Mother and baby home records held in database ‘not fit for purpose’
Tusla warned Government that system would require ‘significant’ redevelopment to ensure preservation
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Second hospital chief executive salary breaches public pay scale
The Department of Public Expenditure asked the HSE to examine salaries of voluntary hospitals after issue emerged in Limerick
Our psychology services are overwhelmed. It doesn’t have to be like this
Primary care psychology is a reservoir of human suffering and missed opportunities
‘It was terrifying because he was tiny’: Mother recalls infant son’s brushes with RSV
Conaill McGrath had to attend hospital three times due to the virus in the first year of his life
Almost a third of newly qualified doctors from Irish universities move abroad
Less than half of doctors who leave Ireland return within ten years, new census figures indicate
Health service worker awarded almost €87,000 in sexual harassment case
Complaints of repeated harassment by senior pharmacist against junior staff took place over one-year period
‘There were so many little failings’: The patients improving Ireland’s health system
Health service users’ experiences of issues such as systems and medical teams not talking to each other, never mind patients, motivates them to drive change
Doctor highlighted in Irish Times investigation suspended from practising
Dr Asif Ali among 11 practitioners who faced serious sanctions in UK but remained registererd in Ireland
Pay review in major hospitals to follow Limerick CEO salary disclosure
Health Department told public expenditure officials salary rate of St John’s Hospital CEO was ‘news to us’
‘Significant’ staffing shortages in stroke units, report finds
National Office of Clinical Audit reports 13 per cent increase in hospital stroke admissions
Boy settles legal action with HSE over alleged arm injury at birth for €905,000
Court heard baby suffered injury due to shoulder dystocia, resulting in left Erb’s palsy
Concerns raised about ability to reduce spinal waiting lists due to increasing demand
Recent taskforce meeting spoke about ‘no improvement from the start of the year’
Limerick hospital expansion at risk over chief executive pay row
Tensions between St John’s Hospital board and HSE have increased in recent months
‘We expect nothing other than full compliance’: Inside the row over a hospital boss’s pay
Accusations of ‘unreasonable and unwarranted conduct’ – and risk to patients – amid pay scale dispute
Maynooth University officially launches new school of nursing
Nursing school currently has 27 undergraduates, with number of students due to rise to 100 within four years
Increasing number of younger women diagnosed with breast cancer, committee told
Demand for cancer services on rise due to ageing population and growing complexity of treatment
Woman flagged for sepsis but not given medication in time died of respiratory failure
Leona Cusack (33) only received ‘narrow’ spectrum of antibiotics in ‘breach’ of HSE protocols, inquest hears
Woman claims she was forced to give up child for adoption while in mother and baby home
‘Very vulnerable individual’, who is now a pensioner, settles case in High Court
Loss of up to €7m on medical devices a ‘defining collapse’ in HSE governance, says chief
‘People failed at their jobs’ after authorising payments without checking goods had been received, Bernard Gloster said
Man who claimed he developed autism due to care at birth settles court action for €1.5m
Brian Naughton (19), who has an intellectual disability and is non-verbal, sued HSE through his mother
HSE could face ‘an overall loss’ of between €5m-€7m from dealing with one supplier
Public Accounts Committee to be told there is no hope of recovering losses
HSE spends tens of thousands each year to bury those without family, figures show
Services deal with cases of homeless individuals who die in acute hospitals
One day we will have redress schemes for the children failed by Ireland’s care system
We must stop outsourcing the care of vulnerable young people
‘My children would be alive if I knew about my wife’s illness’
Bereaved call for changes to mental health patient confidentiality following killings
HSE warns Limerick hospital of ‘significant risk’ if chief executive pay not reduced
Emer Martin and board of St John’s Hospital warned breach of public pay scale could have repercussions for pensions
Minister writes to HSE expressing ‘deep concern’ at emergency care in some hospitals
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill warns of ‘heightened risk to patients’ if underlying issues not tackled
CHI board concerned three years ago over insourcing in hospitals
HSE chiefs to update Oireachtas committee on use of private companies which used public-service personnel and facilities after hours to reduce waiting lists
Breastfeeding rates on the rise in Ireland
More than 65 per cent of babies were breastfed during their first feed after birth in 2024
Hiqa report highlights how healthcare impasse in midwest can be linked to one decision
Current situation can be tied back to the closure of three smaller EDs in 2009
Hospital secures orders allowing it administer chemotherapy to woman with advanced cancer
Woman faces fatal outcome unless she gets treatment, High Court told
The lucrative lobbying careers forged by Lucinda Creighton, Phil Hogan and Dara Murphy in Brussels
The former politicians work as lobbyists and consultants to banking, pharma and tech firms
‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic
‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic
Nurse censured over ‘historic practice’ of pinching resident’s nose to aid swallowing
Allegations noted that medic acted aggressively and inappropriately towards two residents in care home
Chickenpox vaccine: who can get it, when and why?
Hospitalised cases of the virus rose to 165 in 2023, more than twice the level of the previous year
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