More than 1,500 children may have suffered some form of brain development problem or physical disability because their mother took a drug used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder during...
A €20m "ideas fund" has been launched to share among health and social care providers who can come up with workable proposals to treat more patients in the community rather than in hospital.
An improved system for informing patients when something goes wrong in their care will be finalised before the end of next month and rolled out throughout the year, the HSE has said.
So-called "anti-vaxxers" who spread wrong information about life-saving vaccines must be called out, Health Minister Simon Harris has insisted.
The risk of dementia is very high in people with Down syndrome, according to research from Trinity College.
The makers of the weedkiller Roundup have insisted the "science confirmed" that glyphosate-based herbicides do not cause cancer.
Inspirational HPV vaccine advocate Laura Brennan, who died surrounded by her loving family yesterday, made it her mission to spare other women from getting the disease.
Cervical cancer screening advocate Laura Brennan has passed away at the age of 26.
THE HSE said it has sped up the removal of the "share this" feature on its website following claims it left users at risk of being tracked by commercial companies.
The project director of the new National Children's Hospital, who oversaw its controversial escalation in construction costs to €1.4bn, is to resign.
The rate of sick days taken by HSE staff rose in December in the wake of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's controversial lecture on hospital workers' absenteeism and annual leave over the festive...
An outbreak of measles has been confirmed in Dublin, the HSE has warned.
A significant number of women are continuing to travel from the Republic to the UK for early abortions despite the service being available free here since January, the Irish Independent has...
Sweet-toothed children in Ireland are consuming two-and-a-half times more sugar every day than they should, a new report has warned.
The new chairman of the board overseeing the construction of the National Children's Hospital has cast doubt on there being any scope to cut costs on the project that has seen its price tag spiral to...
The HSE's "deeply flawed" policy on when to tell patients that mistakes have been made in their care is still in place - months after an investigation into the CervicalCheck scandal called for it to be urgently changed.
It's almost a year since the CervicalCheck scandal erupted after Vicky Phelan stood on the steps of the Four Courts and revealed the existence of internal audits by the national cervical screening service which were undisclosed to women with the disease.
John Pollock, who is to resign as project director of the new National Children's Hospital, had been given a four-year extension of his contract, it has emerged.
The deaths of four people in Ireland were directly caused by TB last year, new figures show.
A windfall of nearly €12m is to be shared among 19,706 former long-term HSE patients, nursing home residents and bereaved relatives.
Hundreds of patients, including children, had to endure a wait of at least nine hours before a bed could be found for them yesterday as the hospital trolley crisis surged, leading to serious levels of overcrowding.
Struggling hospitals now have 450 consultant jobs which are not filled on a permanent basis, figures reveal.
The external report examining the construction cost escalation for the new National Children's Hospital will be delayed, it emerged yesterday.
The backlog of women's slides sent for cervical screening remains high at 78,000, with test results not returned for up to 27 weeks, a spokeswoman for CervicalCheck has confirmed.
One of the country's main maternity hospitals has dropped restrictions and is now accepting women referred to it from outside its catchment area for medical abortion.
Sites for the three new hospitals which will solely treat public waiting list patients are to be selected this year under the Slaintecare plan for 2019.
The new chair of the board responsible for building the National Children’s Hospital today cast doubt on whether it will be possible to make any significant reduction in its massive €1.4bn construction cost.
Cancer patients are not getting diagnosed and treated as early as they should, the Oireachtas Health Committee will be told today.
The recently appointed chairman of the board overseeing the construction of the new €1.4bn national children's hospital will today describe how the project has the ability to be "transformational".
One-in-three hospital doctors working in the Irish health service is suffering from burnout, a new national survey has revealed.
The misery of a migraine can be so debilitating that sufferers struggle to speak, according to Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey, who is among the 700,000 Irish people living with the condition.
Ireland is a nation that continues to drink to excess, downing 11 litres of pure alcohol per person last year.
Nurses would face curbs on double-jobbing under a new contract put forward as part of a €35m deal to end strikes.
Cases of a deadly hospital superbug are escalating, despite a major drive to reduce infections on wards.
Around 30,000 patients will be removed from public hospital waiting lists this year without being treated.
People have been urged to follow a six-point plan to reduce their chances of developing dementia.
An ex-gratia scheme for women and families caught up in the CervicalCheck controversy is expected to be in place in a matter of weeks.
Uptake by teenage girls of the HPV vaccine, which helps protect against cervical cancer, has risen to 70pc, it emerged today.
Inspectors have found an improvement in care in most Dublin centres run by one of the leading providers of services for people with an intellectual disability.
Talks aimed at agreeing a new contract for 40,000 nurses in return for increased pay and allowances have stalled.
The hidden struggle of thousands of people with brain conditions who are suffering pain and financial hardship due to a lack of health services is revealed in a stark new survey today.
Up to 25,000 public patients who have been on a waiting list for surgery longer than six months will be offered the option to have free private treatment this year under a new plan to reduce hospital queues.
They may not have been caught red-handed, but their palms will likely remain orange for some time.
A drug that may be able to stop patients with the potentially deadly condition sepsis from suffering multiple organ failure is being developed by Irish researchers.
Only 4pc of people admit they trust the health and medical information they get on social media.
Expensive new blockbuster medicines being developed to treat cancer look set to put Ireland's spiralling drugs budget under even more intense pressure, the Oireachtas Health Committee was told yesterday.
Ongoing failures by Tusla to ensure the proper protection and safeguarding of all children in foster care have been highlighted by inspectors.
A large haul of nearly 100,000 anabolic steroids illegally imported into Ireland was seized last year.
Only one in three adults in Ireland now regards themselves as religious - with social media emerging as our new addiction, a national survey has revealed.
Mr Justice Aindrias Ó'Caoimh has been appointed to chair an independent assessment panel which will give ex-gratia payments to women and families caught up in the CervicalCheck controversy.
Patients in a hospital psychiatric unit had to eat their meals by their bedside because they could not access a new communal dining area, an inspector’s report has revealed.
The HSE is being urged to relaunch a scheme which would reward GPs who prescribe patients cheaper drugs with funding to develop their practices.
A cup of cocoa may help curb the fatigue that is typically associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a new study.
Top-level plans are being drawn up to try to avoid a risk to cancer patients in Irish hospitals in the event of a no-deal Brexit, which could cause a shortage of life-saving products vital to the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
The supply of medicines and healthcare products to Ireland is not included in the Government's Brexit Omnibus Bill to prepare Ireland for a no-deal withdrawal by the UK.
Irish Coast Guard helicopters will not be able to land on the elevated helipad at the new national children's hospital.
THE Army has been called on to provide ambulance services on 12 occasions so far during the two-day strike by 500 paramedics.
A private "for profit" company funded by Tusla to provide foster care to 15 children was found to have major failings in meeting proper standards for safeguarding and protection of the youngsters.
At least 21 cases of measles have been notified to the HSE since the beginning of 2019; seven cases are confirmed and the remainder are under investigation.
Just one-third of medicines for rare diseases licensed for patients in Europe are available in Ireland, it has been claimed.
Major voluntary hospitals and disability organisations which have a Catholic ethos and receive around €3.3bn in funding from the State annually need to be mindful that not all those who use their services are religious, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said yesterday.
Married same-sex couples who need a passport for their donor-conceived child are having to declare one is a lone parent because the law has not caught up with marriage equality, the Oireachtas health committee was told yesterday.
Tusla was "unnecessarily convulsed" by revelations it was at the centre of false allegations of child abuse against Sgt Maurice McCabe - but it may have been too defensive, the watchdog's new chairman Pat Rabbitte said yesterday.
Patients face disruption as up to 500 ambulance staff begin a two-day strike today as part of their long-running dispute for union recognition.
Almost one in ten 15-17 year olds have bought a lottery ticket or scratch card in the last year even though they are underage, a new gambling survey has revealed.
Around 500 ambulance staff are to stage a two day strike- tomorrow and Friday – as part of their long running dispute for union recognition.
The chance of cure for patients who are diagnosed with different forms of cancer in Ireland ranges from 5pc to 40-45pc, according to a new report.
The challenge of recruiting and retaining social workers to manage the protection and welfare of vulnerable children is to be highlighted today by Pat Rabbitte, the new chairman of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
Same-sex couples who have donor-conceived children are living in a legal limbo because both are not recognised as parents, an advocacy group has warned.
A massive 70 patients were on trolleys waiting for a bed in the country’s most overcrowded hospital this morning.
Ireland has the worst hospital waiting lists in Europe, according to a damning new index.
Three hospital consultants earned an average of almost €500,000 each last year, new figures reveal.
Medical cannabis is now being legally prescribed for 16 patients in Ireland, it has emerged.
Almost 45pc of hospitals are missing the two-week time target to assess women with potentially urgent symptoms of breast cancer.
The escalating cost of the new National Children's Hospital was not revealed in official documents supplied to Fianna Fáil during Confidence and Supply talks - even after the €1.4bn construction price was confirmed.
Patients from the Republic will still be able to get reimbursed hospital care in Northern Ireland and Britain after Brexit.
Four more people have died from flu this winter bringing the death toll to 38.
The failure to include anyone with a medical background on the new board of the HSE was described as "astonishing" at the Oireachtas health committee.
The revamped HSE will aim for more accountability according to proposed legislation to come before the Oireachtas health committee today.
Women caught up in the CervicalCheck scandal are having to pay up to €2,500 to have their slides independently assessed to determine if they were originally misread due to negligence, the Dáil has heard.
The operational cost of 380 single inpatient rooms in the new national children's hospital will be more expensive than wards currently in existence.
An orthopaedic surgeon in one of the hospitals worst hit by the trolley crisis has said his surgeries have been cut due to a lack of beds.
A GP whose surgery entrance was daubed with anti-abortion graffiti is "totally against abortion", his family claimed yesterday.
An increase in pay for construction workers could be among the drivers that will push the construction cost of the new National Children's Hospital beyond €1.4bn.
A rare form of deadly meningitis is on the rise in Ireland following a pattern seen in other countries, disease specialists have revealed.
Just half of HSE staff say they look forward to going to work - and only slightly more than six in 10 are happy with their job.
Hospital waiting lists are on the rise again with a record 523,225 public patients - more than one in 10 of the population - now in the queue to see a specialist.
The 4,300 women who are being offered retests by CervicalCheck arising out of revelations on HPV screening in one of its labs will get their results in four weeks.
The bill for the new central mental hospital - the construction of which is under way in north Co Dublin - is currently in line with its projected cost of €140m.
Hospital waiting lists are on the rise again with a record 523,225 public patients now in the queue to see a specialist.
Army paramedics will be drafted in today as 500 ambulance staff strike in the ongoing row over the right to trade union representation.
Around 5,000 nurses will lose out on wage rises under the new €35m-a-year pay deal, it has been confirmed.
GAA coaches and referees have been called on to enforce rules preventing hurling helmets being altered after a player ended up needing medical treatment.
Four more people have died from the flu bringing the death toll from the virus to 34 this winter.
Around 500 ambulance staff will strike from tomorrow morning in the ongoing row over the right to trade union representation.
The introduction of HPV testing to improve the detection of abnormalities in cervical smears will be delayed and may not happen this year, it emerged yesterday.
Recurring staff shortages cannot be used as an ongoing excuse by Tusla for failing to deliver an efficient and safe service to children and families, a watchdog has warned.
IT would be "foolhardy" to say there is no hazard to some women who must wait over six months for cervical smear test results - but the "risk is low," a leading doctor said yesterday.
The move to HPV screening of cervical smears by CervicalCheck is delayed because of the need to reduce a backlog of 78,000 tests, it emerged today.
Many of the 50,000 patients whose hospital appointments were cancelled due to the nurses' strike are facing months of delay before being seen, it emerged yesterday.
The soaring number of waiting list and other public patients who are availing of the EU scheme to have treatment in Northern Ireland or another country has forced the HSE to draft in more staff to deal with the exodus.
There is concern at CervicalCheck about an ongoing backlog of 78,000 slides from women who had smear tests and delays of up to 27 weeks in giving them results.
Some people with an intellectual disability who were due to avail of respite care have now lost their place due to the nurses’ strike.
Outpatient clinics are to resume as normal today following the suspension of the nurses’ strike.
The strike by 40,000 nurses is over – but the price of the deal may be a flood of pay claims from other unions.
The National Children's Hospital's first suburban satellite centre in Blanchardstown will open as scheduled in July.
The relief at the suspension of three days of planned strike action by nurses was widely felt last night amid growing fears for patient safety.
The replacement of some outdated and "obsolete" hospital medical equipment, including expensive CT scanners and diagnostics machines, is expected to be delayed as part of the cost-cutting needed to find €50m this year for the new National Children's Hospital.
Nursing home residents in Ireland are prescribed far more antibiotics than most of their European counterparts, a new report has revealed.
A three-day national strike by 40,000 nurses - due to begin tomorrow - has been called off.
More than 40,000 patients who suffered a cancellation of surgery or outpatient appointment during the nurses' strike are facing lengthy delays before they are seen by specialists again.
The HSE is not undertaking any additional recruitment campaign to try to poach NHS staff who may want to leave the UK due to Brexit.
Talks to avert back-to-back strikes by nurses over three days next week have adjourned.
New safeguards are coming into place tomorrow to protect patients from fake medicines.
The Labour Court has made a bid to resolve the bitter nurses dispute this morning.
