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Pharmacists to prescribe prescription-only medications for common conditions under new scheme
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly intends to have scheme in place by ‘early next year’
Two-thirds of patients on waiting lists for longer than target time
At the end of last month, there were 705,237 patients on a hospital waiting list
Design of the new health regions lacks accountability, transparency and integrity
Research has identified grounds for concern, including deficiencies in policy process
Healthcare workers to get quick digital access to patients’ medical records under new national system
Government plans aimed at addressing ‘major deficiencies’ in current information system
‘Northern Ireland is broken’: how a ‘toxic’ culture and better pay is enticing North’s doctors across the Border
Doctors in the North can earn two and a half times what they make with the NHS in the health service in the South
‘Productivity challenges’ must be overcome following hospital activity report, says Donnelly
Minister of Health says investments in health funding and staff has already resulted in falling waiting lists
State payments to GPs up by more than 50% since 2019
HSE paid €785m GPs in 2022, not including €102m in Covid payments
Smart watches and fitness trackers can improve health, it’s not just about counting steps
Research around wearables is telling us that the health benefits at both individual and population levels are significant for current and future generations
More than 1,000 hospital consultants sign up for new public-only contract
One in every four consultants in health service now on contract, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly says
Trolley figures: Over 1,000 children without hospital bed in September, INMO says
Trolley numbers for the year are at 87,321 as some hospitals fail to improve, leader of nurses’ organisation says
The last thing Ireland’s booming economy needs is tax cuts
Budget 2024 should focus on improving welfare payments for those in need and on planning for future challenges such as an ageing population and climate change
Appointees to new HSE manager tier could earn more than €250,000 a year
New managerial tier in the HSE to be paid more than hospital managers in current health system
Health insurance premiums could double if private care is removed from public hospitals, insurer warns
Irish Life Health has expressed concerns about the impact of plans to amend regulations for minimum health insurance benefits.
Ireland’s health system is one of the lowest performing in the northern hemisphere
The influential and credible CEO World rankings of health systems has Ireland ranked as 80th in the world. And yet we’re one of the highest spenders per capita on health in the world
Health service stubbornly resistant to change, cancellation figures underline
Flaw in Minister for Health’s thinking is to believe the system can be improved without comprehensive reform or upsetting vested interests
Direct State employment of GPs to be examined by review group
Strategic review of general practice to be completed by end of year, Minister for Health announces
Over 40% of Sláintecare reforms suffered delay last year, report finds
Provision of home care 2.5 million hours below target, with waiting lists too long
Whether Sláintecare lives or dies is now in hands of the consultants
It’s almost unheard of for Government policy to have all-party support, but Sláintecare does and consultants need to lead the way by embracing it
Powerful people will have to ‘give away’ power for Sláintecare to proceed, Oireachtas committee hears
Delivering healthcare plans will require years more of political priority, resource allocation and skilled leadership, according to the director of the Centre for Health Policy
Chris Fitzpatrick: Why not make a midwife ‘master’ of a Dublin maternity hospital?
There’s no reason a master must be an obstetrician, no excuse for the inequalities of a three-tier care system
Maternity care: New contracts mean private patients won’t get to choose consultants
Restrictions of contract will damage maternity hospitals’ ability to recruit the best obstetricians due to Ireland’s complex medico-legal system
Free GP care for all would cost €881m and could be rolled out by 2026, ESRI says
Institute warns there may not be enough family doctors to meet extra demand a free system would generate
Free GP care for all could finally be on the cards - but serious barriers remain
The estimated cost of providing universal free care seems affordable, but other issues must be overcome
Government to press ahead with new hospital consultant contracts despite no agreement with doctors’ groups
Doctors’ organisations say they have not yet agreed to the new contract and have warned the Minister for Health not to proceed without their agreement
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland’s dysfunctional health service crushes idealism and rewards cynicism
Why is the culture so resistant to positive change? Three historical reasons suggest themselves
Hospital overcrowding is a symptom of the failure to reform the health service
Health reform is excruciatingly slow and we are seeing the results
Public-only consultant contracts a step closer to universal healthcare
Our public hospital system and private medical sector are intermingled in a way that is inefficient, unfair and highly unusual
Catholic Church role in health and schools can no longer be funded by State
Government must understand procedures and beliefs contrary to church thinking will never be made available in schools or hospitals under church control
Regional health areas could just add bureaucracy, Medical Council chief warns
Medical Council chief warns of risk that new Regional Health Areas could simply introduce another bureaucratic layer to the health service
Donnelly says issues not raised with him before Sláintecare resignations
Róisín Shortall describes changes to oversight of universal health plan as a ‘hostile takeover’
Sláintecare advisory group have ‘thorough’ meeting with health chiefs
Council sought answers about concerns raised by Magahy and Keane in resignations
Pat Leahy: Bitter and binary Dáil rows ignore bigger issues
Parties need to partner better, stop fighting and tackle tax, defence and healthcare
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