The Health Minister has insisted that our health system does have the capacity to provide abortion services.

It is with reluctance that one puts pen to paper to have what can at best be called a whinge; at worst a rant. The current state of health services in this country demands it.

The HSE has recruited almost three times more administrative and managerial staff than front-line nurses in the past three years.

Let me explain a fundamental fact to the former health minister Leo Varadkar, to whom “it is not entirely clear” why overcrowding in hospitals is increasing again.

It is two years since the HSE began a major effort to recruit Irish nurses working in the UK’s health service. 

The programme documents how as time passes patient's conditions worsen and the long term impact can be far-reaching.

The Health Minister has ordered a performance review of all top managers in the HSE.

Primary care centres need to become the place of first resort. They need to be open seven days a week, writes Fergus Finlay

Health Minister Simon Harris has appealed for nurses to "work with the Department" as their ballot for industrial action commences.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said they think the increase of €457m is not enough to expand and develop existing and new services across the country.

The new health minister has said there needs to be input from all parties on building the future of the health service.

A majority of TDs have called for a special committee to be set up to plan the future of the health service.

A union representing nurses and midwives is asking for political parties to put their differences aside in an effort to fix the health service.

Fine Gael and Labour are talking rubbish when it comes to reform of the health service.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is launching a consultation process aimed at establishing a new model for the health services.

Leo Varadkar's been compared to David Attenborough for his management of the health service.

The health service needs up to €1bn more in funding just to meet existing levels of demand, Health Minister Leo Varadkar has said.

Cutbacks in the health service are fuelling workplace bullying, with more than half of nurses surveyed saying they had been bullied in the previous six months.

A charity for children with life-limiting conditions has given its complete backing to a new petition calling for all seriously-ill children to automatically receive medical card help.

Forget being wary of Greeks bearing gifts. They’re amateurs when compared to politicians bearing medical cards on the eve of an election, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Elaine Kelly, 37, a single woman living in Ballycullen in Dublin has metastatic breast cancer and is unable to work.