Waterford hospital to reduce operating theatre service for four weeks

Cuts form part of plan to achieve savings of up to €9.5 million

Ireland ‘unbelievably incompetent’ at managing health spending

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

The high, mysterious and added costs of IVF

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

Nurses’ initial one-day strike gets widespread backing

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

Almost 4,000 cases of hospital equipment failing reported since 2015

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

CervicalCheck: Harris will consider expert’s view no further inquiry needed

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

Patients using drug recalled over impurity urged not to panic

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

Ireland urgently needs access to new drugs, says pharma body

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

International alert issued after HSE computer glitch

Canadian company warns customers worldwide about patient scans problem

HSE lockdown of IT facilities slows delivery of key services

MRI scans, X-rays and blood tests delayed in action to protect HSE system from virus

How Ireland’s hospital waiting list crisis got so bad

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

Superbug ‘associated’ with 27 deaths in midwest, group says

HSE staff member alleges she has been victimised over whistleblowing activities

Hospital waiting lists plan will not work, groups claim

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

Over 60 patients have undergone incorrect procedures

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

St Vincent’s hospital defers service for new melanoma cases

Hospital to stop accepting patients for four months because of lack of consultants

What’s in store for health in 2016?

We ask stakeholders in the health system to look ahead to the next 12 months

Hospital apologises to woman (101) left on trolley for 26 hours

Tallaght hospital pledges to bring in measures to reduce risk of repeat incident

Ireland ‘should consider’ no jab-no pay vaccination policy

Doctors say incentives work better than Australian plan for penalties

Six Nations 2015: In camp with the Ireland under-20s

John O’Sullivan finds a wholly professional regime under head coach Nigel Carolan

New medical group to campaign against health cuts

Patients, doctors and nurses unite to oppose Budget cuts to health service

Residents of Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services units in Dublin charged for ‘household items’

Hiqa inspectors raise issue with residents being charged to cover staff costs such as meals on outings and holidays

Prescription drugs worth €300,000 seized

Two arrested and four Irish websites shut down as part of international operation

Concern at rates of injury in nursing homes

195 nursing homes report 373 cases of alleged, suspected or confirmed abuse to Hiqa

HSE warns of risk from stroke drugs

Patients’ group calls for ‘consent forms’ after medication linked with haemorrhage

Junior doctors’ strike will cause ‘crisis’, says patients’ group

IPA chief excutive says it supports the cause, but not the method

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