Irish Hospital Consultants Association point to ‘ongoing failure’ by Government to fill 728 openings

About 64% said pandemic has had adverse effect on their mental health – study

Some 622,963 patients waiting for first hospital consultation at the end of January

Department of Health rules out meeting additional costs of childcare for health staff

INMO says health staff in Northern Ireland and in France receiving special payments

Group to tell Oireachtas committee of ‘sharp increase’ in hospital-acquired infections

Treatment waiting lists likely to grow due to impact of latest surge in Covid-19 cases

Pay cut in 2012 for new hospital consultants blamed for current staff shortages

Over 600,000 people awaiting outpatient appointment, according to consultant group

Backlog reaches new high as extra 59,383 join list since the start of the year

Beacon Hospital executive says his board not inclined to sign new agreement with HSE

Conference told that people are afraid to attend health settings due to Covid-19

Sinn Féin proposes 1,000-bed hospital for elective patients in Galway

Over one third of doctors in Ireland trained abroad but the Irish health system curtails their ability to work

Medical and nursing bodies argue staffing will be criticial to implement new measures

Doctors warn there could soon be one million people on hospital waiting lists

Acting CMO says he can understand how the release of daily Covid-19 numbers causes anxiety

Daily briefings are causing unnecessary anxiety and should be switched to a weekly basis, number of doctors argue

Doctors say HSE report confirms gravity of recruitment and retention crisis in medicine

Consultants’ body and Government yet to agree on terms for work in the public system

IHCA says updated contract does not include agreed provisions for continuity of care

No charge to be levied as Government proposes bringing 600 doctors into public system

Talks continuing on move to bring 600 private sector consultants into public system

Talks under way to break impasse over moving 600 consultants to public system

Concern over private patient care as further 21 die and 390 new cases confirmed

Agreement to take over private hospitals inadvertently leaves many unable to practise

IHCA says large number of issues need to be clarified as part of new Covid-19 scheme

Private hospitals seek clarity over whether public hospitals can continue private care

IHCA calls on Harris to end two-tier pay system for specialist doctors

Paul Reid says progress being made in reducing overcrowding as trolley numbers fall

Hospitals remain under intense strain as emergency department crisis continues

Overcrowding in hospitals remains at record levels for second successive day, say nurses

Figure equals record level of overcrowding, HSE says hospitals under ‘significant pressure’

Consultants say HSE plans will fail to provide enough beds to ease overcrowding

Varadkar says new offer to end two-tier pay system will be made to medical consultants

IMO says its key demands are an end to a two-tier pay system and for the recruitment of more consultants for public hospitals

‘I want to look at how we can end the two-tier reality,’ says Minister for Health

Hospitals could face disruption after Christmas amid row over pay and recruitment

Dispute centres on pay and recruitment issues

Minster says Government will pay for deal on pay parity with doctors if agreement reached