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Following the three-day strike by nurses and midwives, the Government agreed in February to a package of proposals brokered at the Labour Court, including a new, enhanced contract for nurses. File photograph: Alan Betson

Cost of nurses’ pay deal running millions ahead of estimate

Ministers accept it will be impossible to avoid another bailout for health service

A person’s chances of survival following a heart attack vary depending on which Irish hospital the patient is treated in, new research shows. File photograph: Alan Betson

Risk of heart attack death higher in some hospitals, study finds

Ireland has highest rate of chronic benzodiazepine use in OECD among older adults

Benzodiazepine use by women over 65 in Ireland was 40% higher than for men. Photograph: iStock

Irish over 65s highest consumers of benzodiazepine in OECD

Healthcare quality report finds MMR uptake 3% short of target; hospital antibiotic use increases

DNA sequence. Photograph: iStock

Irish genetic data collected by private firm to be shared with health service

Access to data will initially be given to pharma firms only for first ‘year or two’

Free GP care is already provided to children under the age of six. File photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Seven- and eight-year-olds to receive free GP care next year – Taoiseach

Doctors say agreement in place to start talks on extension, announcement is premature

More than 40 per cent of trainee medics report being bullied or harrassed in the workplace, with more than one third working 60 hours or more a week

More than 40% of trainee medics feel bullied in workplace, study finds

Qualified doctors and nurses cited as main perpetrators of bullying behaviour

HSE chairman Ciarán Devane satisfied he has the power to remove senior managers in the organisation.

HSE chairman Ciarán Devane sees beefed up role for charities

Devane warns health service to stop ‘surprising’ Government with big overspends

Cancer Research UK has said Britain has hit a devastating high in childhood obesity. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Obese people in UK now outnumber smokers two to one

Cancer Research UK says more needs to be done to help people lose weight

Under Fianna Fáil TD Stephen Donnelly’s amendment, the tribunal dealing with CervicalCheck claims would be able to award aggravated damages. Photograph: Eric Luke

FF proposes power of aggravated damages for CervicalCheck tribunal

Party tables Bill amendment about ‘unnecessarily aggressive’ questioning of women

Nursing home residents not afforded ‘basic rights’, Hiqa finds

Inspection on Co Clare home ‘triggered’ following the receipt of three separate concerns from relatives

‘Summer 2019 is as bad as winter was five years ago,’ says INMO general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha. File photograph: Alan Betson

Nearly 7,400 patients left without hospital beds in June, INMO says

Nurses’ organisation says statistics show apparent erosion of ‘summer respite’

Rosarii Mannion, HSE national director of human resources. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Campaign to attract Irish nurses home has been ‘stood down’

HSE said the Bring Them Home campaign brought 120 nurses back since July 2015

Global survey revealed Irish people have a lower than average belief that vaccines are safe. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty

Minister to create vaccine alliance to encourage health jab uptake

Need ‘to call out those who spread lies and nonsense about vaccinations’, says Harris

Minister for Health Simon Harris: The external review is in response to allegations made by a whistleblower about governance and administrative issues at the board. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Harris orders review at nursing and midwifery board

Minister for Health orders external investigation in response to allegations about governance

There are 3,828 women waiting for an appointment at the Rotunda. Photograph: Alan Betson

Nearly 30,000 women in Ireland waiting to see gynaecologist

Ireland has lowest level in EU of consultants working in the health service, says campaign

PKU drug to be made available to Irish patients at third time of asking

HSE has agreed to reimburse Kuvan for up to 20pc of patients with rare metabolic disorder

Almost 250 nurses were assaulted in HSE-run hospitals in the first half of this year, new figures show. Image: iStock.

Almost 250 nurses assaulted in HSE hospitals in first half of year

INMO says incidents arise due to overcrowded ‘pressure cooker environment’

It has taken the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, to highlight our “defective” procedures for recruiting doctors over recent years.

Dysfunctional recruitment rules for doctors defy understanding

Hospitals relying on junior doctors, as untrained ‘consultants’ threaten patient safety

Among its findings, the HSE report finds that doctors of ‘unknown professional standard’ continue to work in hospitals.

Medical staffing ‘crisis’ threatens patients and services, HSE report claims

Review says hospitals’ reliance on ‘transient’ foreign doctors has created instability

Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe speaks to media on the conclusion of the National Economic Dialogue at Dublin Castle on Thursday. Photograph: Alan Betson

Sacking people not the answer to dealing with health overspend, Minister says

HSE imposes cap on overtime and agency staff as first quarter deficit exceeds €103m

Advertising watchdog criticised over junk food marketing

Irish Heart Foundation says online marketing rules for children are being broken

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