# health-care - Friday 13 September, 2019
# State Of The Race
# State Of The Race
It was a debate with few shocks and, when the dust settled, the three frontrunnners had solidified their positions, writes Larry Donnelly.
# health-care - Wednesday 5 June, 2019
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
Siptu said the strike was part of a dispute regarding “the failure to implement pay increases arising from an agreed job evaluation scheme”.
# health-care - Monday 22 April, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
‘Was I traumatised? I don’t know – back then you just had to get on with it,’ writes Ava Stapleton.
# health-care - Friday 28 December, 2018
# SIPTU
# SIPTU
Siptu says staff are due an increase in pay following a job evaluation process.
# health-care - Thursday 28 December, 2017
# Health Care
# Health Care
Some 12,000 Section 39 workers receive dual salary funding between the HSE and voluntary contributions.
# health-care - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
# Dublin
# Dublin
It is asking parents to think about all their care and treatment options before attending the ED.
# health-care - Tuesday 16 May, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
The new Miss USA is under fire for her controversial comments about health care.
# health-care - Sunday 16 April, 2017
# Read Me
# Read Me
It is unacceptable to only have access to medical experts and services within regular business hours, writes Sandra Quinn.
# health-care - Thursday 10 November, 2016
# Apology
# Apology
Minister for Health Simon Harris said that the rescinded memo was “utterly offensive and unacceptable”.
# health-care - Wednesday 9 November, 2016
# HSE
# HSE
Minister for Health Simon Harris said that the rescinded memo was “utterly offensive and unacceptable”.
# health-care - Saturday 25 July, 2015
# On The Up
# On The Up
Ireland’s second largest health insurer Laya Healthcare is hiking up its prices for some of its policies.
# health-care - Tuesday 10 February, 2015
# No Country For Old Men
# No Country For Old Men
A lack of doctors means the country’s rating for healthcare has plunged.
# health-care - Wednesday 26 November, 2014
# health-care - Friday 17 October, 2014
# West Africa
# West Africa
Sierra Leone is a very friendly, sociable place but that is changing. People are avoiding church and the mosque, and shops have chlorine buckets outside for people to wash their hands before they enter.
# health-care - Monday 6 October, 2014
# Care
# Care
Palliative care is not just about pain relief for older people during their final days – it’s about quality of life for your loved one.
# health-care - Saturday 4 October, 2014
# Fluoride
# Fluoride
Scare tactics and misinformation should have no place in deciding public health policy.
# health-care - Friday 3 October, 2014
# Health Care
# Health Care
I have a significant physical disability; my experience over the past seven months proves that medical card fiasco rumbles on.
# health-care - Tuesday 19 August, 2014
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Minister for Health turned down an offer to observe a 12-hour shift in an Emergency Department.
# health-care - Monday 18 August, 2014
# Game Changer?
# Game Changer?
The plan will give people the ability to upgrade their hospital care at the time of need.
# health-care - Tuesday 12 August, 2014
# Diaspora
# Diaspora
It follows a hospital recruitment drive targeting specifically Irish nurses.
# Your Say
# Your Say
The suggestion has been raised in Northern Ireland that charges should be introduced to deter abuse of the system.
# health-care - Monday 11 August, 2014
# NCHDs
# NCHDs
Students on the Graduate Entry Programme are required to pay full fees of up to €16,000 per year.
# health-care - Wednesday 23 April, 2014
# Care
# Care
The structure of one ward was described as “not suitable for residents”.
# health-care - Tuesday 1 April, 2014
# Want Answers
# Want Answers
The Health Minister was questioned on a range of health care topic in the Dáil today.
# health-care - Tuesday 10 December, 2013
# Health Care
# Health Care
A number of staff have been suspended at the facility following allegations of abuse.
# health-care - Wednesday 23 October, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
Good citizenship in conjunction with some collaborative working between communities and government could build better and healthier communities, writes Anne-Maree Quinn.
# health-care - Thursday 16 May, 2013
# Digital Healthcare
# Digital Healthcare
Tablet devices for nurses and electronic medical records – just some of the ideas showcased at a digital healthcare gathering in Dublin yesterday.
# health-care - Thursday 2 May, 2013
# Uncomfortably Numb
From The Daily Edge
# Uncomfortably Numb
He would have got away with it too, if it wasn’t for those pesky… er… cops.
# health-care - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
# Ageing
# Ageing
Older people are more likely to spend more nights in hospital and to visit the GP, a TILDA study found.
# health-care - Saturday 15 December, 2012
# Birth Control
# Birth Control
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines allege the Reproductive Health Bill promotes pre-marital sex and threatens the “moral fibre” of the country.
# health-care - Sunday 25 November, 2012
# Read Me
# Read Me
Paul McMaster, a surgeon experienced in working in war zones, says Syria was a “more oppressive type of danger”.
# health-care - Friday 14 September, 2012
# Fitness
# Fitness
A former White House fitness expert is asking that very question, as he believes mobile fitness units could “change the face of health care”.
# health-care - Thursday 13 September, 2012
# Privacy
# Privacy
HIQA issues document for health and social care workers to try to prevent privacy of patient data being breached.
# health-care - Monday 27 August, 2012
# Alzheimer's Disease
# Alzheimer's Disease
A lack of clear legal and financial arrangements for those caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease increasing stress and puts a strain on family relationships, a new survey indicates.
# health-care - Sunday 15 April, 2012
# Stroke
# Stroke
New statistics have highlighted the risk of stroke amongst women in Ireland, showing that stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer.
# health-care - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
New figures from the Health Insurance Authority show that 47 per cent of the population are covered by inpatient health insurance.
# health-care - Wednesday 30 November, 2011
# Quality Of Life
# Quality Of Life
For all Ireland’s economic woes, our capital still beats Paris, London, Tokyo and Boston in terms of quality of life… while Baghdad, unsurprisingly, comes last.
# health-care - Tuesday 12 July, 2011
# Roscommon
# Roscommon
The government has been accused of misleading the public – and the HSE has admitted that HIQA inspectors never visited Roscommon Hospital before compiling their reports.
# health-care - Tuesday 7 June, 2011
# Wikileaks
# Wikileaks
Visiting US diplomats were advised to be patient in the case of a medical emergency, because A&E wards are so overcrowded.
# health-care - Thursday 14 April, 2011
# VHI
# VHI
VHI has released it annual report – showing that its losses narrowed by a massive €3.16 million in 2010.
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