Hospital management

Patients facing long delays for a GP appointment will be the new normal in a “politically made” health crisis, a GP representative body has warned.

The HSE's board had not seen the organisation's €169m winter plan before it was published, and expressed concerns about commitments made in it at a board meeting two weeks after publication.

Hospital consultants warn Government targets for reducing patient waiting lists by year’s end will be missed by a 'significant margin'

Health watchdog the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) is still receiving numerous complaints about limited visiting access in hospitals and nursing homes, with relatives extremely worried about potential abuses and substandard ...

Calls for action on mandatory disclosure, the return of testing to Irish labs, and dying with dignity measures

"I don't want your apologies. "I don't want your tributes. "I don't want your aide de camp at my funeral. "I don't want your accolades or your broken promises.

Many private health insurance customers are unsure about their policy details, despite the average cost reaching €1,410 a year per adult, according to a review by the Pensions OmbudsmanThe Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman ...

I never met Vicky, but that doesn’t matter. I feel as if I knew her, as did countless other survivors

Queries raised over employers 'maintaining poor, even dangerous work practices' in knowledge of a no-fault compensation scheme

Just three specialist nurses have been recruited to work with pregnant women who have epilepsy, despite the European Medicines Agency recommending dedicated supports be put in place more than four years ago.

Doctors have estimated that one in 12 children are now on waiting lists for various kinds of treatment based on the latest hospital data.

A motion calling for swifter action on treatment for long Covid has been unanimously supported in the Dáil.

Dr Colm Henry also raised concern that the planned extension of pub opening hours could drive up emergency department attendances

Irish researchers are hopeful of finding new treatments for patients with blood clotting disorders.

Stephen Donnelly made the commitment following revelations about an eight-month delay to the development process

Move would see all health services, including the HSE, divided into six geographical areas, with a budget of multiple billions and tens of thousands of staff offering treatment across primary care, hospitals, mental health and all types of healthcare, Dáil committee told

According to the INMO more than 379 patients have been left without a bed at the hospital this month alone

What started as a way to honour healthcare staff now looks like a measly half-hearted afterthought — and it's still not been paid

A consultancy group has said the hospital needs 302 extra inpatient beds and 63 more day-case beds to meet rising demand in the Mid-West.

Mr Reid said recently that he thinks every day about the decisions that were made or not made

The latest figures show 476 patients were without beds in hospitals this morning, with Cork University Hospital recording the highest figure at 78

Alan Toal claims he was given no explanation for his barring from the private  Hospital in Dublin

THE Irish Medical Journal published an illuminating study this week, about how even a one-hour teaching session delivered to final-year medical students “was effective in improving student knowledge of care of transgender people”.

A midwife offering homebirths in the Mid-West said a proposal by the HSE to limit homebirths to people living within 30 minutes of a hospital would remove this option from most women in the region.

Transgender people have specific healthcare needs and experience difficulty in accessing health services

Families campaigning for disabled children's services are set to escalate their campaign, and focus criticism on Micheál Martin

Irish Hospital Consultants Association point to 'years of underinvestment and consultant staffing crisis'

WHO expert says Irish health services did 'relatively well' at the height of the pandemic as Covid 'unmasked' institutional problems worldwide 

Regulatory body Coru received 58 complaints in relation to fitness to practise last year, annual report shows

The Government needs to urgently buy monkeypox vaccines, and work with community groups to ensure a transparent rollout, the Gay Health Network has said.

The research was completed by a team working at University College Cork

New report points to company's existing services — from sleep monitoring and fitness classes to atrial-fibrillation detection and cycle tracking — and promises to build on that foundation

A project that sees hospital consultants carry out virtual consultations with cardiac patients is to be rolled out across Ireland in an effort to shorten long waiting lists and ease pressure on emergency departments.

More cost of living supports are also on the way, including interventions in childcare, healthcare and transport costs

Staff at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital are the first to get the promised one-off tax-free Covid-19 payment

Adult medical card holders can access a range of dental services and treatments under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme

World Health Organization condemns Russian attacks on hospitals and ambulances 

The HSE said the report was delayed by Covid-19, meaning many of the findings had 'limited if any benefit'

Neurological patients in the South-East and South-West have far more limited access to care compared to other areas, the Oireachtas health committee has been told.

Glenwood House was bought by the HSE for €750,000  but it has lain idle because the health body had not secured planning permission

Medical Help Ukraine set up as number of casualties rapidly overwhelms health system

Shane Banks died in Galway University Hospital following two operations for lung cancer within weeks of each other during June 2019

The Glanmire site, which was originally developed as a TB sanatorium in 1954, is home to an acute mental health unit, an Alzheimer’s unit, administration facilities and some Tusla operations