Loss of voluntary hospitals’ independence by cutting funding will ultimately result in poorer quality of care for all

Pay costs from over-recruitment contributing to hospitals’ financial pressures, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tells PAC

Consultants warn of ‘severe knock-on consequences’ for those denied vital procedures

Inside Politics: Meanwhile, political focus on controversial Ireland-Israel matches as, elsewhere, the World Cup kicks off

We need a single national health fund if we want to create a health system based on need not income

Days of the consultant being on-call for the labour ward from home need to be consigned to history, too

Assertion that Ireland’s two-tiered model of healthcare casts us as an outlier requires some evidence

Proposals for free, universal healthcare were successfully blocked by the medical profession with support from the Catholic Church

Let’s make sure nursing homes are safe

Audit highlights one medium risk and one high risk to HSE

Across the three waiting list types – inpatient, outpatient, and GI endoscopy – 894,369 people were waiting for treatment last year

Health service to open five surgical hubs and submit planning permission for two hospitals this year

The prison system lacks capacity for those needing inpatient treatment

Think tank’s report highlights ‘growing retention crisis’ in sector

Insurers told there no further extension of transitional period for consultants who signed Sláintecare contract

From January, operation of public-only hospitals will take step forward with ending of transition arrangements for consultants

Evidence of AI progress is mounting whereas humans ‘haven’t had a software update in 200,000 years’

New report notes growth of non-public facilities

Primary care psychology is a reservoir of human suffering and missed opportunities

Ivana Bacik says election of Catherine Connolly as President brought together Irish left and her party is willing to work to align policies