St Vincent’s hospital dismisses concerns over ‘Catholic ethos’Chairman says claims nuns trying to take control of maternity services are groundlessWed Apr 27 2016 - 01:00
Survivor’s story: how private health insurance saved my life‘If I had had to wait for a colonoscopy on the public list my cancer would have spread’Tue Apr 26 2016 - 11:04
GPs ‘left in the dark’ about progress made by cancer patientsLack of information limiting GP in managing cancer patients, suggests Irish Cancer Society studyTue Apr 26 2016 - 02:00
Cancer test wait times: GPs and consultants respondTo GPs, the system is ad hoc, haphazard and plagued by delays. Consultants, in contrast, stress the positive aspectsTue Apr 26 2016 - 02:00
Medical test waiting periods one more potentially fatal level of delayStrides made in treating cancer but colonoscopy figures show public patients lose outTue Apr 26 2016 - 01:00
GPs unhappy with access to cancer testsOne-fifth of family doctors believe other GPs have better access to MRIs and scansTue Apr 26 2016 - 01:00
Public patients wait up to 25 times longer for cancer testsPatient’s ability to pay affects access to referral, Irish Cancer Society report findsTue Apr 26 2016 - 01:00
Private hospitals call for public-private initiative to reduce delaysStaff could be rostered, equipment used in the evenings and over weekends, says PHAMon Apr 25 2016 - 13:53
Give Me A Crash Course In . . . health spendingNew figures suggest that lack of money is not the reason Ireland’s health service is in crisis. But if that’s true, what’s causing the problems?Sat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Thousands face delays for cancer testing, GP report saysPatients are being referred to emergency departments due to access issuesSat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Warning new bloodborne diseases to emerge in coming decadesConference hears risk posed to blood donations extremely smallFri Apr 22 2016 - 16:21
Drop in dental fillings not the result of cuts, says HSEFall in take-up for fillings and extractions due to improvement in oral health, says HSEFri Apr 22 2016 - 14:19
INMO warns of difficulty retaining trained nursesRestrictive new hiring rules in the health service ‘could drive qualified nurses to UK’Fri Apr 22 2016 - 01:00
Sugar tax not a ‘quick fix’ for child tooth decay, say dentistsIrish Dental Association has yet to decide whether to back sugar taxThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
St James’s Hospital bans taxis from entrance following abuseStaff repeatedly subjected to verbal intimidation and racial abuse by driversThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
Ireland tops EU table for percentage spent on healthHealth accounted for 19.9% of government spending in 2014, almost 5% above EU averageThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
Couple who lost two babies criticise maternity review delayTwo new investigators being appointed to Portiuncula Hospital inquiryWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
Sinn Féin condemns plan to divert health fundsCalls for Leo Varadkar to explain why mental health spending is being diverted to other areasTue Apr 19 2016 - 01:05
Plans to divert mental health funds criticised by psychiatristsCuts ‘must be resisted as scandalous and discriminatory,’ says College of PsychiatristsMon Apr 18 2016 - 13:31
Over 11,000 safety risks raised with Hiqa in 2015Health watchdog deals with 15 per cent rise in concerns about healthcare servicesMon Apr 18 2016 - 10:43
Over 60 patients have undergone incorrect proceduresOperations and procedures carried out on incorrect part of patients’ bodiesMon Apr 18 2016 - 09:00
Labour’s Kathleen Lynch resists loss of mental health fundsMinister asks Civil Service mandarin Jim Breslin to ensure resources remain in placeMon Apr 18 2016 - 08:27
Claim that medical negligence hearings are becoming ‘mini trials’State Claims Agency chief executive says lawyers ‘bog down’ system with excessive claimsMon Apr 18 2016 - 01:03
Families and patients suffer as settlements drag on for yearsLegal teams are said to be reluctant to use mediation and prefer courtMon Apr 18 2016 - 01:02
Psychiatric nurses threaten strike over staffing shortagesUp to 1,000 extra staff needed in mental health services, PNA conference hearsFri Apr 15 2016 - 16:09
New heart attack treatment saves 30 lives a year, HSE says92% of patients will soon be within required 90 minutes of livesaving angioplasty treatmentFri Apr 15 2016 - 12:51
Numbers waiting over three months for cancer test at record levelsIrish Cancer Society calls for political action on lengthening colonoscopy listsFri Apr 15 2016 - 10:20
Court told traumatic delivery led to infant’s death in MullingarKevin Kelly’s parents accuse HSE of ‘prolonging agony’ by failing to publish reportFri Apr 15 2016 - 01:00
Mullingar hospital inquest shows little has changed for those affected by tragediesOpen disclosure still missing in maternity units struggling to retain qualified staffFri Apr 15 2016 - 01:00
Medical misadventure verdict over death soon after birthBaby Kevin Kelly died almost a week after he was born at Mullingar General HospitalThu Apr 14 2016 - 17:02
St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny shows how it’s doneNo expense has been spared at the new emergency block which has just openedWed Apr 13 2016 - 01:10
HSE gets 20 calls a day over treatment abroadDemand for the EU cross-border directive (CBD) is doubling every six monthsWed Apr 13 2016 - 01:01
Donors sue blood service after test failed to detect anaemiaProblems with Irish Blood Transfusion Service equipment put blood supples under strainFri Apr 8 2016 - 01:00
Mental health facilities criticisedPatients physically restrained and secluded, commission findsThu Apr 7 2016 - 21:50
Quarter of strokes now occur in under-65sMiddle-aged men may be ignoring health advice, Irish Heart Foundation warnsThu Apr 7 2016 - 01:00
Pressure on women to leave workforce could lead to Alzheimer’sDr Sabrina Brennan says women with less ‘cognitive reserve’ more succeptibleThu Apr 7 2016 - 01:00
Diabetes cases up 70 per cent in Ireland since 1980Lancet study reports quadrupling of cases, especially in low and middle income countriesWed Apr 6 2016 - 14:17
Asthma is being overdiagnosed, doctors warnInhalers are frequently dispensed for no good reason, leading medics claimWed Apr 6 2016 - 01:00
Bereaved people at greater risk of developing irregular heartbeat, study findsGrowing body of research suggests stressful life events boost risk of heart attack or strokeTue Apr 5 2016 - 23:30
HIV cases up by 75% this year, HSE report findsBurden of sexually transmitted infections born by young people and gay menTue Apr 5 2016 - 21:03
GPs today have higher stress and lower morale than in 1982Some 46 per cent of GPs say they want to continue working after age 65Tue Apr 5 2016 - 01:00
Public health nursing under strain, says unionINMO issues call for commission to investigate role of nurses in primary care systemMon Apr 4 2016 - 15:42
Expert urges tackling ban in schools rugbyAllyson Pollock says control should pass from World Rugby to governmentMon Apr 4 2016 - 07:55
HSE accused of ‘fudging’ times for emergency careExecutive misleading public on waiting times for admissions, IMO conference hearsMon Apr 4 2016 - 01:00
IMO calls for ringfencing of ‘realistic’ health budgetGovernment urged to settle outstanding €250m-€300m claim on consultant paySat Apr 2 2016 - 15:58
State is ‘woefully unprepared’ for an emergency, conference toldOutgoing IMO president warns Irish health service could roll ‘from crisis to crisis’Sat Apr 2 2016 - 01:00
IMO brings legal case over €250m consultant pay debtUnion claims HSE has unlawfully withheld pay rises due to consultants since 2009Fri Apr 1 2016 - 14:26
Parents shunning cervical cancer vaccine, IMO forum hearsPublic health doctors express concern over “scaremongering” on HPV vaccineFri Apr 1 2016 - 13:49
Autism affects 1% of Irish population, study showsMajority of children in special schools have ASDs, according to DCU researchFri Apr 1 2016 - 13:01
Ireland's obesity rate among world's worstIrish men already have the highest body mass index in Europe, study showsFri Apr 1 2016 - 07:00