Patients waiting more than six months for one of 10 common procedures will be offered treatment by the end of the year, according to the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF).

Getting irreversible weight-loss surgery has dramatically improved Suzanne Harrington’s quality of life.

A coroner reissued recommendations made at a previous inquest that ‘mirrored’ the case of a man who died following surgery to remove a lump from his neck.

Salary and the prestige attached to the job are greater attractions for male medical students considering a career in surgery than for women, whose choices are significantly more influenced by part-time work, parental leave and working hours.

"What struck me were the chants that I heard (from the picket lines) proclaiming the need for safe staffing, while the key staff essential for running the services in the building behind them are outside on the picket line," said Minister Harris.

A fundraiser to help a three-year-old boy undergo a life-changing medical procedure in the US has raised over €13,000 in under three weeks.

Patients prepping for major heart surgery at Cork University Hospital are to be involved in a pre-operative “work-up”.

The surgeon who removed a life-threatening brain tumour from Irish teen Aaron McMahon says he can look forward to “life as usual” and may leave hospital by the weekend.

RTÉ sports commentator Marty Morrissey has rowed in behind the campaign to raise funds for a 10-year-old Clare girl’s urgent neurosurgical procedure for which she must travel to Spain.

All of Cork is rooting for 18-year-old Aaron McMahon whose major operation on his rare brain tumour takes place tomorrow in Pittsburgh in the US.

A Limerick teen who was left unable to walk for long periods due to her scoliosis is set to compete in a half-marathon.

The HSE can recoup the cost of bariatric surgery within two years and then go on to save millions on medication costs, according to obesity experts.

Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez is hoping to be in the dugout at the weekend after undergoing surgery during the international break.

Over 200 patients had the wrong body part operated on in Irish hospitals in the last five years.

Tilara Costa Holmes is a six-year-old in search of a ‘miracle’. But to give her a shot at the miraculous, considerable funds must be raised.

Delayed diagnoses, faulty medical devices, missed medication, wrong medical records applied to patients — all feature among the incidents in our hospitals that led to the State paying out €177m in damages between 2010 and 2014.

Medicine, maternity, surgery, disability, and older persons were the most common services in our hospitals in which clinical incidents were identified in a five-year look-back by the State Claims Agency.

A new hi-tech 3D service in Cork to analyse the walking patterns of children with complex disabilities will help some avoid painful surgery, including having bones broken and re-set.

“I hope and pray this will be the first step in getting Megan’s life back to normal again after years of pain and agony.”

A Limerick girl who has waited nearly two years for surgery to correct her twisted spine is finally due to have her operation tomorrow morning, writes David Raleigh.

As part of measures to deal with overcrowding non-urgent operations are postponed to allow hospitals provide beds for patients coming in through emergency departments.

Siobhán Browne was an outgoing child, happy spinning about in her motorised wheelchair, shooting the breeze with neighbours and friends.

A punch thrown by a “big powerful rugby player” had such force that the brain of his victim bounced from side to side inside the skull and only surgery at University Hospital Cork saved his life, a court heard, writes Jimmy Woulfe.

A 24-year-old woman died of complications arising from a hairball that extended more than 25cm from her stomach into her intestines, an inquest heard.

A judge who ordered surgery to remove a brain tumour could be carried out on a woman against her wishes was yesterday presented with a box of chocolates by the woman.

Every day patients increasingly undergo laparoscopic general surgery such as to remove the gall bladder, the appendix or to repair hernias in the abdominal wall.

The Health Minister Simon Harris has said the HSE has halved the number of people on long-term waiting lists.

Thirty-one non-urgent surgeries were cancelled in two hospitals yesterday as a direct result of emergency department overcrowding