The planned opening of a €2m, high-observation psychiatric unit — which has remained closed since last December, due to staff shortages — has again been postponed, a nurses’ union has claimed.

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Emergency beds are being “under-utilised” at some of Cork’s mental health units and community services must be modernised, according to the HSE.

A 10-year wait for the reinstatement of a helipad at one of the biggest hospitals in the country should be concluded by no later than early 2015.

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Diabetic children living in the South will no longer have to travel to Dublin for specialised treatment after the HSE South sanctioned the appointment of a diabetes nurse specialist at Cork University Hospital.

THE emergency department at one of Cork city’s busiest hospitals is to close next April as part of a major reconfiguration of the region’s health services.

CORK University Hospital’s (CUH) emergency department was swamped with a massive 4,411 patients last month — the highest rate ever recorded at the under-pressure facility.

WORKERS at one of the country’s biggest smoke-free hospitals are under fire for smoking in nearby residential estates.

The Northern Ireland Policing Board tonight appointed Trevor Reaney as its new chief executive.