# 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.
# health - Monday 26 October, 2020
# Silent Treatment
# Silent Treatment
One mother, who has seen her daughter suffer, feels the Government and HSE are badly failing people with eating disorders.
# health - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The INMO will appear at the Dáil’s health committee today.
# health - Sunday 18 October, 2020
# Health
# Health
For years, cross-border healthcare has been slowly and tentatively developing. Now Brexit poses a threat.
# health - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# Supplies
# Supplies
Pharmacists have said the uncertainty about deliveries and cancellation of appointments may undermine the vaccination programme.
# health - Wednesday 14 October, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
It follows a decision by the Stormont Executive to close schools for two weeks.
# Covid19
# Covid19
Dr Mary Favier said the health service here faces a greater challenge due to resourcing deficiencies.
# health - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Dignity 4 Patients
# Dignity 4 Patients
Dignity 4 Patients raised “grave concerns” ahead of the publications of its annual report tomorrow.
# health - Saturday 10 October, 2020
# Running
# Running
Author of The Cow Book, John Connell shares his experience of one long and glorious run he had through a forest in Longford, in an extract from his new book.
# HSE
# HSE
Out of 110,000 invitations, only 12,000 have come forward, according to CervicalCheck director.
# health - Friday 9 October, 2020
# Budget 2021
# Budget 2021
Sinn Féin said it would aim to spend €18.28 billion in total, €6.28 billion more than the government’s target.
# health - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Health
# Health
The Taoiseach said the lockdown did impact on the non-Covid illness.
# health - Tuesday 6 October, 2020
# National Cancer Registry
# National Cancer Registry
That’s according to a new report published by the National Cancer Registry.
# Health
# Health
The report author said Ireland’s HCE should not be “interpreted as a measure of hospital service expenditure”.
# health - Sunday 4 October, 2020
# Selling Our Genes
# Selling Our Genes
Hospitals and universities across Ireland are collaborating with Genuity Science due to, experts say, lack of a public project or strategy.
# Selling Our Genes
# Selling Our Genes
Expert familiar with such agreements cited issues with data access, exclusivity and intellectual property.
# Noteworthy.ie
# Noteworthy.ie
Ireland still has a chance to take control of genomics research – if it follows this advice.
# health - Thursday 1 October, 2020
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
SJOG currently provides intellectual disability and mental health services to over 8,000 people.
# health - Monday 28 September, 2020
# Vaccination
# Vaccination
“The flu vaccine is one of the safest vaccines we have, it’s one of the oldest vaccines we have,” a GP said.
# health - Saturday 26 September, 2020
# Health
# Health
Eunan McKinney of Alcohol Action Ireland says public health demands the commencement of minimum unit pricing must proceed.
# health - Friday 25 September, 2020
# Lockdown
# Lockdown
What can Ireland learn from other countries as we enter the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic?
# health - Wednesday 23 September, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The latest figures were confirmed by the Department of Health this evening.
# health - Tuesday 22 September, 2020
# Report
# Report
The findings were outlined in the EU’s drugs agency’s annual report today.
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