# healthcare - Tuesday 10 March, 2020
# Nadine Dorries
# Nadine Dorries
Nadine Dorries said that as soon as she was informed she took all the advised precautions and has been self-isolating at home.
# healthcare - Wednesday 26 February, 2020
# Transitioning
# Transitioning
Victoria and Max are a trans couple who are hoping that speaking about their experiences will help others in a similar position.
# healthcare - Monday 24 February, 2020
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Around 6% of the population in Ireland is living with a rare disease such as PKU and cystic fibrosis.
# healthcare - Sunday 5 January, 2020
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Six and seven-year-olds would receive free care from this year under proposed legislation.
# healthcare - Friday 27 December, 2019
# Flu Season
# Flu Season
“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
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Professor Kitchener said the findings of the RCog report “were striking” with “significant implications”, but “not unexpected”.
# healthcare - Thursday 28 November, 2019
# Staff Shortages
# Staff Shortages
Opening hours at the centre in Dublin are currently 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
# healthcare - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Cost Overruns
# Cost Overruns
The fact some measures of the project remain uncosted is ‘laughable’ says Labour’s Alan Kelly.
# healthcare - Monday 25 November, 2019
# Inpatient Experience
# Inpatient Experience
“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
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Over 100 people were affected by the HSE’s error.
# healthcare - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
# Hard Pill To Swallow
# Hard Pill To Swallow
Making contraception free for everyone could be “an ineffective use of scarce resources”, a report has found.
# healthcare - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
# Caged
# Caged
Several carers spoke today about the huge amount of work they do looking after loved ones.
# healthcare - Tuesday 8 October, 2019
# Budget 2020
# Budget 2020
The total budget for the sector has been increased to €17.4 billion.
# healthcare - Tuesday 30 July, 2019
# Arron O’Keeffe
# Arron O’Keeffe
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 Hours
# Home Help Hours
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
# Sláintecare
# Sláintecare
Harris described today’s announcement as the biggest restructuring of the HSE in 15 years .
# healthcare - Wednesday 26 June, 2019
# Industrial Dispute
# Industrial Dispute
The issue centres on a dispute over pay increases.
# healthcare - Tuesday 25 June, 2019
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
A strike by around 10,000 healthcare support workers is taking place tomorrow.
# healthcare - Wednesday 1 May, 2019
# In Limbo
# In Limbo
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
# Pressure
# Pressure
There had been “serious issues of internal governance” at the National Association of General Practitioners, a statement said.
# healthcare - Thursday 25 April, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
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
# Rotunda Hospital
# Rotunda Hospital
The HSE has said that “service demand remains within the predicted limits” in relation to abortion services.
# healthcare - Thursday 18 April, 2019
# Challenging Times
# Challenging Times
The letter was signed off by five doctors and addressed to ‘the people of the Mid West’.
# healthcare - Sunday 14 April, 2019
# Inequality
# Inequality
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
# Reform
# Reform
The government is increasing funding for GPs in exchange for reforms and changes to the services they provide.
# Poll
# Poll
Free GP care is already in place for children under 6.
# healthcare - Wednesday 3 April, 2019
# BACKLOG
# BACKLOG
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
# Fingal County Council
# Fingal County Council
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
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Around half of the women who were offered the option of a retest have taken it up.
# healthcare - Monday 18 March, 2019
# Independent TD
# Independent TD
“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
# Dignity
# Dignity
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
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Canning says she’s both relieved and saddened to have settled the case.
# healthcare - Tuesday 26 February, 2019
# Critical
# Critical
In the run up to the 2016 Brexit vote, ‘Leave’ campaigners promised it would deliver millions for the NHS.
# healthcare - Tuesday 19 February, 2019
# Dr Michael Harty
# Dr Michael Harty
“He’s given impression that this is a priority for him,” the Independent Clare TD said.
# healthcare - Saturday 16 February, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
‘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
# Industrial Unrest
# Industrial Unrest
Three more strikes are due to take place next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
# healthcare - Wednesday 6 February, 2019
# Attorney General
# Attorney General
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
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The nurses have gone on strike over what they call a recruitment and retention issue in the healthcare sector.
# healthcare - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Children's Hospital
# Children's Hospital
Minister for Health Simon Harris appeared before the Health Committee this afternoon.
# healthcare - Thursday 10 January, 2019
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
They join members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who are also due to go on strike.
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