The Minister for Health James Reilly has said no acute hospital will close as a result of the reorganisation of hospitals.

Hospitals need to tighten their budgets, but at what cost, asks Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation believes the HSE South will end up seeking a supplementary budget later in the year as it struggles to deliver against a backdrop of budget cuts and staff reductions.

AN elderly pensioner suffering from dementia was forced to use a vital hospital bed for six months because no adequate step-down services were available.

THE head of the HSE South’s controversial hospital reconfiguration plan has claimed new medical assessment units (MAUs) at all facilities will make hospital trolleys obsolete.

THE future of six accident and emergency departments in the south of the country will be decided in the next 10 weeks by an expert group.

A NEW clinic to treat people with chronic skin conditions is to open at Bantry General Hospital tomorrow.

DOCTORS and nurses at St John’s Hospital in Limerick have been chosen by patients as the most caring in the country, a recent survey shows.

A new survey is putting Bantry General, Cork University Hospital, Kerry General and the Midland Regional Hospital at the top of the list for reported cases of hospital infections - including MRSA.

THE rampant winter vomiting bug has affected a fourth Cork hospital.

NIAMH O'SHEA was expecting to deliver her third child around New Year's Day but her parcel of joy was delivered on Christmas Day instead.