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Robert Watt
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
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
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
Talks resume between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on new government
Parties report steady progress but difficult areas yet to be discussed
Ireland’s ageing population to put major strain on public finances in coming decades
Pensions, healthcare and long-term care costs expected to rise sharply, says Department of Finance report
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
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 management and admin appointments outpacing clinical staff hires, says DPER
Numbers in management and administrative grades have grown by a third in recent years, DPER warned Department of Health
‘Gaslighting’ of health workers by Robert Watt unacceptable, says union chief
Fórsa’s Kevin Callinan highly critical of comments by Department of Health secretary general
Health spending €500 million over budget in first four months of the year, Oireachtas committee hears
Robert Watt says about 75 per cent of budgetary overspend was in acute hospital sector
St John of God order warned for years it could no longer ‘bail out’ services
Records show financial crisis facing disability care provider had been building for years
New taskforce to target productivity and savings in the health service
Spending on acute hospitals has increased 80 per cent in the past seven years; spending on health services pay has risen by €3.2 billion in the same period
Occupancy rates in Irish hospitals ‘unsustainable and dangerous’, OECD economist warns
Irish health spending is high as a proportion of national income, Dr Douglas Sutherland tells conference
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