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Department of Health
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Rotunda Hospital gets additional HSE funds to resolve dispute that left it facing projected €6m deficit
Hospital chairman argued it was being penalised for increasing activity and treating more women
HSE chief wants up to 10% of healthcare staff rostered over weekends by end of June
Bernard Gloster tells conference roster changes would be ‘big part’ of response to trolley challenges
Government and HSE appear to hate doctors, new head of the IMO says
Dr Anne Dee calls out ‘underlying hostility’ towards doctors who are blamed for health service woes
Chief medical officer Mary Horgan: ‘People often forget how bad infections were; our memories sometimes are short’
Chief medical officer Mary Horgan on Covid-19, alcohol warning labels, and the goals for her time in office
Supporting new mothers: ‘Crises should not be the trigger for postnatal care’
New campaign Year of Care aims to highlight the particular needs that arise in the first year of motherhood
Ireland’s free HRT scheme: Why has it been delayed?
Free hormone replacement therapy was due to be introduced on January 1st, now it’s June 1st - but issues remain
Spinal surgeries: When no one is responsible or accountable, shocking incidents likely to happen again
Many people with vital expertise and experience just don’t want to be on healthcare boards anymore, because it’s not worth the risk of reputational damage
Timeline: Background to the controversies at CHI over orthopaedic surgeries for children
New health authority report is one of a number of investigations and reviews commissioned
Defence and health officials disagree over moving air ambulance out of Athlone
Review finds defence personnel sought alternative site but health stakeholders favoured keeping service at Custume Barracks
More than 200 children awaiting spinal surgery as Minister says ‘trajectory’ improving
Long waiting lists have resulted in unacceptable delays for children with a deteriorating condition
Hundreds of children had unnecessary hip surgery at Dublin hospitals, Dáil hears
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty raises issue of audit sparked by whistleblower allegations
Pharma firms ‘disappointed and concerned’ by lack of State support for campaign against EU reforms
New regulations of pharma sector could cost jobs in Ireland, industry warned Government
‘I wasn’t sick enough to access life-saving cancer therapy’
Six years after a shock melanoma diagnosis, Miriam Staunton is currently free of cancer and advocating for other patients
HSE criticised by Department of Health for ‘rationing’ home support hours
Patients must have access to the care they need, health service chief executive told
Irish debate on access to next-generation medicines is missing key data
Industry and Government keep urging each other to do more but neither is moving to fill in the gaps
HSE to clamp down on staff travel and to send fewer letters as part of new savings drive
Chief executive Bernard Gloster says health service spends €29.8million on postal costs and must move towards communication by text and email
HSE launches app for patients to ‘manage care’ online
Health App is among first initiatives of Digital for Care framework
Trolley crisis: Health chief concerned by ‘continued congestion’ at five key hospital sites
Cork, Galway, Limerick, St James’s and St Vincent’s accounted for 44% of people waiting for beds, noted top civil servant
National children’s hospital may not fully open until 2026 due to ‘clinical risks’
Dublin facility may not fully open until spring next year due to ‘clinical risks’
€420m plan to cut patient waiting lists approved
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill brings memo to Cabinet detailing new waiting list action plan aimed at reducing waiting times for patients
IT consultancy Auxilion to invest €10m as it plots UK expansion
Separately, catering and facilities management group Mount Charles plans to create 2,000 jobs
‘It’s kind of become our daughter’s cheat meal’: The view on new hot school meals programme
The scheme now covers nearly 2,200 schools, and 345,000 children, but some parents and teachers have concerns about nutritional standards
Only certain ministerial job appointments so far are the five Independent TDs
Speculation intensifying six days ahead of formal appointment of new Cabinet next Wednesday
Young Scientist exhibition winners: Three Kerry sisters develop app to improve emergency response
Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy develop ACT app to improve responsiveness to emergencies at community level
HRT scheme roll-out to proceed ‘as soon as possible’, department says
State-funded scheme to provide hormone replacement therapy has been delayed due to issues between Department of Health and pharmacists
Public-only consultant contracts: is the health system finally beginning to see some benefits?
Much staff opposition has fallen away and uptake is higher than had been predicted, though it seems clear the outgoing Minister is not content with the pace of change
Hot school meals scheme: ‘We are institutionalising consumption of ultra-processed food in our children’
Q&A with food analyst Ruth Hegarty: ‘There is a nutrition standard for hot school meals provided by the Government, but there is no oversight of this’
Talks resume between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on new government
Parties report steady progress but difficult areas yet to be discussed
Children’s hospital and building contractor agree plan to complete project by June
New national children's hospital was due to be completed in 2020 but has been beset by cost over-runs, delays and a long-running dispute with contractor BAM
Medically prescribed cannabis seized and UK-based woman and son ‘interrogated’ at Dublin Airport
Dolores Pickering, an Irish national living in the UK, says Christmas ‘absolutely ruined’ after she and her son - who has been prescribed cannabis for chronic anxiety - are questioned
The year of hope: ‘Exciting’ advances achieved in search to reverse Alzheimer’s disease
Merits of simple lifestyle changes to curb risk of dementia have never been so compelling
Ireland’s ageing population to put major strain on public finances in coming decades
Pensions, healthcare and long-term care costs expected to rise sharply, says Department of Finance report
Irish health system report card: a year of criticisms, concerns and innovations
From rows about staffing, waiting lists and cost overruns to resignations of senior staff, heathcare was never far from the news headlines in 2024
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