Mother Denise McGahern says her son Jack was ‘used’ to promote HSE fund
No money paid out of €8m HSE disability fund despite being promised 17 months ago, Dáil told
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Surgeons carried out 513 scoliosis procedures last year but 233 children still on waiting list
‘We are nowhere near where we would want to be’ with waiting times, Minister for Health says
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
Psychiatric medical services set to be disrupted by nurses’ industrial action
Union representing majority of nurses in sector say they will start work to rule this month over staffing levels
Is it true that women need more sleep each night than men?
Research suggests that women experience lower-quality sleep, on average, than men do
ADHD services in Ireland overwhelmed by ‘tsunami’ of demand
Young people aged 16-24 received most ADHD prescriptions, accounting for 43,518 last year, while men and boys accounted for almost 60% of total
Medical supplies delivered offshore by drone in ‘game-changer’ for Ireland’s islands
Drone technology could revolutionise emergency response and healthcare delivery for remote communities, Air Taurus programme director says
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
Residents in Wicklow disability care homes at risk of ‘institutional abuse’
Health services watchdog report criticises Sunbeam House’s failure to keep residents with intellectual disabilities safe
Provisional liquidators appointed to Cork medical supplies company
PMD Device Solutions Ltd claims that it is owed €1.2 million by the HSE
Tipperary family settles High Court action against HSE over death of father following collision
Patrick Connolly died on December 28th, 2021, five days after his involvement in a road traffic collision
€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
Number of public servants set to exceed 400,000 this year
Pay bill expected to rise to almost €33bn this year, with two-thirds going into health and education sectors
Medical supplies company denies it held HSE to ransom over patient data
Chief executive of Cork-based firm says there was never a threat to sell the data
Demand for HSE’s free ‘talk therapy’ reaches 1,000 a month
Sixty-two per cent of users with clinical levels of anxiety or depression achieved ‘reliable improvement’ in 12-month period to April 2024
Beaumont Hospital warns of risk to services from ageing computer system
Hospital in race to complete replacement of core information system before becoming inoperable by December
Some disability bodies warn cash crisis may force them to delay payments to Revenue Commissioners
A number of organisations providing services to people with disabilities unhappy they were turned down for special funding by HSE in final weeks of last year
Health service warns of ‘significant unmet need’ in HIV drug access
Stigma around HIV ‘still a big challenge’, says senior HSE clinician as 39% of those newly found to have it were late-stage diagnoses
HSE staffing increase would not prevent industrial action, union official warns
Proposed increase of just over 3,500 to staff numbers is intended to cater for new services and so will not address outstanding issues, unions say
HRT scheme roll-out to proceed ‘as soon as possible’, department says
State-funded scheme to provide hormone replacement therapy has been delayed due to issues between Department of Health and pharmacists
HSE told to shift staff working patterns
Donnelly orders new development funding for Beaumont, Mater and Tallaght be paused until new productivity systems implemented
Talks resume between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on new government
Parties report steady progress but difficult areas yet to be discussed
Ireland weather: Tens of thousands without power and schools close as cold snap persists
Met Éireann warns of cold nights over the coming days with widespread frost and ice and temperatures as low as minus 8
Irish health system report card: a year of criticisms, concerns and innovations
From rows about staffing, waiting lists and cost overruns to resignations of senior staff, heathcare was never far from the news headlines in 2024
Total of 263 transplants as a result of organ donations carried out in 2024
HSE commends ‘selflessness of 84 deceased and 30 living organ donors and their families’ who made procedures possible
Flu hospitalisations expected to double in coming 10 days
There could be up to 900 flu cases in hospitals countrywide by end of year, HSE chief clinical director warns, with cases expected to peak in early January
Judge rules new hearing should be held into complaint from family of student who died of brain bleed
Lisa Niland (19) died in Sligo University Hospital in 2017 three days after collapsing due to severe head pain and dizziness
Four-month target for spinal surgery set by Simon Harris has ‘no clinical relevance’
Target is ‘used as a stick to beat us’, says head of State’s paediatric spinal unit
More than 600 people hospitalised with Covid, flu and RSV, says HSE
Almost 2,000 cases of three illnesses notified and EDs have seen significant increases in presentations
Flu cases: Three people have died and over 400 hospitalised this winter season
The number of notified influenza cases increased by 91 per cent in the past week from 277 to 528 cases for the week ending December 8th
Anti-choking devices donated to hundreds of schools despite HSE advising against use
Meals provider Lunch Bag is donating LifeVac devices to schools despite HSE advice that anti-choking devices should not be used due to lack of research on efficacy
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
Shane O’Connor inquest jury calls for improved HSE mental health protocols
Teenage son of musicians Sinéad O’Connor and Dónal Lunny died by suicide in January 2022
Dublin City Council ‘excrement’ on shoes of government officials, FG councillor claims
HSE has ‘completely disrespected’ Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service, council chief Richard Shakespeare says
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