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# Healthcare

Last year
2023
Warning that no new patients should be put on Ozempic as medicine shortages rise
215,000 people become eligible for free GP care from today
Children with disabilities spending months in inappropriate settings due to lack of supports
Eligibility for GP visit cards expanded for people aged up to 69 and children aged 8 and over
Mobile x-ray service for older people to be expanded next year in effort to reduce ED visits
'Medical tourists' urged to fully research their procedure and protections before travelling
HPV vaccine catch-up scheme expanded to include young men up to 22nd birthday
Woman receives UK’s first womb transplant after her sister acts as living donor
Health and social workers in eight areas to strike over career progression dispute
HSE won't resume Covid vaccination programme despite 'more transmissible' new variant
Axa to buy Laya Healthcare in deal worth €650 million
HSE to be split into six new health regions next year as part of long-awaited reforms
Explainer: How will the new publicly funded IVF scheme work?
Wexford General Hospital's emergency department reopens nearly five months after fire
Opinion: Many carers feel isolated with no confidence after being out of paid work for so long
Caroline Lawless
Physios: Incontinence, piles and painful sex - issues new mothers face that no one talks about
Eimear Lynch and Aoife Harvey
Opinion: As Lewis Capaldi pulls back, he cuts through an unspoken form of ableism
Niamh Jimenez
St Vincent's Hospital ordered to release former 'Catholic ethos' code of ethics
Government moves to ramp up healthcare and vet college places amid staffing crisis
Children's Hospital Board rejects claim operating theatre fault could cost 'tens of millions'
Nurses recruited to Ireland who fail €2,800 test left with debt and no work
Opinion: It's important that healthcare staff support the proposed ban on conversion practices
Dr Suzanne Crowe
HSE launch campaign to recruit 400 new doctors to practice in Ireland by end of 2023
Explainer: Why are HSE bosses calling for a ‘permanent’ seven-day roster for hospital staff?
25 Ukrainian doctors graduate from English course run by St. Vincent’s Hospital
Healthcare workers have positive attitudes towards LGBT+ people but lack training, study shows
Waiting lists and shortage of pain specialists blamed for dependency on codeine painkillers
Patient Safety Bill, which aims to create 'culture' of transparency, signed into law
Patient Safety Bill long-sought by campaigners passes final stages in Oireachtas
Five years on: First review of Ireland's abortion laws recommends significant changes
Hospitals and EDs 'don't hold all solutions to overcrowding', Donnelly tells committee
Abortion review to be published tomorrow as Taoiseach criticised for 'reluctance' to update laws
In-patient fees for public hospitals scrapped from today
Parents of girl who died of Strep A 'begging' parents and doctors to be vigilant about illness
England's NHS set for 'most disruptive industrial action' in history as junior doctors strike
Opinion: Older people being cared for on trolleys rather than beds is an all-year-round issue
Dr Seamus Cowman
Mandatory mask wearing in hospitals to end on 19 April
Parents urged to check children are vaccinated against measles before travelling during Easter
Wexford hospital opens children's unit as emergency department remains closed after fire
Biden praises US drug manufacturer for cutting insulin price by 70%