# healthcare - Wednesday 8 December, 2021
# Healthcare
An independent chair to lead a review into abortion laws has not yet been named. The terms of reference for the review have been criticised for being too narrow. The minister said today there has been a "significant reduction" in people travelling to the UK for terminations.
# healthcare - Monday 1 November, 2021
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
We want to get a sense of the difficulties staff are facing as hospitals fill up. Tell us your story.
# healthcare - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Labour leader Alan Kelly said that most people would forgo “modest tax changes” to ensure children could receive treatment.
# healthcare - Sunday 3 October, 2021
# Health Service
# Health Service
The healthcare initiative has suffered several resignations in recent weeks.
# healthcare - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The council is discussing the state of the project with the Health Minister Stephen Donnelly.
# healthcare - Thursday 9 September, 2021
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Laura Magahy and Dr Tom Keane have stepped down from their roles.
# healthcare - Wednesday 1 September, 2021
# Maternity Care
# Maternity Care
Campaigners have criticised differing guidance for private rooms and those with multiple beds.
# healthcare - Sunday 29 August, 2021
# Under Pressure
Large numbers of emergency calls in Dublin in recent days have put pressure on the ambulance service, writes Garreth MacNamee. Paramedics are having to be diverted from other parts of the country under a system which has been widely criticised.
# healthcare - Wednesday 25 August, 2021
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The RCSI survey found that one in five said their general health declined during this time.
# healthcare - Wednesday 18 August, 2021
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Nursing home providers are “frustrated” as they wait for progress on recommendations made by an expert panel last year.
# healthcare - Saturday 14 August, 2021
# Bettermaternitycare
# Bettermaternitycare
Linda Kelly says a clear roadmap for maternity services that includes partners needs to be introduced.
# healthcare - Thursday 10 June, 2021
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The number of Irish residents having an abortion in the UK has dropped signficantly since the repeal of the eighth amendment.
# healthcare - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Covid19
# Covid19
People who are symptomatic are being advised to go to any community testing centre.
# healthcare - Monday 17 May, 2021
# Impact
Delays in laboratories mean it is taking hours for patient blood work to come back. Healthcare workers are asking patients who have to attend EDs to bring as much information with them as possible.
# healthcare - Friday 14 May, 2021
# HSE
# HSE
An IT shutdown has had an impact on wider operations today.
# healthcare - Tuesday 20 April, 2021
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
Teni has welcomed the fact that a consultant psychiatrist and a paediatric endocrinologist are being hired.
# healthcare - Wednesday 31 March, 2021
# 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.
# healthcare - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
An all-island milk bank, children’s heart care, and cancer treatments has brought benefits – but research is needed for further health collaborations.
# healthcare - 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.
# healthcare - Friday 26 February, 2021
# HSE
# HSE
The IHCA said today that the HSE’s national service plan is welcome but “does not match the scale of the problem”.
# healthcare - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Researchers looked at how coronavirus behaves on three fabrics commonly used in the healthcare industry.
# healthcare - Thursday 11 February, 2021
# Crumlin
# Crumlin
The Transgender Equality Network of Ireland said the situation is “very concerning” and will impact up to 100 people.
# healthcare - Friday 5 February, 2021
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Senators Catherine Ardagh and Fiona O’Loughlin are calling on the Government to make good on a promise fund IVF.
# healthcare - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Covid19
# Covid19
The HSE gave an update on the vaccination programme this afternoon.
# healthcare - Monday 4 January, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Covid-19 testing criteria for close contacts changed last week.
# healthcare - Friday 1 January, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Our GP outlines the spike in Covid cases and says he agrees with NPHET’s decision not to automatically test close contacts of confirmed cases.
# healthcare - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Dublin-based GP Mark Murphy looks at the impact private insurance has had on our the whole system and asks if it is a help or a hindrance.
# healthcare - Saturday 5 December, 2020
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Chloe Slevin shares her disgust at the recent decision by Government to vote down a motion to pay student nurses and midwives.
# healthcare - Wednesday 2 December, 2020
# Health
# Health
The National Trans Healthcare Steering Committee has raised concerns about the status of the report.
# healthcare - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Dublin-based GP Mark Murphy illustrates where the failings are in how we fund our healthcare system.
# healthcare - Saturday 14 November, 2020
# Consultants Shortage
# Consultants Shortage
The Irish Medical Council said that it hoped recent changes in law would prompt more doctors to stay in Ireland to pursue specialist training here.
# healthcare - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The INMO will appear at the Dáil’s health committee today.
# healthcare - Sunday 18 October, 2020
# Health
# Health
For years, cross-border healthcare has been slowly and tentatively developing. Now Brexit poses a threat.
# healthcare - Tuesday 13 October, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Healthcare workers have since the beginning of the pandemic been disproportionately affected by the crisis.
# healthcare - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
Doctors treating patients with the disease have said the severity of the illness for those admitted to hospital has not changed.
# healthcare - Friday 12 June, 2020
# Essential Workers
# Essential Workers
A new paper calls on policymakers to ‘transform’ precarious and low-paid jobs.
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The INMO wants Covid-19 to be classed as a personal injury under health and safety legislation.
# healthcare - Saturday 30 May, 2020
# Cystic Fibrosis
# Cystic Fibrosis
A patient with cystic fibrosis, for whom nutrition is key to health, shares her hospital food experience.
# healthcare - Monday 25 May, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Dr Ciarán Ó Riain says the current system is necessary if we are to maintain healthcare for all and protect patients in any future infection waves.
# healthcare - Thursday 7 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Dr Gabrielle Colleran of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association says healthcare will have to take on a very different shape in the coming months.
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