HSE to put in place nearly 300 additional hospital beds under new service plan
Health services to move to operating health services over a seven-day rather than a Monday-Friday basis
Bernard Gloster
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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
Talks resume between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on new government
Parties report steady progress but difficult areas yet to be discussed
Flu season is predicted to peak next week. Why is Ireland not better prepared?
Difficulty predicting numbers leave HSE having to adapt - with potential cold snap accidents adding to pressure
HSE warns of disruption to health services in areas badly affected by snow and ice
Continuing cold snap will be ‘punitive’, with HSE chief executive calling for people take care of older o
Flu season expected to peak next week
Head of the HSE says health service is taking ‘several measures’ to prepare for potential surge in hospitalisations and intensive care numbers
Almost 1,000 people in hospital with flu as those with symptoms urged to avoid parties
‘Peak flu’ expected in next fortnight as HSE reiterates advice on hand hygiene and cough etiquette
Number hospitalised with flu reaches 869 and may breach 900, says HSE chief
Overall number attending emergency departments between December 20th and 27th reaches 34,400, up from 27,800 last year
Numbers needing hospital care with flu at ‘upper end’ of HSE predictions
Health service chief urges people to attend A&E only if very ill or in an emergency situation
Most patients waited more than six hours at emergency department before admission - survey
More than 13 per cent waited more than 24 hours, Hiqa experience survey finds
Five major Dublin hospitals receive €200m bailout to pay staff before Christmas
The hospitals wrote to the HSE saying they were facing a financial shortfall of more than €100 million
UHL chief clinical director to return to role and partake in disciplinary process, High Court hears
HSE to pay 75% of Prof Brian Lenehan’s legal costs for the case
HSE chief weighed decision to place University Hospital Limerick clinical director on leave, court hears
Prof Brian Lenehan takes case over being put on leave following death of teenager Aoife Johnston
Irish people will die in significant numbers due to rising temperatures, HSE specialist claims
Healthcare is at climate frontline, notably in emergency departments and at primary care level, conference hears
Nurses say posts in cancer, palliative, paediatric and rehab care being left vacant due to recruitment restrictions
INMO members to commence ballot for industrial action on Monday in protest at employment ceiling introduced in the HSE
Clinical director at Limerick hospital where Aoife Johnston died placed on leave due to ‘serious risk’ to patients
Prof Brian Lenehan, suspended in the wake of reports into death of the Co Clare teenager, told the High Court that decision to suspend him lacks reason
Ongoing risk to life at UHL, HSE chief says
Risk of reoccurrence of circumstances that led to death of Aoife Johnston at Limerick hospital still present ‘but I think the risk is less’, says Bernard Gloster
Health service must move away from traditional Monday-Friday model, says HSE chief
Bernard Gloster tells Oireachtas committee that report into death of Aoife Johnston at UHL will be published by next Monday
Increasing health budget every year not sustainable, Robert Watt to tell Oireachtas committee
HSE chief Gloster expected to say demand for services increasing at faster rate than predicted before pandemic
Report into Aoife Johnston’s death at UHL to be published next week, says HSE
Clare teenager (16) died of meningitis in December 2022 with suspected sepsis that went untreated for more than 12 hours
More than half of patients assessed under HSE programme at risk of diabetes or cardiovascular disease
HSE publishes first report of Opportunistic Case Finding Programme at its national conference on integrated care
University Hospital Limerick overcrowding: HSE is warned many issues are at heart of problem
Decision to postpone scheduled care is ‘abandonment of the people’ in the midwest, says IHCA
Midwest hospitals will postpone appointments ‘periodically’, says HSE chief
University Hospital Limerick among those hospitals requiring ‘resets’, says Bernard Gloster, amid emergency department demand
HSE employee was paid €700,000 last year for treating patients out of normal hours, report reveals
Termination payment of €1.6m to outgoing staff member revealed in Comptroller and Auditor General report
HSE staffing strategy will see 2,000 posts abolished and affect patient safety, unions say
Health service chief recently told senior managers staffing ‘now at a level not previously seen and continues to grow’
Health regions to be allowed recruit staff up to new ceiling
Health service will now have an approved workforce close to 130,000 as recruitment pause eased
Calorie labels on online fast food menus seen as means to reduce future pressures on health service
Department of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatment
HSE safeguarding structure needs ‘transformational change’, report finds
Review by independent safeguarding expert Jackie McIlroy was commissioned by HSE in wake of ‘Emily’ rape case
HSE recruitment ban to end soon, Bernard Gloster tells conference
HSE chief executive says he expects movement on issue ‘shortly’
Hard to see how HSE cost-saving measures will add up to better healthcare
A recruitment freeze and plans to drastically reduce reliance on agency staff go not seem to go hand in hand
University Hospital Limerick overcrowding to be focus of new health services support team
Work to begin immediately on devising actions designed to ease crowding and pressures in hospital and HSE’s Mid West region
HSE attempts to pay substantial exit package to former top executive led to Government row
Ministers and office of Taoiseach became involved in issue surrounding departure of ex-deputy director general, files show
HSE engages architects for office plan for Baggot Street Hospital
Victorian building should be transferred to Dublin City Council for housing or cultural use, councillor says
Patients and staff enduring ‘pretty awful conditions’ in some EDs, says HSE chief
Demand for services in EDs rose 12% in early part of year
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