‘One of the best people’: 23 character references for convicted child exploiter released
Submission of pre-sentencing character letters for people convicted of crimes is a common but more veiled practice
HSE
Carroll MacNeill plans in-house HSE ‘agency’ staff to reduce payouts to outside companies
Health service’s expenditure on agency workers reached €903.4 million last year
Ireland’s low-risk alcohol guidelines may need to be reviewed, research finds
‘Minimal’ difference in the risk of alcohol-related harm between men and women, Hiqa review finds
Deaf-blind man in High Court seeking legal aid to pursue discrimination case
David Eccles is taking WRC case over HSE’s refusal to provide him with supports to learn Braille
Children’s healthcare failings in Ireland laid bare by new HSE audit
Families have long raised concerns about deterioration in children awaiting procedures
If Jennifer Carroll MacNeill means what she says about women’s choice, she needs to fund it
It’s very difficult to have a conversation which begins with a threat to the hospital’s funding
From the HSE to Church of Ireland dean: ‘I took a huge salary cut, but I’ve never been happier’
‘Sitting in meetings would have killed me’ says Canon Tom O’Brien of his unlikely career change
‘An everybody issue’: How drug-related intimidation affects all areas, urban and rural
Report reveals scale of the problem and highlights the help that is available
‘I felt nobody had my back’: What the Rotunda row says about public v private maternity care
Mothers and medical professionals share their views as differences between public and private maternity care in the State are brought into sharp focus
Tensions come to fore over drive towards single-tier healthcare
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Removing private practice in public hospitals under new contracts ‘inadequately monitored’
Rostering of consultants to work Saturdays or evenings via latest arrangements remains low, HSE auditors say
Public or private? Share your experience of maternity care in Ireland
Tell your story: did you choose public or private maternity care – and why?
Eight women under private care by public-only consultants at Rotunda to switch doctors
State’s busiest maternity hospital backed down in dispute over private care
Striking theatre staff say settling pay claim would save HSE substantial agency costs
Dozen elective cardiac operations cancelled because of action by specialist perfusionists
Rotunda Hospital board agrees to Minister’s demands over public-only consultants
Board has backed down following stand-off with Government and will comply with terms of public-only consultant contract
Key hospital operating theatre staff at five Irish hospitals to strike tomorrow
Perfusionists operate machinery that performs heart and lung functions during surgery
Rotunda backs down in standoff over consultants taking private work
Maternity hospital’s board to ‘bring its arrangements into line with Government policy’
‘To the passersby we were just your average Irish family with two kids splashing, jumping, eating sand’
Innovation programme draws on frontline staff for ways to improve health service
Taoiseach warns Rotunda board to ‘reflect’ on public contracts decision
Minister of State Robert Troy says there must be ‘consequences’ if public contracts not implemented
All pregnant women should get continuity of care – not just those who can pay for it
Days of the consultant being on-call for the labour ward from home need to be consigned to history, too
Rising number of ‘free births’ raises alarm among midwives
Lack of medical supervision can put women and babies at risk of life-threatening complications, new policy paper states
‘Free births’ in Ireland: Within three hours Naomi (38) died, leaving behind four kids
Doctors and midwives are concerned about a ‘notable rise’ in medically unassisted home births in the State. Do expectant mothers know the risks?
Rotunda stands by decision to allow public-only consultants offer private maternity care
Hospital may owe refunds to women cared for privately, says Minister for Health
Family settles action against HSE over daughter’s death by suicide
Maxine Maguire’s family call on Government to implement key recommendations made at inquest
Rotunda told funding could be pulled over public-only consultants providing private care
Minister for Health says ‘last thing’ she wants is conversation on cuts, but Government policy is clear
‘It’s like an NCT for human beings’: Free annual health check gives peace of mind
Private patients missing out on benefits of public healthcare prevention programme
Some doctors unwilling to take on challenging cases because of litigation ‘risks’
Outgoing Irish Medical Council president says proposal to tie newly-qualified doctors to fixed terms of Irish service could infringe their rights
‘Significant disparities’ in accessing specialised diabetes resources, report finds
Ireland’s first national strategy for diabetes outlining recommendations for action is published
‘We look after mind, body and soul’: The acquired brain injury charity transforming lives
An Saol Foundation was set up by couple whose son was badly injured. Now the service is planning to expand
Rotunda at loggerheads with Minister over public-only consultants having private patients
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill told master of the hospital she is ‘not happy’ about situation
Ireland can learn a lot from Italy’s value-for-money health spend
Key factor is the lack of an evidence-based approach to health-service delivery
More than 32,000 adults waiting over a year for physiotherapy and other primary care assessments
Physiotherapy and occupational therapy waiting lists are particularly long, new HSE figures show
Kyne and Ennis elected to Dáil; HSE waiting lists; the trial of Jeffrey Donaldson
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‘You can’t force people to stay’: How to stop the exodus of Irish medical graduates?
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’
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