News, analysis, and features about the Department of Health
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
New health authority report is one of a number of investigations and reviews commissioned
Review finds defence personnel sought alternative site but health stakeholders favoured keeping service at Custume Barracks
Long waiting lists have resulted in unacceptable delays for children with a deteriorating condition
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty raises issue of audit sparked by whistleblower allegations
New regulations of pharma sector could cost jobs in Ireland, industry warned Government
Six years after a shock melanoma diagnosis, Miriam Staunton is currently free of cancer and advocating for other patients
Patients must have access to the care they need, health service chief executive told
Industry and Government keep urging each other to do more but neither is moving to fill in the gaps
Chief executive Bernard Gloster says health service spends €29.8million on postal costs and must move towards communication by text and email
Health App is among first initiatives of Digital for Care framework
Cork, Galway, Limerick, St James’s and St Vincent’s accounted for 44% of people waiting for beds, noted top civil servant
Dublin facility may not fully open until spring next year due to ‘clinical risks’
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill brings memo to Cabinet detailing new waiting list action plan aimed at reducing waiting times for patients
Separately, catering and facilities management group Mount Charles plans to create 2,000 jobs
The scheme now covers nearly 2,200 schools, and 345,000 children, but some parents and teachers have concerns about nutritional standards
Speculation intensifying six days ahead of formal appointment of new Cabinet next Wednesday
Ciara, Saoirse and Laoise Murphy develop ACT app to improve responsiveness to emergencies at community level
State-funded scheme to provide hormone replacement therapy has been delayed due to issues between Department of Health and pharmacists
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’
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
Parties report steady progress but difficult areas yet to be discussed
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
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
Merits of simple lifestyle changes to curb risk of dementia have never been so compelling
Pensions, healthcare and long-term care costs expected to rise sharply, says Department of Finance report
From rows about staffing, waiting lists and cost overruns to resignations of senior staff, heathcare was never far from the news headlines in 2024
Legal advice was that such intervention could only take place if independent review identified serious governance or other failings
We must stop viewing health as ‘a cost to be managed’ and instead understand it as ‘an investment to be made’
HSE has ‘completely disrespected’ Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service, council chief Richard Shakespeare says
Doctors, patients and family members are all suffering due to the lengthy and expensive management of clinical negligence claims
Cabinet also expected to approve new AI strategy and will hear of reduction in waiting times to see consultant
Stephen Donnelly says the deal will be ethical and in line with WHO and OECD guidelines
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