Even though in his speech to the Fine Gael Árd Fheis last weekend, Enda Kenny was quite certain that there is no alternative to Universal Health Care, (how often have we been told there is no alternative only to find out too late that there was and it was a better alternative), he might like to be informed about a recent milestone.

Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline was today accused by the UK's competition watchdog of paying off firms to delay the launch of cheap versions of its antidepressant treatment in a move that denied the British National Health Service “significant” cost savings.

THE founder of a British charity that offers support to childless couples and people struggling to start a family has defended a new lottery game which offers a prize of €28,000 in fertility treatments.

FINE GAEL health spokesman James Reilly has committed his party to severely cutting the massive earnings of hospital consultants.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney was accused of “abdicating her responsibility” after claiming she had nothing to do with the awarding of a €70,000 performance bonus to HSE chief executive Brendan Drumm.

A CORK micro-company which has created software aimed at helping stroke victims communicate better has secured a major contract with a British health authority.

Children as young as two are being treated for obesity, an British National Health Service dietician said today.

The authorities in the North are reporting 99% compliance with the smoking ban introduced last month.

FEARS that the State’s new watchdog on health and social services will ration expensive drugs were raised yesterday by cancer specialist Professor John Crown.

The firm at the heart of the troubled British National Health Service computer upgrade posted net losses of £382.2m (€564.3m) today as it counted the cost of a “turbulent” year.

The company at the heart of the troubled British National Health Service (NHS) computer upgrade today said the UK’s financial watchdog had launched an investigation into possible accounting irregularities at the firm.

MORE than half of women with breast cancer in the west are having to undergo a mastectomy, compared to one-fifth of women in Dublin who have the disease, new figures reveal.

FAMILIES of children whose organs were retained by hospitals without consent have said they are disheartened by a move to withdraw a compensation offer from parents who suffered a similar ordeal in Britain.

Food group IAWS has appointed UCD professor Patrick Wall to its board. Professor Wall is attached to the UCD’s Centre of Food Safety and is a member of the management board of the European Food Safety Authority.