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# Industrial Action

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.

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Jan 30th 2019, 6:15 AM

# Children's Hospital

'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.

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Jan 29th 2019, 4:27 PM

# Industrial Action

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.

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Jan 10th 2019, 4:45 PM

# Abortion

'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.

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Jan 10th 2019, 1:53 PM

# CervicalCheck

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.

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Jan 9th 2019, 6:15 AM

# Strike

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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Jan 8th 2019, 3:52 PM

# INMO

'We've been brought to this': Nurses and midwives to announce strike action dates

“The last thing the health service needs is a strike,” Health Minister Simon Harris said yesterday.

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Jan 8th 2019, 6:01 AM

# Crisis Pregnancy

National Maternity Hospital to begin abortion services on 7 January

There were some concerns in recent weeks that hospitals would not be ready in time.

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Dec 28th 2018, 2:35 PM

# ageing population

Irish people are living longer and the birth rate is falling

A new report looks into several areas of both the health of the nation and health services in general.

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Dec 27th 2018, 11:28 AM

# pet names

FactCheck: Were Irish hospital staff told to stop calling patients 'love' or 'dear'?

Yesterday it was described as political correctness “gone mad”, but did the HSE even say it?

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Dec 4th 2018, 11:49 AM

# Healthcare

'People crying in the ward alone': Patients describe their experiences in Irish hospitals

Patients have highlighted issues with communication from their doctors and the discharge process.

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Nov 26th 2018, 12:21 PM

# Healthcare

Mother pleads for funding as daughter spends over 115 days in Wexford General Hospital

The teenager’s family want her moved to a more appropriate residential care unit.

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Nov 22nd 2018, 6:10 AM

# Prisoners

'He fought to maintain his sanity': Posters go up near Mountjoy raising awareness of prisoner healthcare

The posters use archive photographs and historical information about Irish prisons.

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Nov 17th 2018, 9:00 PM

# Medical Cards

How access to health services differs if you've private insurance or are 'in the twilight zone'

Ireland’s two-tiered system contributes to the type of service patients receive, even from public providers, a new report has found.

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Nov 2nd 2018, 8:40 AM

# Healthcare

Ireland's pay rates are not pushing more nurses, midwives and doctors to work abroad - report

The report said that there were issues around recruiting consultants with certain specialities in specific areas.

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Sep 4th 2018, 6:08 PM

# Healthcare

'It's a battle for resources': Questions asked about ambulance delays in Monaghan

There have been a number of “inordinate” delays in Monaghan, prompting councillors to ask for an explanation.

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Sep 1st 2018, 9:00 PM

# Healthcare

HSE says 'there is no question' of downgrading University Hospital Kerry despite local concerns

Sinn Féin councillor Toiréasa Ferris says she is worried the hospital could be ‘downgraded by stealth’

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Aug 27th 2018, 6:15 AM

# Cavan

Parents of toddler who was unresponsive for an hour given 'mixed messages' about ambulance location

“Another 2 minutes and we would have been dealing with a very different outcome,” the parents were told at the Cavan hospital.

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Aug 24th 2018, 12:15 AM

# patient safety

Injuries or near-injuries of patients at Irish hospitals jumped last year

There were an average of 160 patient safety incidents per day last year.

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Aug 12th 2018, 4:30 PM

# High Court

Emma Mhic Mhathúna receives extra portion of settlement to purchase Dublin home close to treatment

A Dublin home would mean the mother wouldn’t have to travel to and from Kerry for her cancer treatment.

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Jul 26th 2018, 1:49 PM

# Hospitals

Ireland spends €20 billion per year on healthcare, here's where the money goes

There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.

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Jun 23rd 2018, 7:00 AM

# smear test scandal

Of 204 requests for CervicalCheck files, just over half have been answered

There’s been a massive spike in requests this year for files from the CervicalCheck programme.

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Jun 22nd 2018, 7:30 PM

# cash up front

CervicalCheck interim report says €2k payment should be given to women affected immediately

Today’s interim report has recommended that women should not encounter any financial obstacles while participating in investigations.

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Jun 12th 2018, 1:17 PM

# baby thomas

State settles case with Drogheda family over death of eight-day-old baby

In July 2014, baby Thomas died after a feeding tube was inserted into a chamber of his heart.

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Jun 11th 2018, 4:55 PM

# Hospice

For parents of children who are seriously ill, guilt is a common feeling they grapple with

Dr Aidan McKiernan, a Senior Clinical Psychologist with the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice, spoke to TheJournal.ie ahead of Children’s Hospice Week.

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Jun 4th 2018, 9:00 PM

# Survey

Dentists claim rise in tooth extractions caused by structure of medical card scheme

The Irish Dental Association has found that 90% of dentists say they are dissatisfied with the level of care they can provide under the scheme.

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May 29th 2018, 7:53 PM

# 8th amendment

'I was in pain all the time': Pregnant woman denied treatment for 'gangrenous ovarian cyst'

Kate Campbell had to have her ovary, fallopian tube and part of her abdominal wall removed.

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May 19th 2018, 2:14 PM

# CervicalCheck

One of 208 women affected by smear test scandal 'fighting' to get medical card back

The woman was recently told that her smear test had been reviewed and a different action could have been taken.

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May 4th 2018, 6:33 PM

# Maternity services

Portiuncula Hospital review found 'serious management errors' made in cases of 10 babies

The report looked at 18 cases of maternity care at the Galway hospital.

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May 3rd 2018, 6:23 PM

# CervicalCheck

There are 10 active legal claims made in relation to CervicalCheck smear tests

Legal proceedings against the HSE or laboratories involved in smear tests have commenced in 6 of those cases.

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May 2nd 2018, 4:12 PM

# Eighth Amendment

Savita Halappanavar: Her tragic death and how she became part of Ireland's abortion debate

Her name and face are known the country over. She left a mark on Ireland, its medical care and its laws.

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Apr 29th 2018, 12:05 AM

Voices

'Between the doctor, antibiotics and the four days off, it was €600 that I will never see again'

While health inequalities affect people of different backgrounds, those who have precarious jobs are in especially difficult situations, writes Sinead Pembroke.

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Apr 27th 2018, 7:00 AM