Paul Cullen

Opposition party says just €254m is available for new measures despite problems faced by health service

Increase due to social mixing rather than new variants, says chief medical officer

Households earning less than €46,000 after tax to qualify for free GP care from next April

Mental Health Commission says practice of restraint is not therapeutic had potential to cause serious harm

Budget shows little or no effort to fundamentally reform the health service

Budget 2023: IMO says free GP care for 400,000 patients will create hospital-like waiting lists at practices

Abolition of inpatient charges and extension of free GP care to 400,000 people included in Budget 2023

Budget 2023: Donohoe announces zero VAT rate for defibrillators and for hormone and nicotine replacement products

Initiative starting Tuesday aims to increase significantly provision of clinical trials for those living with illness

Eight hospitals have outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant bacteria which is potentially lethal

Discovery could lead to new treatments for diabetic retinopathy, says Queen’s University Belfast team

Guide indicated ‘no lives were put at risk’ by doctors not informing patients of the results of an audit of their smears

Lawyer for Dr Arthur Nylander says allegations against him have been ‘thoroughly investigated’ in the UK

Almost half of participants had harmful antibodies in their blood one year after infection

Almost one-third of cervical cancers detected due to screening, according to National Cancer Registry