Organisation: Service Executive

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It is set to be launched this week if given the green light by Cabinet.

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HSE spends €850,000 on contact tracing app so far

The Health Service Executive (HSE) says its new Covid-19 contact tracing app has cost €850,000 so far to develop.

Health Minister Simon Harris said:"The nursing home sector cares for one of the most precious, and vulnerable groups in our society." File picture.

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Covid-19: Simon Harris announces new nursing home supports

The Health Minister said every step must be taken to protect elderly people who are vulnerable in nursing homes.

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'Recognising breakaway unions has a destabilising effect', says HSE as ambulance personnel stage 24-hour strike

The Health Service Executive (HSE) maintains that the recognition of other trade unions except Siptu, which represents frontline staff, would undermine work relations.

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Chiefs of new hospital groups named

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Smith can claim credit for Agriculture department savings of €107m

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HSE sends letter of warning to pharmacists

HSE to publish reports into Portlaoise cancer scandal

The Health Service Executive is due to publish a series of reports today into the cancer misdiagnosis scandal at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise.

Wed, 05 Mar, 2008

Hospital clinic will stay open

MANAGERS at Cork’s Mercy Hospital yesterday denied claims its busy warfarin clinic was to close next week.

Sat, 27 Oct, 2007

Cancer treatment plan behind schedule

WITH the delivery of the national cancer treatment plan now three years behind schedule, many cancer patients have simply given up any hope of receiving life-saving therapy in their community, Labour’s Liz McManus claimed yesterday.

Wed, 18 Jul, 2007

Health service system 'grinding to a halt', claim HSE

The health service will not be able to cope with an escalation of industrial action, it was claimed today.

Wed, 02 May, 2007

HSE denies ignoring warnings before teen death

The Health Service Executive (HSE) today insisted it acted on warnings from a TD over the welfare of a troubled 14-year-old girl who died after inhaling aerosols.

Thu, 25 Jan, 2007

Hospital targets put funding at risk

HOSPITALS will forfeit a slice of their annual funding for failing to tackle the A&E crisis and to maintain acceptable hygiene standards, it was learned yesterday.

Tue, 05 Dec, 2006

HSE has no plans to increase number of hospital beds

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has no plans to increase bed numbers despite lack of capacity being responsible for the bulk of the 22,000 operations postponed last year.

Thu, 31 Aug, 2006

Psychiatric assessment delay is cruel, warns expert

IT is cruel, unnecessary and a waste of enormous talent to force young people with mental health problems to wait up to three years for a psychiatric assessment, a conference heard last night.

Wed, 21 Jun, 2006

HSE 'working to improve care' at illegal centre for asylum seekers

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has said it is working with an illegal residential centre for young asylum seekers to improve its standard of care.

Wed, 07 Jun, 2006

Waiting lists force many to pay €150 for STI tests

TENS of thousands of people are being forced to spend up to €150 on tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) due to waiting lists of up to eight weeks at many public hospital clinics or due to inconvenient opening hours.

Thu, 08 Dec, 2005

HSE publishes guidelines to prevent spread of MRSA

The Health Service Executive has published guidelines aimed at controlling the spread of so-called "superbugs" like MRSA in Irish hospitals.

Mon, 19 Sep, 2005

Hospital stops post mortems for safety reasons

PATHOLOGISTS have stopped doing post mortems at Nenagh General Hospital citing health and safety reasons.

Tue, 16 Aug, 2005

GPs to boycott doctor-only medical cards

GPS HAVE no grounds to boycott the 200,000 doctor-only cards which are due to come on stream next month, according to Tánaiste Mary Harney.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2005

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