Audit of CHI waiting lists ordered to ensure productivity in public hospitals, Minister for Health says
Move by Jennifer Carroll MacNeill comes amid controversy over alleged abuse of waiting lists at CHI
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Revelations show appalling personal behaviour among some CHI medics
Toll on medics training under certain consultants was especially acute
Fund set up by Micheál Martin 20 years ago to cut hospital waiting lists under fresh scrutiny
Questions raised over governance and transparency of waiting list initiatives after hospital controversies
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Public Accounts Committee recalls CHI and HSE following fresh revelations about alleged patient referrals
Four board members had resigned over the past week, as CHI faced controversies over children’s scoliosis and hip surgeries
Children’s Health Ireland may be merged into HSE following recent controversies
‘Lack of confidence’ in governing body facing growing number of issues
Up to 6,800 more inpatient beds will be needed by 2040, says ESRI report
Ireland’s ageing and increasing population will mean greater capacity requirements in public hospitals over next 15 years
Four Children’s Health Ireland board members resign following months of controversy
Latest departures follow resignation of board chairman in April
Extensions to planning permissions for developments delayed by judicial reviews to be considered
Proposed measure is bid to activate developments such as large-scale apartment schemes which might otherwise go beyond their permission timeline
Hip surgeries: Parents call for independent review by international experts
Audit found almost 70 per cent of surgeries were not necessary
Hip surgery audit: How many more times will we hear ‘this can never happen again’?
Once more there are serious questions to be asked about clinical governance failures
Health staff found ‘ingratiating themselves financially’ will be referred to gardaí, HSE chief says
Bernard Gloster says he was not informed about report alleging consultant abused waiting system and delayed operations for sick children
Hip surgery audit: Almost 70% of operations in two children’s hospitals ‘unnecessary’
Report examined 147 surgeries performed at three hospitals between 2021 and 2023
Ireland U-turns to oppose EU pharma reforms after intense lobbying
Pharmaceutical companies stepped up blitz to push Government to back industry position, lobbying logs show
Ireland increases support to crisis-hit World Health Organisation
US withdrawal from global body leaves financial hole that must be plugged to prevent millions of deaths
Oireachtas health committee must hear from HSE on Portiuncula maternity services, says Opposition
‘Questions need to be asked now about what exactly is going on here,’ says Labour health spokesperson as 10 reviews ongoing
Free HRT widely available in pharmacies from June after agreement reached with Department of Health
Increased one-off grant offered to pharmacists after union talks with department
Death of baby at Portiuncula Hospital leads to new review
Ten reviews ongoing into maternity and baby care at Co Galway hospital
Staffing still an issue in key areas of HSE intended to benefit from seven day rostering
Health union Fórsa ‘concerned about employment gaps’ but Minister says she intends changes will come into effect by end of June
Mother of hip surgery child sent 30 emails to hospital and only received reply after solicitor got involved
Sinn Féin TD says parents going abroad as CHI, Government not giving them answers over hip surgery controversy
Mother ‘devastated’ to be told her young son’s hip operation was not necessary after all
Publication is imminent of independent audit report on surgery on children
Sinn Féin’s ‘Mr Angry’ meets immovable object that is Micheál
Martin has measure of Pearse Doherty and Co as Dáil standoff continues over delayed report into children’s hip surgery
Over 2,200 families of children who received hip surgeries over 15 year period written to by CHI and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital
Report of independent review into surgeries due shortly
Chronic inability to build anything big in the State is baked into the system
New Oireachtas committee needs continued failure in big projects if it is to function effectively for its members
Families whose children had hip surgeries sent letters in advance of report publication
Taoiseach says nobody ‘ducking, diving, dodging’ on paediatric hip operation audit
HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster to step down next March
Gloster tenders resignation and says he is ‘privileged to serve’ in role over coming months
State in bid to lure from US top researchers and academics disillusioned by Trump
Initiative is expected to target, among others, disillusioned academics who have lost financial backing due to Trump administration
National Maternity Hospital bill projected to reach 10 times original cost
Minister for Health expected to bring final business case for project to Cabinet after HSE examine submitted tenders
CHI unable to move in to national children’s hospital due to continued delays
Early access to site was supposed to be granted in April to allow operational commissioning to begin
Drug shortages adding to workloads at Irish pharmacies
Medicine shortages increasingly negatively affecting patient outcomes, Irish Pharmacy Union says
More than 11 nurses and midwives assaulted daily, union conference told
Nurses call for more security and CCTV amid rise in assaults and abuse
Consultants diverted public patients to private companies, earning €14.2 million in a year, Dáil told
Minister says detailed survey underway of all ‘insourcing’ across HSE
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