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# healthcare - Sunday 5 January, 2020
'Not realistic': Free GP care for under 13s questioned by medical group
Six and seven-year-olds would receive free care from this year under proposed legislation.
# healthcare - Friday 27 December, 2019
There's a 'significant' 11.8% increase in the number of people on trolleys this winter
“200 more people a day tend an Emergency Department now than when I became Minister for Health,” Harris claimed today.
# healthcare - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
‘Remarkable coincidence’ that two campaigners' smear results were mixed up, hearing told
Professor Kitchener said the findings of the RCog report “were striking” with “significant implications”, but “not unexpected”.
# healthcare - Thursday 28 November, 2019
Staff shortages restricting opening hours at children’s urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital
Opening hours at the centre in Dublin are currently 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
# healthcare - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
Some contractor claims for new children's hospital not under board's control, committee to hear
The fact some measures of the project remain uncosted is ‘laughable’ says Labour’s Alan Kelly.
# healthcare - Monday 25 November, 2019
Waiting for a ward and not informed: The problems patients faced in Irish hospitals
“I acknowledge where we are, I acknowledge we’ve a lot to do,” the new HSE CEO Paul Reid said.
# healthcare - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
'Devastating': Trans people on wrong waiting list for years after referrals were 'misplaced'
Over 100 people were affected by the HSE’s error.
# healthcare - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
Free contraception recommended for young women only, due to cost
Making contraception free for everyone could be “an ineffective use of scarce resources”, a report has found.
# healthcare - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
'I'm on call 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week': Family carers stage protest outside the Dáil
Several carers spoke today about the huge amount of work they do looking after loved ones.
# healthcare - Tuesday 8 October, 2019
Health changes: Drug payment scheme reduced and medical card threshold for over-70s increased
The total budget for the sector has been increased to €17.4 billion.
# healthcare - Tuesday 30 July, 2019
13-year-old boy with cerebral palsy awarded €15 million over injuries at birth
Arron O’Keeffe’s family said that this wasn’t “a lottery win” for him, and that the money will go towards caring for their son.
# healthcare - Monday 22 July, 2019
Home help care supports: How many people are waiting in your county?
A total of 6,819 people are waiting for funding for home help hours, but the HSE continues to deny any cuts to the service.
# healthcare - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
Harris says HSE can't continue in its current form and announces return of six regional healthcare areas
Harris described today’s announcement as the biggest restructuring of the HSE in 15 years .
# healthcare - Wednesday 26 June, 2019
Support staff strike: HSE says situation at hospitals 'challenging' as further talks planned
The issue centres on a dispute over pay increases.
# healthcare - Tuesday 25 June, 2019
Taoiseach says offer to phase in pay increase for striking health workers was made 'out of good will'
A strike by around 10,000 healthcare support workers is taking place tomorrow.
# healthcare - Wednesday 1 May, 2019
'Lives on hold': Recruitment freeze in HSE preventing workers from starting their new jobs
One healthcare worker said that she may have “nowhere to live” by the end of the month because she can’t yet take up her new job.
# healthcare - Monday 29 April, 2019
'Grave concerns' as president and council of national GP group resign
There had been “serious issues of internal governance” at the National Association of General Practitioners, a statement said.
# healthcare - Thursday 25 April, 2019
Opinion: 'There are consequences to paying for all the most expensive new drugs'
We need to radically improve waiting times for treatment rather than focus on buying all the most expensive drugs, writes Dr Anthony O’Connor.
# healthcare - Sunday 21 April, 2019
Ten out of 19 maternity units have abortion services in place
The HSE has said that “service demand remains within the predicted limits” in relation to abortion services.
# healthcare - Thursday 18 April, 2019
UHL doctors write open letter outlining challenges they face treating patients
The letter was signed off by five doctors and addressed to ‘the people of the Mid West’.
# healthcare - Sunday 14 April, 2019
Private cancer patients getting access to drugs that public patients can't get is 'incredibly unfair'
The Irish Cancer Society said that lifesaving medicines should be available to everyone who could benefit from them, not just people with private health insurance.
# healthcare - Saturday 6 April, 2019
Free GP care for under 12s as government agrees new contract with doctors
The government is increasing funding for GPs in exchange for reforms and changes to the services they provide.
Poll: Do you agree with free GP care for under-12s?
Free GP care is already in place for children under 6.
# healthcare - Wednesday 3 April, 2019
Former CervicalCheck boss says Harris was warned that offering extra smear tests could cause delays
Micheál Martin said the decision was made by the government to “save their own skin and cover their own tracks”.
# healthcare - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
Paul Reid is the HSE's new director general
Varadkar said that Reid “developed a strong reputation as a dynamic and ambitious leader, who was always up for a challenge”.
# healthcare - Wednesday 27 March, 2019
Of 4,500 repeat smear tests that expired, 2,500 have been retested
Around half of the women who were offered the option of a retest have taken it up.
# healthcare - Monday 18 March, 2019
Clare TD Michael Harty: 'I took a different view from my rural colleagues on the drink driving laws'
“The day of just two will do is no longer acceptable,” Dr Michael Harty, chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee, told TheJournal.ie.
# healthcare - Saturday 9 March, 2019
'It's about creating a system that's kind': HSE piloting scheme for homeless patients in hospitals
It comes as new stats show over 2,000 cases where a homeless person has been discharged from hospital in the past seven years.
# healthcare - Saturday 2 March, 2019
Terminally-ill midwife Philomena Canning says she's 'vindicated' after settling case with HSE
Canning says she’s both relieved and saddened to have settled the case.
# healthcare - Tuesday 26 February, 2019
Bitter medicine: NHS 'harmed' in all Brexit scenarios, but no-deal will hit hardest
In the run up to the 2016 Brexit vote, ‘Leave’ campaigners promised it would deliver millions for the NHS.
# healthcare - Tuesday 19 February, 2019
Health committee chair to vote against Simon Harris in no-confidence motion
“He’s given impression that this is a priority for him,” the Independent Clare TD said.
# healthcare - Saturday 16 February, 2019
Opinion: Is public healthcare in Ireland failing because we've chosen the path to failure?
‘As we cry in frustration over the recurring ineptitude of the state to deliver decent public healthcare service for citizens’ Maebh Ní Fhallúin examines how we got here.
# healthcare - Thursday 7 February, 2019
Day three of nurses' strike: INMO denies that pay increases would lead to public sector 'free-for-all'
Three more strikes are due to take place next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
# healthcare - Wednesday 6 February, 2019
Can Northern Irish women access abortion services here for free? The government is finding out
Women in Northern Ireland can access abortion services here, but it will cost them €450, the Dáil was told yesterday.
# healthcare - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
Three-quarters of Irish people support nurses as 24-hour strike kicks off around the country
The nurses have gone on strike over what they call a recruitment and retention issue in the healthcare sector.
# healthcare - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
'It's so badly needed': Harris defends development of children's hospital despite rising costs
Minister for Health Simon Harris appeared before the Health Committee this afternoon.
# healthcare - Thursday 10 January, 2019
Psychiatric nurses to strike in February over 'recruitment and retention crisis'
They join members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who are also due to go on strike.
'We had a very short interval': Some practitioners concerned over timing of abortion services
Some hospitals are waiting for the system to be fully up and running before providing the service.
# healthcare - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
Simon Harris was warned that smear test backlog was 'intensifying concern' among women
“During the Repeal the Eighth campaign you stated that you trusted women… but your behaviour during this debacle suggests otherwise,” one letter said.
# healthcare - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
Nurses and midwives are to go on strike for 24 hours on Wednesday 30 January
Further strike days will follow in February if the dispute goes unresolved, the INMO says.
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Poll: Will you vote in the general election on 8 February?
IN JUST OVER two weeks the country will go to the polls and cast a vote on who they want to be elected to Dáil Éireann.
Last Monday, candidates began canvassing in their respective constituencies in a bid to win support, while opinion polls have added further pressure to the bigger parties looking for a path into government.
Today is the last day for members of the public to register to vote. It is also the last day for election candidates to register their candidacy.
So with the race hotting up, we’re asking: Will you vote in the general election on 8 February?
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