Chickenpox vaccine: who can get it, when and why?
Hospitalised cases of the virus rose to 165 in 2023, more than twice the level of the previous year
Health Service Executive (HSE)
What will the HSE’s takeover of Children’s Health Ireland mean for patients?
Paediatric healthcare provider has faced a litany of controversies
Children’s Health Ireland to be folded into HSE
Move follows months of controversy, notably relating to orthopaedic and spinal services
Consultant working in a public hospital received €963,000 in a year
New report shows one individual working in a public hospital received €963,000 in payments in the same year
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higher
Resignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level pay
CHI investigates reports of surgeons contacting parents to review children they operated on
One mother recalled sense of shock after surgeon said he wanted to review his own work
Minister for Health briefed on Drogheda hospital concern weeks before patients
Patients advised of file reviews 11 weeks after HSE raised it with department, Labour’s Ged Nash says
Flu vaccine uptake among health workers in 2024 lowest in seven years
More than 23,000 cases of influenza notified to health officials between October and end of February
Depression and thyroid disease main health issues among Ukrainian refugees
Conditions stem in part from after-effects of 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and ongoing Russian invasion
New financial safeguards planned for national maternity hospital project
Government seeks to implement lessons learned from national children’s hospital construction
Taoiseach’s exchange with exhausted mother a fraught moment but not a gotcha
Frustrated mother of a sick child has passionate but respectful encounter with Taoiseach
Elderly Ukrainians unable to access healthcare in Louth feel ‘humiliated’ and ‘exhausted’
Three adults in their 70s, including woman with prosthetic leg, were transferred from housing in Youghal to Dundalk in August
CHI still faces questions over waiting list irregularities and orthopaedic care
Children’s Health Ireland still faces inquiries into its services which are yet to be completed
Garda deemed report into potential CHI waiting list irregularities ‘not suitable’ for investigation
Confidential document on work culture and use of funding to cut public waiting lists was leaked widely in the media earlier this year
Number of children on community healthcare waiting lists rises to 42,000
More than 14,000 children waiting more than a year for psychological services, figures show
Minister cautions against speculation on cause of Blackwater fish kill
Timmy Dooley urges people to wait until agencies have gathered data necessary to identify cause of pollution
Medicine pricing agreement coming to end with no talks yet sanctioned on successor deal
Pharmaceutical companies say they have little interest in any new agreement unless it can guarantee faster access for new drugs
More than 1,000 patient cases examined as part of review at Drogheda hospital
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is taking a look back at all histopathology slides seen by one consultant
New plan aims to improve diagnosis and care for people with rare diseases
Life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases affect 300,000 people in Ireland
Dementia: 12% fewer beds for patients, as rates of condition set to double by 2050
Just 353 HSE-funded beds remain in the State for care of patients with dementia, including Alzheimer’s
Suicide-prevention charity Pieta seeks to cut €3 million amid ‘unsustainable’ financial position
Drop in donations since Covid-19 has been a ‘major challenge’, says charity’s chief executive
Private firm caring for vulnerable children supplied fake Garda vetting clearances
Businessman behind the group has gone on to win a further multimillion euro State contract
Father of Harvey Morrison Sherratt says his son was ‘abandoned’ by disability services
Almost 11,000 children waiting for assessment by HSE’s children disability network teams, figures show
Smokers in Ireland will lose almost 5m years of life and cost health system €20bn, study finds
RCSI finds 20-year-old males expected to ‘lose eight years of life’ compared with non-smokers
‘Once somebody shares the fact they are thinking about suicide, there’s a connection to life’
A €2 million investment in counselling supports for men aims to help break the silence around mental health
5,500 patients have stayed in Irish hospitals longer than medically necessary this year
Delays accessing care in the community affected 5,548 fit-for-discharge patients
Data watchdog opens ‘inquiry’ into CHI Tallaght over safety of children’s records
It is understood door to office containing hundreds of patient charts was left propped open
Indian health workers in Ireland: ‘Any nurse getting ready to come here will now be warned’
Amid increased awareness of racist attacks on Indian nationals, healthcare professionals say nurses and doctors from India are nervous to work in Ireland
More than 100 retailers found non-compliant with laws on sale of vapes to children
Of 52 findings of non-compliance in 2024, 19 have to date resulted in court proceedings
Husband of woman who killed their child calls for changes to support bereaved
Nicola Keane, who took her own life, had post natal depression and psychosis after giving birth to son Henry
More detailed data on abortions to be collected from Irish hospitals
No information on patient’s identity or reason for seeking abortion will be gathered
Court steps in after man gives €350,000 to poor to get to heaven
Farmer, in his forties, last week gave €1,000 cash to a homeless woman he met, the court heard
Inquiries under way into further allegations around waiting list initiatives at Children’s Health Ireland
Public Accounts Committee and Minister hears that consultant paid €40,000 in 2018 to treat patients on his waiting list at private hospital
Whistleblowers lodge 67 valid HSE disclosures, with a third about patient health and safety
Burden of chronic disease and cancer ‘remains high’ as number of older people increases, says report
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