The Irish Times

Dead babies placed in coffins of unrelated adults until ’80s, HSE says

Scale of ‘tandem burial’ practice and how it developed unknown

Thu Dec 11 2014 - 19:02

Jim Breslin appointed secretary general at Health

Head of Department of Children moved to replace Ambrose McLoughlin

Wed Sept 10 2014 - 17:56

Opinion: Ambrose McLoughlin’s move evidence of Varadkar’s new broom in health

Former top civil servant to retain €176,000 salary in new post

Wed Aug 20 2014 - 01:00

Top health civil servant Ambrose McLoughlin steps down from post

Secretary general to take up new role with Healthy Ireland

Wed Aug 20 2014 - 01:00

Department of Health secretary general steps down

Leo Varadkar pays tribute to Ambrose McLoughlin who will oversee new initiative

Tue Aug 19 2014 - 13:28

Pay attention down the back – it’s the A-Z of school

There’s an entire alphabet of financial, educational and societal considerations when preparing a family for the return to school

Mon Aug 18 2014 - 01:00

Reilly awarded €500,000 in Lottery funds to Dublin North

Former minister for health approved 17 grants nationally against officials’ advice

Wed Aug 13 2014 - 01:00

Westmeath and Longford fare worst in Lottery funds from Health

Reilly’s constituency of north Dublin had 19 successful applications

Wed Aug 13 2014 - 01:00

New estimates suggest HSE will face deficit of €450m-€500m for the year

Supplementary funding expected in autumn

Fri Jul 25 2014 - 01:01

Coca-Cola insists it is the real thing when it comes to tackling obesity

Coca-Cola’s UK and Ireland general manager is adamant that the company is playing its part in the fight against obesity

Fri Jul 04 2014 - 01:00

New low as relations between Department of Health and HSE deteriorate

Analysis: latest row over consultant pay highlights sense of drift in health policy

Wed Jun 25 2014 - 13:44

Second Opinion: Mismanaged, miscalculated: when will we heal the health service?

The system is not broken. It is just not designed to do the job it has to do

Wed Jun 25 2014 - 09:00

Health chief withdraws letter in consultants’ pay row

Department head retracts suggestion that HSE chief's views were ‘unacceptable’

Wed Jun 25 2014 - 00:52

Obesity crisis so severe parents face ‘burying’ their children

Department of Health secretary general calls for restricted availability of sweets, fizzy drinks

Mon Jun 23 2014 - 18:39

PAC chairman defends call for resignation of health bosses

John McGuinness says he was ‘acting in best interests of taxpayer’, not publicity seeking

Sat Jun 14 2014 - 16:51

900,000 reviews of medical cards due to take place this year

HSE comes in for heavy criticism from TDs over handling of reviews

Fri Jun 13 2014 - 01:05

Savings push as HSE faces potential deficit of €500m

McGuinness calls on health chiefs to quit

Fri Jun 13 2014 - 01:02

McGuinness calls on health bosses to resign

PAC chair says heads of Department of Health and HSE have failed the public

Thu Jun 12 2014 - 14:29

The hole in the HSE’s pocket

Haddington Road savings are crucial to rein in the budget

Tue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00

Reilly taskforce to examine nurse staffing levels

INMO wants a ratio of one midwife for every 29.5 births in maternity units

Sat May 10 2014 - 01:00

New nursing taskforce to examine acceptable staffing levels

INMO campaigns for ratio of one nurse to four patients in busy wards

Fri May 09 2014 - 14:10

Department of Health fears buying Mount Carmel as going concern

Tue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00

Department of Health given briefing on top-ups over a year before HSE report published

Department of Health says providing early findings on top-ups could have hindered HSE

Thu Feb 20 2014 - 01:00

Department told of senior health service top-ups in 2012

FF claims details withheld but Department of Health says it took a year to get HSE report

Wed Feb 19 2014 - 07:00

Serving consultants moving to new posts will not face pay cut

Senior doctors will not face 30 per cent reduction in salary after Government revises measures

Tue Feb 11 2014 - 19:34

Funding cuts not in patients’ interests, warns HSE director

Plans to invest in key areas have been put on hold due to reduced level of HSE funding

Tue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00

Social factors now main cause of early death

Tue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00

Mater denies getting €600,000 fee from CRC for pension scheme

Department to introduce new rules on top-up payments

Thu Dec 19 2013 - 10:02

Reviews found 6,300 ineligible for discretionary medical cards

Health chiefs say no change in policy in relation to awarding process

Thu Nov 14 2013 - 13:31

State ‘unprepared’ to care for ageing population

Department of Health says cannot be assumed same number older people will be cared for in residential facilities as are now

Thu Nov 07 2013 - 11:36

Pressure on after shift in Fair Deal priorities

Stress of looking after frail relatives is often matched only by worries about how to pay for their care

Mon Jul 29 2013 - 01:03

Up to half of patients do not take medication as prescribed

Tue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00

Siptu official demoted over €4m in State funds paid into unauthorised account

No public official to face sanction

Fri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00

HSE sought to omit details on performance

Top-level management accused of trying ‘to disguise full facts’ about level of crisis

Mon Jun 17 2013 - 01:00