Board has backed down following stand-off with Government and will comply with terms of public-only consultant contract

Perfusionists operate machinery that performs heart and lung functions during surgery

Maternity hospital’s board to ‘bring its arrangements into line with Government policy’

Innovation programme draws on frontline staff for ways to improve health service

Minister of State Robert Troy says there must be ‘consequences’ if public contracts not implemented

Days of the consultant being on-call for the labour ward from home need to be consigned to history, too

Doctors and midwives are concerned about a ‘notable rise’ in medically unassisted home births in the State. Do expectant mothers know the risks?

Lack of medical supervision can put women and babies at risk of life-threatening complications, new policy paper states

Hospital may owe refunds to women cared for privately, says Minister for Health

Maxine Maguire’s family call on Government to implement key recommendations made at inquest

Minister for Health says ‘last thing’ she wants is conversation on cuts, but Government policy is clear

Private patients missing out on benefits of public healthcare prevention programme

Outgoing Irish Medical Council president says proposal to tie newly-qualified doctors to fixed terms of Irish service could infringe their rights

Ireland’s first national strategy for diabetes outlining recommendations for action is published

An Saol Foundation was set up by couple whose son was badly injured. Now the service is planning to expand

Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill told master of the hospital she is ‘not happy’ about situation

Key factor is the lack of an evidence-based approach to health-service delivery

Physiotherapy and occupational therapy waiting lists are particularly long, new HSE figures show

Early Edition with Andrew McNair

Last year, 630 Irish doctors got visas to work in Australia, this year so far it’s 437. A senior medic says the numbers leaving are ‘off the charts’