Trolley numbers up 26% as 517 wait for hospital admissionTallaght Hospital warns patients of delays as record 57 people wait for a bedThu Feb 2 2017 - 12:27
HSE fails to agree price for cystic fibrosis drug OrkambiHealth body indiciated it would pay up to €75m a year for product estimated to cost €400mWed Feb 1 2017 - 10:58
Campaigners consider Dáil bid over Waterford cardiac careThree campaign groups to step up pressure for 24/7 services for heart-disease patientsWed Feb 1 2017 - 01:00
Dementia cases will triple over next 25 years, says ageing expertNUI Galway’s Prof Eamon O’Shea says treatment is costing €1.9bn annuallyTue Jan 31 2017 - 19:47
Over 2,000 people exposed to superbug at Tallaght HospitalDublin centre has had an outbreak of a potentially lethal bug for the past 18 monthsTue Jan 31 2017 - 01:00
Are THMs in drinking water bad for our health?Chlorine can react with organic matter in water to form trihalomethanesMon Jan 30 2017 - 01:00
Majority of GPs support legalising medicinal cannabisFamily doctors are opposed to a general decriminalisation of the drug, new survey saysMon Jan 30 2017 - 00:01
Ireland worst of 36 countries for ease of access to healthcareEuro Health Consumer Index ranks Irish health system 21st overall in 2016Sun Jan 29 2017 - 19:30
Pioneering IVF practitioner Prof Robert Harrison dies aged 76Founder of Hari unit carried out first IVF procedure at St James’s Hospital in 1985Sun Jan 29 2017 - 19:12
Cervical cancer virus traces found in 15% of women screenedOnly a small number of those testing positive had both subtypes linked to cervical diseaseFri Jan 27 2017 - 01:00
Call for senior hospital staff to be rostered 24/7 to alleviate crisisIctu claims presence of managers and consultants will speed decisions and patient flowWed Jan 25 2017 - 21:17
Nearly 50 patients waiting on trolleys for over a dayTallaght staff warn of ‘grave’ risk of infection as patients accommodated ‘in full view’Wed Jan 25 2017 - 12:20
Emphysema patients can stay on ‘life-changing’ drugOver 20 sufferers are given Respreeza reprieve while talks continue on approving the treatmentWed Jan 25 2017 - 01:00
Warm tributes paid to Cork property developer Owen O’CallaghanLord Mayor of Cork says legacy will be evident on Leeside for decades to comeMon Jan 23 2017 - 18:59
HSE audit finds 94 irregularities at hepatitis C charityReport says major warning signs at Positive Action were not acted upon by executivesMon Jan 23 2017 - 18:15
Ambulance bases criticised in HSE audit reportAllegations included poor management of restricted medication logbook and payrollMon Jan 23 2017 - 18:13
Governance at hepatitis C group Positive Action ‘seriously flawed’‘Considerable extravagance’ and resistance to accountability, says HSE audit reportMon Jan 23 2017 - 16:33
Diabetes ‘data deficit’ frustrating efforts to tackle diseaseConference hears call for payments to GPs to handle patients with illness in communityFri Jan 20 2017 - 15:33
Surcharge on first-time health insurance clients may be cutHealth Insurance Authority also considering relief for people coming to IrelandFri Jan 20 2017 - 01:00
Analysis: Reaction key after Wexford cancer setbackHow system responds to public concerns will be critical in wake of this avoidable mistakeFri Jan 20 2017 - 01:00
Missed cancers inquiry to be completed in six monthsIndependent investigation will review colonoscopies at Wexford General HospitalThu Jan 19 2017 - 19:18
Worst of flu season over but still circulating in community – HSEFlu cases still well above median levels; vulnerable groups advised to take get flu vaccineThu Jan 19 2017 - 13:19
Man whose cancer missed at Wexford told to ‘go drink a Guinness’‘Wondering if the bowel cancer could have been detected earlier can be unbearable at times’Thu Jan 19 2017 - 13:16
Over 3,000 patients on waiting lists to be treated privatelyNew initiative will help those who have been waiting over 18 months for day-case careThu Jan 19 2017 - 06:52
13 cancers missed in Wexford hospital colonoscopiesAll patients screened by same consultant, on leave since issue uncovered two years agoWed Jan 18 2017 - 21:15
Elderly being left in hospital beds to ‘shelter family inheritance’Relatives reluctant to use assets to fund care home stay, says HSE’s senior legal adviserWed Jan 18 2017 - 10:55
What is the truth about ‘bed blocking’ in Irish hospitals?On any one day, there are hundreds of so-called ‘delayed discharges’ in the systemWed Jan 18 2017 - 01:00
Nurses’ union defers decision on industrial actionINMO will not finalise strike plan until after new talks with GovernmentTue Jan 17 2017 - 17:24
Oireachtas health committee not able to cost proposalsPlans for universal health system must start with primary care, committee saysTue Jan 17 2017 - 01:00
Blood donation ban lifted for men who have had sex with menIrish Blood Transfusion Service applies 12-month deferral period for men who have had sex with menMon Jan 16 2017 - 18:05
GPs drafted in to treat Galway hospital patientsUniversity Hospital Galway admits emergency department building is not suitableMon Jan 16 2017 - 16:26
More than 37,000 hospital operations cancelled last yearBig rise in cancellations nationwide due to overcrowding in emergency departmentsMon Jan 16 2017 - 13:48
Report says conditions at University Hospital Galway A&E unit ‘scandalous’Patients are at risk and ‘nobody is in charge’ at departmental or corporate levelMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
Epileptic student urges State to fast-track cannabis legislationSeán Fenton (19) says medical use of drug a vital support in upcoming Leaving CertMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
Martin McGuinness receiving treatment for amyloidosisRare disease caused by deposits of abnormal protein – amyloid – in tissues and organsThu Jan 12 2017 - 08:09
OECD critical of lack of fraud unit within the HSEReport queries need for charges imposed on patients for visits to emergency departmentsThu Jan 12 2017 - 01:00
Cardiac patients in Waterford to be sent to Cork for treatmentMove is dependent on funds and aimed at defusing controversy over cardiac servicesWed Jan 11 2017 - 20:20
Trolley numbers rise again to 543 nationallyWintry weather may lead to new overcrowding records in hospitals next weekWed Jan 11 2017 - 13:48
Health committee finds accord on service needs not fundingOireachtas team says consensus on primary and integrated care but finances disputedWed Jan 11 2017 - 01:00
Over 500 patients on hospital trolleys as crisis easesMore beds are opened and numbers fall from last week’s high of 612, say INMO figuresTue Jan 10 2017 - 12:51
Hospital waiting lists numbers down for first time in two yearsFigures a relief to Harris who is under intense pressure due to record numbers on trolleysMon Jan 9 2017 - 20:23
Self-harm with alcohol abuse rises on public holidaysNew Year’s Day is the worst day of the year for self-harm presentations at Irish hospitalsMon Jan 9 2017 - 17:44
Orkambi-maker among sponsors of CF Ireland’s conferenceUS pharma Vertex in talks with HSE to reduce high price of cystic fibrosis drugThu Dec 29 2016 - 01:00
Eighty nurses register to attend HSE three-day recruitment fair in DublinEvent targeting nurses home for Christmas or going back to work after some time awayWed Dec 28 2016 - 20:25
Resentment rises among lower-paid hospital consultants‘It is so demoralising to work side by side with colleagues, doing exactly the same work’Wed Dec 28 2016 - 01:00
HSE pays €53m to 100 GP practices, co-operativesHighest-earning individually named GP earns in excess of €820,000 in feesWed Dec 28 2016 - 01:00
HSE faces further unrest as support staff ballot on strikesWorkers seeking access to evaluation arrangement and potential salary increasesWed Dec 28 2016 - 01:00
No evidence mica dust has ill-effects on health - HSEOver 400 seeking redress for alleged damage to homes from mica-containing blocksTue Dec 27 2016 - 15:00
Mayo pharmacist cleared of professional misconductHearings into two other pharmacists at same practice deferred until the New YearTue Dec 20 2016 - 19:12
Bankruptcy latest twist in Mick Wallace’s rollercoaster rideMaverick TD channelled public anger on austerity while leaving State €1.4m short on VATTue Dec 20 2016 - 07:52