Ireland can learn a lot from Italy’s value-for-money health spend
Key factor is the lack of an evidence-based approach to health-service delivery
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More than 32,000 adults waiting over a year for physiotherapy and other primary care assessments
Physiotherapy and occupational therapy waiting lists are particularly long, new HSE figures show
Kyne and Ennis elected to Dáil; HSE waiting lists; the trial of Jeffrey Donaldson
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‘You can’t force people to stay’: How to stop the exodus of Irish medical graduates?
Last year, 630 Irish doctors got visas to work in Australia, this year so far it’s 437. A senior medic says the numbers leaving are ‘off the charts’
Newly-qualified doctors could have college fees paid in bid to stem numbers moving abroad
Reduction would be in return for doctors agreeing to work in Irish health service for set period
Self-reported rude health of Irish adults is an unhealthy basis for policy
Unlike many European peers, Ireland treats primary care as a private commodity rather than a tax-funded right
Irish charities facing uncertain future amid rising costs and funding shortfalls
Survey finds that nearly a quarter of charities have doubts they can sustain services over the coming year
100 consultant doctors who sued HSE over breach of contract seek orders for legal costs
‘This is like getting through the Strait of Hormuz,’ says barrister as costs orders still not made eight years after cases settled
Even before conception, intending parents can boost a baby’s health
Steps can be taken to affect outcome of the pregnancy and long-term health for mother and child
Survey showing low morale in health sector should ‘serve as a wake-up call’
Oireachtas committee hears criticism of health service management for focus on narrow issues and cost containment measures
Up to 200 staff at disability service provider may have been affected by recruiter data breach
Stewarts Care tells personnel their data may have been exposed in serious breach at Healthdaq firm through which they were employed
Simon Harris’s brand of middle-class populism leads to bad decisions
VAT cut for hospitality and low-tax investment accounts are hardly responsible amid current economic uncertainty
Increasing community care likely to put more pressure on services, State think tank says
Implementing reforms will require increasing staff levels, ESRI report finds
Mother of autistic child challenges circular over special school eligibility requirements
Circular states children seeking a special school placement must provide a letter from NCSE confirming autism diagnosis
Recruitment of health workers from overseas is now a lucrative business
Recruitment companies are capitalising on our insatiable hunger for staff to replace our healthcare graduates who have left
Girl who suffered burst appendix after being discharged from CUH settles case
Failure to admit Liana Cirule to hospital on January 9th caused her clinical course to deteriorate to the point she needed open surgery, court hears
On most days, father and daughter who both need kidney dialysis barely see each other
Irish Kidney Association calls for ‘urgent action’ as organ donation falls to lowest level in five years
Ambulance strike under way as group warns move poses ‘significant risk’ to lives
National Ambulance Service clinical director says 24-hour stoppage would be ‘very challenging’
‘We’ve been left behind’: Striking national ambulance staff call on HSE for improved pay
EMT says nurses are making same sorts of decisions as ambulance staff but paramedics are making them on the sides of roads
Opposition urges clarity on whether levies will lead to broken spending promises
Parties also express support for striking ambulance workers, saying their apparent need to strike was ‘outrageous’
Doctors can refrain from invasive care of man despite ‘likely’ early death, judge rules
Patient (78) with severe depression has long refused to engage with clinicians, High Court hears
Ambulance strike to begin at 8am on Tuesday, but emergency numbers still available
National Ambulance Service clinical director says 24-hour stoppage would be ‘very challenging’
HSE fails in challenge to ‘off the scale’ legal fees awarded in personal injuries case
Solicitor’s instruction fee sought was €703,000 but HSE believed €375,000 was more appropriate
Ministers face new budget curbs in overspending crackdown
Expenditure control framework to be finalised shortly by Department of Public Expenditure
HSE chief says it’s ‘too soon’ to say whether more funding or measures needed to curb overruns
Anne O’Connor says patient services should not be disrupted despite overspend concerns
Government departments fear being asked to cough up due to Health overspend
HSE chief reveals ‘significantly worsened’ financial position in March when €250m overrun recorded in first quarter
Frontline hiring pause ruled out by Minister for Health intent on replacing agency staff
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill aims to remove ‘artificial, bureaucratic barriers’ in trying to convert posts
Bike shed in Kerry hospital costing €127,000 is ‘pure waste’, says Sinn Féin TD
Pearse Doherty condemns ‘culture of arrogance’ at a time when recruitment is being paused across the health service
Counting the cost of shingles
The shingles vaccine should be made available free to over-65s in Ireland, as it is in several EU countries
Hantavirus-hit cruise: Officials make plans to repatriate two Irish passengers
The Department of Health said that decisions regarding repatriation will be taken ‘depending on their medical status, following public health guidance’
Long shifts, understaffing and mental toll ‘causing six in 10 nurses to consider quitting’
‘Heartbreaking that we cannot do what we were trained to,’ delegate tells INMO conference
HSE to pause recruitment in some non-frontline roles due to €250m overspend
HSE chief tells senior management the organisation is ‘significantly over budget’ and the situation is ‘serious’
Nurse and midwife union members think workplace is ‘very unsafe’ as assaults rise – INMO
Trade union general secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha calls on Government and HSE to ‘put safety first’
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