# health-service - Saturday 13 February, 2021
# HSE
# HSE
People aged 85 and over will begin receiving a Covid-19 vaccine from Monday.
# health-service - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Covid19
# Covid19
The HSE gave an update on the vaccination programme this afternoon.
# health-service - Saturday 9 January, 2021
# Covid Crisis
# Covid Crisis
Unions and healthcare workers on the ground have said the situation is at breaking point.
# health-service - Friday 8 January, 2021
# Third Wave
# Third Wave
The INMO is also calling on the HSE to improve daily communications with staff.
# health-service - Tuesday 13 October, 2020
# Budget 2021
# Budget 2021
The funding allows for hundreds of new beds.
# health-service - Thursday 8 October, 2020
# Health Service
# Health Service
Public service workers that were transferred to help with contact tracing will only return to their roles when the recruitment drive is complete.
# health-service - Friday 19 June, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
New figures show the health service spent more than €1 million on advertising in the first two months of the crisis.
# health-service - Sunday 17 May, 2020
# Private Patients
# Private Patients
The government created a single-tier health service at the beginning of the crisis, but criticism of the contracts is ramping up.
# health-service - Friday 20 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Dr Catherine Motherway of University Hospital Limerick said the Irish health system may struggle if Covid-19 is not contained.
# health-service - Tuesday 4 February, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
There were over 1,000 incidents reported last year where a member of staff had been assaulted.
# health-service - Monday 3 February, 2020
# Health Service
# Health Service
The majority of healthcare staff attacked were nurses.
# health-service - Sunday 26 January, 2020
# Procurement
# Procurement
The five-year tender for a dynamic purchasing system will ensure good quality medicines are available on a timely basis, the HSE said.
# health-service - Wednesday 8 January, 2020
# Health Service
# Health Service
The INMO has said that “it’s not hard to join the dots” between delays in staffing and the current trolley crisis.
# health-service - Monday 6 January, 2020
# Health Service
# Health Service
There were 92 patients waiting for a bed at University Hospital Limerick, alone.
# health-service - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# Health Service
# Health Service
In total, it has €17.4 billion – a 6.3% increase in funding compared to 2019.
# health-service - Tuesday 10 December, 2019
# Ge 2020
# Ge 2020
Opposition members are understood to be considering tabling a motion of no confidence against the health minister in the new year.
# health-service - Monday 2 December, 2019
# IMO
# IMO
The Irish Medical Organisation warned of the potential for an “escalating campaign of industrial action”.
# health-service - Friday 4 October, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Carers bear a huge burden but are not being looked after.
# health-service - Tuesday 1 October, 2019
# Trolley Numbers
# Trolley Numbers
There were 10,641 patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals last month.
# health-service - Thursday 18 July, 2019
# No End In Sight
# No End In Sight
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has warned that “patients are being put at extreme risk” over the ongoing freeze.
# health-service - Thursday 11 July, 2019
# Mental Health Services
# Mental Health Services
As of 7am this morning, psychiatric nurses have not been carrying out work beyond their contracted hours.
# health-service - Monday 1 July, 2019
# Payouts
# Payouts
Payouts have totalled €108 million for the first five months of 2019.
# health-service - Wednesday 15 May, 2019
# The Health Service
# The Health Service
Harris said he believed the HSE was putting “sensible” controls in place.
# health-service - Saturday 22 December, 2018
# Under Pressure
# Under Pressure
The figures were released to Fianna Fáil’s Stephen Donnelly who called them “appalling and unacceptable”.
# health-service - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
# Work Permits
# Work Permits
Up to 35 nurses could be affected.
# health-service - Wednesday 3 October, 2018
# Health Reform
# Health Reform
Sláintecare is the cross-party plan to overhaul the Irish health service over ten years.
# health-service - Sunday 15 July, 2018
# Hse Overspend
# Hse Overspend
The Taoiseach said the government will be looking with ‘laser-like detail’ at how to get value for money in the health service.
# health-service - Thursday 12 July, 2018
# Sláintecare
# Sláintecare
Laura Magahy has led some other major Irish projects over the years.
# health-service - Thursday 14 June, 2018
# Since Records Began
# Since Records Began
More than half a million people are on outpatient waiting lists however the number of inpatients waiting has fallen slightly.
# health-service - Wednesday 9 May, 2018
# Strasbourg
# Strasbourg
An autopsy revealed that the woman had suffered multiple organ failure.
# health-service - Sunday 6 May, 2018
# The Money Question
# The Money Question
Will taxpayers cover the cost of abortion under the public system?
# health-service - Friday 27 April, 2018
# Smear Test
# Smear Test
Health Minister Simon Harris said that a helpline would open from 9am tomorrow to answer women’s questions.
# health-service - Saturday 7 April, 2018
# Waiting Times
# Waiting Times
Peadar Gilligan made his inaugural address as president of the Irish Medical Organisation at the group’s AGM in Killarney this evening.
# health-service - Wednesday 7 February, 2018
# Abortion Referendum
# Abortion Referendum
Chief Executive Tony O’Brien said the HSE must stay neutral in referenda and elections.
# health-service - Sunday 4 February, 2018
# Cataracts
# Cataracts
About 35% of those seeking outpatient treatment have been waiting over 12 months.
# health-service - Friday 19 January, 2018
# Trolley Crisis
# Trolley Crisis
The HSE’s Service Plan for 2017 set a target that anyone aged 75 years and over entering an ED would be discharged or admitted within 24 hours.
# health-service - Monday 8 January, 2018
# Stark Warning
# Stark Warning
A senior doctor has warned that the system cannot deal with the day-to-day workload.
# health-service - Tuesday 2 January, 2018
# Health Of The Nation
# Health Of The Nation
Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs) were the subject of 3,984 complaints.
# health-service - Monday 11 December, 2017
# Patient Safety
# Patient Safety
The results of the first ever National Patient Experience Survey show that long waiting times continue to be a problem in Irish hospitals.
# health-service - Thursday 12 October, 2017
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
Susie Long created a national debate around the health service when she told Liveline she was going to die “because of hospital waiting lists”.
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