Irish Patients Association

More than 800,000 waiting to be seen at a public hospital for assessment or treatment

Industry urged to pause health premium payments during response to coronavirus

Main strain circulating so far is H3N2 swine flu, which particularly affects the elderly

Call for all sectors of society to work together to effectively tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance

Wide variation in service prices attributed to the choice of laboratory and overhead costs

Figures are released by treatment purchase fund to Irish Patients’ Association

Publication of report on implementing the Sláintecare plan has been shelved until autumn

Academic says State has thrown money at issue like ‘drunken sailors’ in recent years

Patients can spend thousands of euro on ‘add-ons’ to boost their chances of pregnancy but their effectiveness is far from clear

Prominent doctors line up to support fellow health professionals but wary note also sounded

The project will put a significant strain on the health capital budget, potentially jeopardising other important works

Patients’ group says new children’s hospital is ‘choking’ investment in other facilities

HSE’s new recommendations for hospital staff criticised as ‘political correctness gone mad’

Vicky Phelan, the woman whose case revealed controversy, says finding is a ‘whitewash’

About 50,000 Irish patients likely to be affected by recall of drugs containing valsartan

Simon Harris signs agreement to make innovative medicines available to Irish patients

Canadian company warns customers worldwide about patient scans problem

Experts give their opinion on cause of crisis and how the health system can be improved

HSE staff member alleges she has been victimised over whistleblowing activities

Healthcare bodies criticise Simon Harris’s five-point strategy to tackle in-patient lists

GPs unable to check validity of cards or register patients due to computer glitch

Operations and procedures carried out on incorrect part of patients’ bodies