally: Irish smears regularly tested in unapproved labs overseasSystem in place for responding to errors in screening is ‘inadequate to the task’Tue Jun 11 2019 - 21:06
HSE approves Spinraza after lengthy campaign by patientsDrug is only treatment on market for spinal muscular atrophy, which affects 25 children in StateTue Jun 11 2019 - 12:38
State faces €2.8bn in HSE legal claimsCatastrophic birth injuries account for most costly category of claims against the health serviceTue Jun 11 2019 - 02:00
AstraZeneca says its lung cancer drug still waiting for approvalFF’s Marc MacSharry calls on Government to prioritise access to latest cancer therapiesMon Jun 10 2019 - 20:22
US laboratory to help clear backlog of smear testsHSE agreement with Quest Diagnostics will ensure survival of CervicalCheck programmeMon Jun 10 2019 - 09:04
Waiting lists to grow if ‘brain drain’ of doctors leaving not halted, says IHCAConsultants launch #CareCantWait social media campaign to highlight doctor shortageMon Jun 10 2019 - 01:00
Ban on botox for under 18s being considered as ‘matter of priority’Minister for Health wants department to outline public health risks of using fillersMon Jun 10 2019 - 01:00
Irish hospitals treat one cyclist every three days for trauma injury on roadsThree-quarters of those injured were men and average age of patients was 44 yearsSat Jun 8 2019 - 01:00