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
Bernard Gloster
Children’s Health Ireland may be merged into HSE following recent controversies
‘Lack of confidence’ in governing body facing growing number of issues
CHI consultant who allegedly referred public patients to his own weekend clinic faced no disciplinary action
Children's Health Ireland clinician at centre of internal review retired after inquiry flagged governance issues
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
HSE may focus on rostering staff on Saturdays initially as part of new reforms
If there are not enough volunteers, ‘a rota of eligible staff will be drawn up‘, proposes health service management
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
Budget giveaway promises absent as Ireland’s economic model faces unprecedented threat
Trump practices art of the deal in Saudi Arabia as HSE seeks new boss
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
Health service talks on weekend work for more than 10,000 staff deferred
Unions say HSE plan for meeting on rostering up to one-tenth of the workforce clashed with annual conferences
HSE chief wants up to 10% of healthcare staff rostered over weekends by end of June
Bernard Gloster tells conference roster changes would be ‘big part’ of response to trolley challenges
Government and HSE appear to hate doctors, new head of the IMO says
Dr Anne Dee calls out ‘underlying hostility’ towards doctors who are blamed for health service woes
Whistleblower and families of sex abuse victims not interviewed for latest ‘Brandon’ case report
More than 40 intellectually disabled adults were abused in two HSE facilities in Stranorlar, Co Donegal
Image of Grace clutching her toy keys is a painfully fleeting glimpse of her humanity
Amid more than 2,000 pages of dense legalese and Beckettian obsession with process, there are few glimpses of Grace and even fewer answers
‘Grace’ wronged and harmed in many different ways in ‘absolute, abject failure’, HSE chief says
Inquiry finds no evidence of sexual, emotional or physical abuse while woman was in care of family for 20 years
Minister tells hospitals group to enact spinal surgery report recommendations fully and quickly
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to seek an update on progress by next week and to meet CHI board again on April 28th
Spinal surgeries: When no one is responsible or accountable, shocking incidents likely to happen again
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
Outsourcing in health service a threat to patients as well as staff, Siptu official tells conference
Private contractors cut costs at the expense of either workers or services, union official says
Full inquiry urged as spinal surgery report shows Temple Street did not protect children ‘from risk of harm’
Scoliosis Advocacy Network and Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group say families ‘ringing the alarm bell for years’
Who got what in the deal between unions and HSE that averted Monday’s strike?
Analysis: Patients will be the real winners says HSE chief as threat to service disruption this week is lifted
Industrial action by more than 80,000 healthcare workers on Monday called off
Decision follows 22 hours of engagement at Workplace Relations Commission
St Vincent’s Healthcare Group facing €12.8m deficit for last year
Group that runs St Vincent’s University Hospital and St Michael’s in Dun Laoghaire wants more support from community services to facilitate discharges
Hospital disruption expected with health unions to begin industrial action over staffing on March 31st
HSE chief Bernard Gloster says action ‘regrettable’ and would breach terms of public sector pay deal
HSE criticised by Department of Health for ‘rationing’ home support hours
Patients must have access to the care they need, health service chief executive told
HSE to clamp down on staff travel and to send fewer letters as part of new savings drive
Chief executive Bernard Gloster says health service spends €29.8million on postal costs and must move towards communication by text and email
HSE launches app for patients to ‘manage care’ online
Health App is among first initiatives of Digital for Care framework
No unilateral roster changes for thousands of HSE staff, say unions
Senior Minister earlier said Government ‘expects and insists’ that HSE should work within agreements
Trolley crisis: Health chief concerned by ‘continued congestion’ at five key hospital sites
Cork, Galway, Limerick, St James’s and St Vincent’s accounted for 44% of people waiting for beds, noted top civil servant
Tens of thousands of health staff appointed since 2008 can have rosters changed, says HSE chief
HSE seeking more personnel to work over an extended day running from 8am-8pm, but unions warn against unilateral changes to working arrangements
€420m plan to cut patient waiting lists approved
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill brings memo to Cabinet detailing new waiting list action plan aimed at reducing waiting times for patients
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
Public-only consultant contracts: is the health system finally beginning to see some benefits?
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
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