Boy settles legal action with HSE over alleged arm injury at birth for €905,000
Court heard baby suffered injury due to shoulder dystocia, resulting in left Erb’s palsy
Health Service Executive (HSE)
Concerns raised about ability to reduce spinal waiting lists due to increasing demand
Recent taskforce meeting spoke about ‘no improvement from the start of the year’
Limerick hospital expansion at risk over chief executive pay row
Tensions between St John’s Hospital board and HSE have increased in recent months
‘We expect nothing other than full compliance’: Inside the row over a hospital boss’s pay
Accusations of ‘unreasonable and unwarranted conduct’ – and risk to patients – amid pay scale dispute
Maynooth University officially launches new school of nursing
Nursing school currently has 27 undergraduates, with number of students due to rise to 100 within four years
Increasing number of younger women diagnosed with breast cancer, committee told
Demand for cancer services on rise due to ageing population and growing complexity of treatment
Woman flagged for sepsis but not given medication in time died of respiratory failure
Leona Cusack (33) only received ‘narrow’ spectrum of antibiotics in ‘breach’ of HSE protocols, inquest hears
Woman claims she was forced to give up child for adoption while in mother and baby home
‘Very vulnerable individual’, who is now a pensioner, settles case in High Court
Loss of up to €7m on medical devices a ‘defining collapse’ in HSE governance, says chief
‘People failed at their jobs’ after authorising payments without checking goods had been received, Bernard Gloster said
Man who claimed he developed autism due to care at birth settles court action for €1.5m
Brian Naughton (19), who has an intellectual disability and is non-verbal, sued HSE through his mother
HSE could face ‘an overall loss’ of between €5m-€7m from dealing with one supplier
Public Accounts Committee to be told there is no hope of recovering losses
HSE spends tens of thousands each year to bury those without family, figures show
Services deal with cases of homeless individuals who die in acute hospitals
One day we will have redress schemes for the children failed by Ireland’s care system
We must stop outsourcing the care of vulnerable young people
‘My children would be alive if I knew about my wife’s illness’
Bereaved call for changes to mental health patient confidentiality following killings
HSE warns Limerick hospital of ‘significant risk’ if chief executive pay not reduced
Emer Martin and board of St John’s Hospital warned breach of public pay scale could have repercussions for pensions
Minister writes to HSE expressing ‘deep concern’ at emergency care in some hospitals
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill warns of ‘heightened risk to patients’ if underlying issues not tackled
CHI board concerned three years ago over insourcing in hospitals
HSE chiefs to update Oireachtas committee on use of private companies which used public-service personnel and facilities after hours to reduce waiting lists
Breastfeeding rates on the rise in Ireland
More than 65 per cent of babies were breastfed during their first feed after birth in 2024
Hiqa report highlights how healthcare impasse in midwest can be linked to one decision
Current situation can be tied back to the closure of three smaller EDs in 2009
Hospital secures orders allowing it administer chemotherapy to woman with advanced cancer
Woman faces fatal outcome unless she gets treatment, High Court told
The lucrative lobbying careers forged by Lucinda Creighton, Phil Hogan and Dara Murphy in Brussels
The former politicians work as lobbyists and consultants to banking, pharma and tech firms
‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic
‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic
Nurse censured over ‘historic practice’ of pinching resident’s nose to aid swallowing
Allegations noted that medic acted aggressively and inappropriately towards two residents in care home
Chickenpox vaccine: who can get it, when and why?
Hospitalised cases of the virus rose to 165 in 2023, more than twice the level of the previous year
What will the HSE’s takeover of Children’s Health Ireland mean for patients?
Paediatric healthcare provider has faced a litany of controversies
Children’s Health Ireland to be folded into HSE
Move follows months of controversy, notably relating to orthopaedic and spinal services
Consultant working in a public hospital received €963,000 in a year
New report shows one individual working in a public hospital received €963,000 in payments in the same year
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higher
Resignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level pay
CHI investigates reports of surgeons contacting parents to review children they operated on
One mother recalled sense of shock after surgeon said he wanted to review his own work
Minister for Health briefed on Drogheda hospital concern weeks before patients
Patients advised of file reviews 11 weeks after HSE raised it with department, Labour’s Ged Nash says
Flu vaccine uptake among health workers in 2024 lowest in seven years
More than 23,000 cases of influenza notified to health officials between October and end of February
Depression and thyroid disease main health issues among Ukrainian refugees
Conditions stem in part from after-effects of 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and ongoing Russian invasion
New financial safeguards planned for national maternity hospital project
Government seeks to implement lessons learned from national children’s hospital construction
Taoiseach’s exchange with exhausted mother a fraught moment but not a gotcha
Frustrated mother of a sick child has passionate but respectful encounter with Taoiseach
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