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Tuesday 24 November 2020
The funding allows for hundreds of new beds.
Public service workers that were transferred to help with contact tracing will only return to their roles when the recruitment drive is complete.
New figures show the health service spent more than €1 million on advertising in the first two months of the crisis.
The government created a single-tier health service at the beginning of the crisis, but criticism of the contracts is ramping up.
Dr Catherine Motherway of University Hospital Limerick said the Irish health system may struggle if Covid-19 is not contained.
There were over 1,000 incidents reported last year where a member of staff had been assaulted.
The majority of healthcare staff attacked were nurses.
The five-year tender for a dynamic purchasing system will ensure good quality medicines are available on a timely basis, the HSE said.
The INMO has said that “it’s not hard to join the dots” between delays in staffing and the current trolley crisis.
There were 92 patients waiting for a bed at University Hospital Limerick, alone.
In total, it has €17.4 billion – a 6.3% increase in funding compared to 2019.
Opposition members are understood to be considering tabling a motion of no confidence against the health minister in the new year.
The Irish Medical Organisation warned of the potential for an “escalating campaign of industrial action”.
Carers bear a huge burden but are not being looked after.
There were 10,641 patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals last month.
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has warned that “patients are being put at extreme risk” over the ongoing freeze.
As of 7am this morning, psychiatric nurses have not been carrying out work beyond their contracted hours.
Payouts have totalled €108 million for the first five months of 2019.
Harris said he believed the HSE was putting “sensible” controls in place.
The figures were released to Fianna Fáil’s Stephen Donnelly who called them “appalling and unacceptable”.
Up to 35 nurses could be affected.
Sláintecare is the cross-party plan to overhaul the Irish health service over ten years.
The Taoiseach said the government will be looking with ‘laser-like detail’ at how to get value for money in the health service.
Laura Magahy has led some other major Irish projects over the years.
More than half a million people are on outpatient waiting lists however the number of inpatients waiting has fallen slightly.
An autopsy revealed that the woman had suffered multiple organ failure.
Will taxpayers cover the cost of abortion under the public system?
Health Minister Simon Harris said that a helpline would open from 9am tomorrow to answer women’s questions.
Peadar Gilligan made his inaugural address as president of the Irish Medical Organisation at the group’s AGM in Killarney this evening.
Chief Executive Tony O’Brien said the HSE must stay neutral in referenda and elections.
About 35% of those seeking outpatient treatment have been waiting over 12 months.
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.
A senior doctor has warned that the system cannot deal with the day-to-day workload.
Community Healthcare Organisations (CHOs) were the subject of 3,984 complaints.
The results of the first ever National Patient Experience Survey show that long waiting times continue to be a problem in Irish hospitals.
Susie Long created a national debate around the health service when she told Liveline she was going to die “because of hospital waiting lists”.
Simon Harris said hospital staff are now trained to be more “sepsis aware”.
The Liveline Effect: Brendan Howlin says families feel they have to go public with their tragic stories to see action.
The report on the Future of Healthcare is set to be published today.
There has been a steady, inexorable decline in Ireland’s health service over the past fifteen years, writes Dr Tom Clonan.
WELL, after over two months, tonight is the night. The Great British Bake Off 2020 final.
This has been a unique series, with the cast and crew forming a Covid-19 ‘bubble’ in a hotel for six weeks to record the episodes.
Tonight’s episode will see the three finalists battle it off in the tent before a winner is announced.
So, today we want to know… Will you watch the Great British Bake Off final tonight?
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