Over 556,000 patients were waiting for a first hospital outpatient consultation at the end of January, it has been revealed.

People who have neurological conditions have been failed by the Government, a charity has claimed.

The Clinical Director of the National Centre for Pharma-economics has said that VHI's decision to make some cancer drugs available to some private customers raises an issue of equity.

Cystic fibrosis patients and their families are calling on the Government to honour its pledge to give them new hospital facilities, warning that the cost of the project is rising as the delay drags on.

Families affected by the cervical cancer tests scandal have warned women’s lives are still being put at risk after the Government admitted a thousand free checks given after the crisis are useless because of chronic delays in producing results

The Irish Patients Association says patients lives are at risk if the proposed strike by nurses goes ahead at the end of the month.

Flu has been blamed for a surge in the number of patients on trolleys waiting to be admitted to a hospital bed yesterday.

The HSE has been accused of being "imprudent" in unilaterally cutting the number of people whose nursing home care will be funded under the Fair Deal scheme next year.

2018 has seen the worst November on record for hospital overcrowding.

A survey has found that 81% of patients believe they are always treated with respect and dignity in emergency departments around the country.

When patients are let down by health service failings, the damage can be compounded by the failure of medics and managers to be open with them about what happened. One group is trying to teach healthcare professionals why the principle of ‘first do no harm’ should apply not only to the practice of medicine but to the management of mistakes too, writes Caroline O’Doherty

The HSE had to suspend its treatment programme for patients with Hepatitis C for a month in 2017 because it did not know the number of patients being treated and risked running out of money.

Patients prefer waiting in an extra bed in a ward than in an overcrowded A&E to get more sleep, feel safer and get more dignity in some cases research shows.

The number of patients undergoing sex-change procedures in the UK at the expense of the HSE dropped substantially last year to just six, compared with 28 in 2016.

From ‘what’s this rash?’ to ‘Can I drink on this medication?’, Lisa Salmon quizzes the experts on our top concerns.

Less than one in 10 critically injured patients are met by a trauma team when they arrive at a hospital.

Irish patients have to wait longer for hospital treatment than those in any other European country, a report shows.

Ireland’s first National Patient Experience Survey is “the first real effort” to hear the voice of the patients, according to Health Minister Simon Harris.

Patients with genetic emphysema should have access restored, by the end of next week, to a drug withheld for more than a month in a row over who should pay to administer it.

There were 494,530 patients last month waiting to be seen by a consultant at out- patient clinics, a reduction of just 788 on the previous month, new figures show.

The HSE is accusing the manufacturers of an emphysema drug of “persistent manipulation of patients in pursuit of corporate interests” because of its decision to stop administering patient infusions.

A major study involving over 100 people in the early stages of the most common cause of blindness has shown an improvement in the vision of those taking a dietary supplement of carotenoids.

Patients set to lose access to a drug the State has refused to reimburse have been granted a six-month reprieve as the manufacturer says it will continue to supply it free of charge.

Patients of Temple Street Children’s Hospital joined in on a special celebration to launch this year’s 'Trick or Treat for Temple Street' campaign.

Not a single hospital has been fined for failure to implement a policy that is supposed to reduce overcrowding in emergency departments — at a time when numbers on trolleys are at record levels.

Poor cleaning of reusable bedpans and failure to test water outlets for the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s Disease were among the multiple infection-control failures that left patients at University Hospital Kerry (UHK) exposed to significant risk.

The decision not to reimburse people for a drug shown to slow the progress of genetic emphysema has been formally communicated by the HSE to the foundation representing patients affected.

Latest: Opposition parties have called for a "full review" of the HSE’s computer systems after it emerged a dangerous flaw means up to 25,000 scans and x-rays for people with serious heart, cancer and other conditions may be inaccurate, reports Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, Political Correspondent

Street drug ketamine should be offered as a last resort treatment for patients suffering from severe depression, scientists have said.

The HSE owes thousands of hospital patients and nursing home residents, who were wrongly charged a combined €450m for free public services, tens of millions of euro, officials have admitted.

Medics and legal experts are gathering in Galway today to address concerns over whether doctors respect the decisions of patients with mental health difficulties.

A leading consultant says the number of patients on trolleys across the country remains a national emergency

The HSE’s latest annual report yet again raises issues around the way the patients are dealt with in the country’s A&Es as well as below-target ambulance response times in emergency situations.

The number of people on hospital trolleys has dropped slightly today.

Patients are dying as a result of overcrowding in our hospitals according to the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine.

A young Cork Doctor, inspired by his patients, is going to cycle the length of Ireland today to raise funds for suicide prevention.

A self-confessed “angel turned evil” has been found guilty of murdering and poisoning hospital patients.

A woman stole the identity of a qualified GP and used it to work in a pharmacy — where she dispensed medication to unsuspecting patients, a court heard.

Psychiatric nurses have called for a more comprehensive recording system to identify patients who died by suicide because they did not get the treatment they needed.

The country’s largest nursing union has claimed that its members’ ability to provide safe levels of care to patients is being compromised by a significant shortfall in staff numbers.

Cholesterol-lowering statins have almost no side-effects, with patients experiencing fewer adverse symptoms than when taking a dummy drug, researchers say.