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HSE says only a third of consultants at Limerick hospital are working on new contractual terms put in place last year

Increased overcrowding at UHL, despite increased staff and budget, has been a source of controversy

Construction of hospital expected to be completed this year with first patients treated from summer 2025

App will not cover voluntary hospitals due to challenges around data sharing, board members told

Paul Carroll said he came back from Canada ‘with assurances’ from hospital management but now has no alternative but to move to Sligo for family reasons

Over 40 per cent of Irish patients are treated with antimicrobials, ECDC estimates

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly instructs CHI to ring fence capacity for children’s operations

Almost 80% of allocation for hospital scans was used up in first two months of year

Another week, another damning report on the overcrowded Limerick hospital

Hiqa says that despite improvements patients in emergency department of UHL are still at risk of harm

Use of psychotropics decreased, TCD study finds, but alternatives need to be considered

Dental council says failure to update 1985 Dentists Act eroding confidence in profession

Out of more than 18,000 cardiac arrests examined, just in excess of 1,000 patients survived to hospital discharge

Half of all consultants now signed up for new public-only contract