Irish Medical Organisation said failure by Camhs to recruit sufficient number of consultants 'a direct contributor to this failure in care provision'

ESRI: It's 'not clear if there are a sufficient number of GPs available to meet this additional demand'

Delays have become the new normal, and there is barely an aspect of modern life which escapes the baleful shadow

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.

Sipo decided not to conduct a preliminary inquiry into whether Mr Varadkar leaked details of a Government contract, but he is still fielding questions about it three years on

Employers can now be fined for not sticking to the agreed conditions after agreement with HSE and Department of Health

HSE currently assessing demand for and supply of antibiotics to ensure sufficient for needs of primary care and hospital teams

As a non-consultant hospital doctor and a woman in her early 30s, when I try to picture the next five years and where starting a family might fit into that, I feel overwhelmed 

Twenty colleges have proposed to deliver new courses by as soon as 2024 to build national skills in these essential disciplinary areas, which are currently experiencing shortfalls in the numbers being trained

The Tánaiste said this was 'always' the outcome he expected 

Minister pushes back at IMO criticism of the Budget 2023 commitment to issue an additional 430,000 GP visit cards

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

The Sinn Féin alternative Budget plans, launched today, were costed following consultation with the Department of Health

It is available for women aged 17 to 25, is not linked to having a medical card, and includes advice on which contraception to use

The Irish Medical Organisation said for "some new NCHDs, 'not getting paid' is their first experience of working with the HSE."

Doctors reported a lower response to boosters from the over-70s cohort who were entitled to their second booster.

Patients needing catch-up care after the pandemic delays are facing a critical year just as doctor emigration shoots up, theIrish Medical Organisation (IMO) has warned.

The Irish Medical Organisation passed a motion in support of junior doctors, who are currently considering industrial action

Today, the Department of Health reported a further 2,307 cases of Covid-19 - 530 less than yesterday.

A survey revealed that 40% have worked over 24 hours in one shift and 91% feel they have little or no control over their work lives

While nurses get by on an average of €35k to €40k, some clinicians earn salaries of up to €650k, more than the HSE CEO

'I have never had the number of positives that I entered on Monday, I’ve never had that many altogether,' said Killarney GP Dr Gary Stack.

'The 45 actions listed in the plan don’t address the fundamental issue of the overwhelming shortage of consultants, acute hospital beds, theatre and other frontline resources,' consultants say

NCBI is investigating the Tánaiste's sharing of the IMO pay deal with a member of a rival group, the NAGP

The  Slaintecare contract is a key part of a proposal to ultimately remove private care from public hospitals but has not yet been agreed upon.

The 'waiting list removal' element of the plan entails every waiting patient being contacted by letter to ask if they still require care.

Out of an estimated 300,000 people in this group, just 2,910 were vaccinated by the time the HSE hack saw the health service's systems stop updating on a daily basis.

The CSEP is designed to attract highly skilled people into the labour market with the aim of encouraging them to take up permanent residence in the State

Extra internships created last year have been dropped despite promises to make training more equitable

Consultants warn that almost a million people could be on waiting lists for hospital care by the end of this year unless bec capacity and recruitment is addressed by the HSE 

Public health doctors concerned the post was being developed on foot of the 2018 Crowe Horwath review of public health roles and represented 'reform by stealth' and was 'ill-timed and inflammatory'

Nurses and doctors warn burnout and shortages are impacting patient care 

70% of doctors say they cannot care for non-Covid illnesss due to staff shortages 

New correspondence, released under Freedom of Information to Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty, shows that repeated requests for a copy of the document for then-Minister for Health Simon Harris were rebuffed.

Three days of strike action were due to take place on January 14, 20 and 21 but were postponed due to the worsening Covid-19 situation

People suffering from mental health illnesses can die on average 10 to 15 years sooner than those without mental health issues. That is according to a leading GP, who addressed the Oireachtas committee on Mental Health earlier today.

The IMO says the workload of public health doctors has increased massively due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Two GP organisations are urging women to book appointments

The Taoiseach has been called upon to review the code of conduct for ministerial officeholders after the Tánaiste admitted leaking a confidential document.

The serious allegations about the actions of then taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, have their roots in negotiations between the State and the IMO two years ago, writes Aoife Moore

Exhausted nurses are being refused holiday leave due to understaffing, with intensive care nurses who battled through the Covid-19 outbreak particularly impacted.

Figures provided to the Irish Examiner show that 15 doctors, 79 nurses and midwives, and 34 healthcare attendants made up the bulk of staff taken on under the ‘Be on Call’ initiative. Picture: PA The HSE took on just 185 out of 14,100 healthcare staff under the ‘Be on Call for Ireland’ initiative rolled out in response to the Covid-19 crisis.

The Irish Medical Organisation has blasted the new Programme for Government health strategy document as a “disgrace”.

The State's agreement to take over private hospitals will cost around €300 million for three months.