# health - Saturday 22 May, 2021
# Fraud
# Fraud
Government ministers have met to review progress on Ireland’s response to the attack.
# health - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
# Oireachtas Commitee
# Oireachtas Commitee
The Oireachtas Health Committee will discuss the issue today.
# health - Saturday 15 May, 2021
# Cyber Attack
The Covid-19 vaccination programme continues as normal, but daily case numbers are not available Thousands more appointments could be cancelled next week A ransom has been sought but will not be paid
# health - Friday 14 May, 2021
# HSE
# HSE
An IT shutdown has had an impact on wider operations today.
# health - Thursday 13 May, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
The UK is set to ban ads for junk food online and before 9pm on TV.
# health - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Screening
# Screening
Consultant Gastroenterologist Professor Pádraic Mac Mathuna is calling on those aged 60-69 to register for bowel screening.
# health - Wednesday 21 April, 2021
# Prime Time
# Prime Time
The department launched a fact-finding review following an RTÉ Prime Time broadcast this year.
# health - Wednesday 7 April, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
An Oireachtas Committee is recommending that a campaign be launched to promote Vitamin D supplements.
# health - Tuesday 6 April, 2021
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Ella Arensman has been appointed Ireland’s first Professor of Public Mental Health .
# health - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# Source Investigation
# Source Investigation
For the 20% of cases categorised as community transmission, additional questions will be asked about their movements over the previous seven days.
# National Gender Service
# National Gender Service
On Transgender Day of Visibility, Teni CEO Éirénne Carroll talks to The Journal about access to healthcare in Ireland and worrying developments in the US.
# health - Tuesday 16 March, 2021
# Health
# Health
In Ireland, Moderna has made up a small proportion of the number of vaccines administered.
# Flu Season
# Flu Season
The flu vaccine was free for children in Ireland for the first time in 2020.
# health - Monday 15 March, 2021
# Health
# Health
Dr Rosie Mangan’s life changed after an accident in 2019. She says the postcode lottery system for neurology rehabilitation services must change.
# health - Friday 5 March, 2021
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The Irish healthcare system is failing transgender people and forcing them to go abroad for treatment, Noah Halpin has said.
# health - Saturday 20 February, 2021
# Health
# Health
Moving people with underlying conditions to a higher position on the vaccine priority list would be “fair and reasonable”, the Taoiseach has said.
# health - Tuesday 9 February, 2021
# End Of Life Care
# End Of Life Care
The scheme was approved by Cabinet today .
# health - Saturday 6 February, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
“So many lives could be made better, saved, elongated, if doctors knew what they were testing for.”
# health - Thursday 4 February, 2021
# World Cancer DAy
# World Cancer DAy
Dr Greg Korpanty of University Hospital Limerick on cancer treatment in Ireland during a pandemic.
# health - Thursday 28 January, 2021
# Rapid Tests
# Rapid Tests
The health minister said from this week, significant volumes of antigen tests are being deployed across healthcare settings.
# health - Monday 25 January, 2021
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
Optometrists have offered to help the Government with the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
# health - Saturday 23 January, 2021
# Funding Fertility
# Funding Fertility
The Government needs to take action and implement the model of care for infertility, writes Emma Mc Dade.
# health - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Covid Vaccine
# Covid Vaccine
As vaccinations continue, employers need to consider the rights of employees when looking at the health of their teams and any return to the workplace writes Jason O’Sullivan.
# Spring 2021
# Spring 2021
Affordable housing, scramblers, e-scooters and speedy trials – just some of the issues the government plan to tackle.
# health - Monday 4 January, 2021
# Covid19
# Covid19
New figures were revealed by health officials this evening.
# health - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
Ninety donors were involved in the process – 62 people who had died and 28 living donors.
# Trolleys
# Trolleys
The organisation said hospital overcrowding is “unacceptable at the best of times, but it is doubly so when dealing with a contagious virus”.
# Steering Committee
# Steering Committee
The long-awaited report has been published by the HSE after a number of delays.
# health - Monday 28 December, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Varadkar also indicated that Level 5 will last beyond 12 January.
# health - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Health officials confirmed the latest figures today.
# health - Friday 25 December, 2020
# Final Report
# Final Report
The minister has said survivors will be at the centre of the government’s approach after criticism of how it has handled the situation to date.
# health - Sunday 13 December, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Derek Cawley says the change in our work habits and bad home office setups have contributed greatly to an increase in back pain.
# health - Friday 11 December, 2020
# Influenza
# Influenza
Two deaths and 107 new cases of the illness were reported in the same week last year.
# health - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
The doctor is suspended from practising in the Republic of Ireland.
# health - Wednesday 2 December, 2020
# Health
# Health
The National Trans Health care Steering Committee has raised concerns about the status of the report.
# health - Monday 30 November, 2020
# IMO
# IMO
The IMO has expressed disappointment at “no meaningful engagement” from the Department of Health for five months.
# health - Wednesday 18 November, 2020
# 221 Plus Group
# 221 Plus Group
The 221+ group wrote to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly today.
# health - Monday 16 November, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
Deputy CMO Dr Ronan Glynn said he thinks the majority of people will decide “it’s simply not worth it”.
# health - Tuesday 3 November, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Amy Donohoe was diagnosed with Covid-19 last month and found that the experience brought with it an unwelcome sense of shame.
# health - Friday 30 October, 2020
# Health
# Health
Tracy Ward explains how burnout affects us – and what to do if we’re feeling it.
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