# Hospitals

All time

Winter vomiting bug leads to visitor restrictions at Dublin hospitals

The restrictions have been put in place at Beaumont Hospital and St Joseph’s Hospital Raheny to contain an outbreak of the Nonovirus.

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Nov 8th 2013, 6:19 PM

# Savita Halappanavar

Hospital group will ‘review actions of all staff’ in care of Savita

The West/North West Hospital Group said that, if appropriate, staff will be referred to the proper authorities but that “in many instances there will be no case to answer.”

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Oct 18th 2013, 11:01 PM

# Dispute

IMO recommends junior doctors say 'yes' to LRC proposals

After negotiations at the Labour Relations Commission, the IMO said this evening that there had been proposals put forward by the HSE.

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Oct 16th 2013, 9:51 PM

# HEALTH BILL

Hole in Health budget less than €200 million, says Reilly

The Minister for Health James Reilly said the health budget does not have a deficit of €500 million as reported widely today.

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Oct 13th 2013, 2:56 PM

# Hospitals

Consultants' association: HSE being driven by Troika demands, not patient welfare

The president of the IHCA also said that the HSE’s “unsympathetic” traits have led to action like the junior doctors’ strike which has created tensions among the ranks.

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Oct 12th 2013, 5:43 PM

# Junior Doctors

Taoiseach tells junior docs and HSE: Go back into the LRC and sort this out

Kenny was asked about the junior doctors’ strike by Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams and the independent TD Stephen Donnelly at Leaders’ Questions today.

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Oct 8th 2013, 3:58 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you support the striking doctors?

Pickets are being placed at hospitals around the country as the long-mooted strike by junior doctors begins. Do you agree with their course of action?

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Oct 8th 2013, 9:12 AM

# Hospitals

3,000 Junior Doctors gear up for tomorrow’s industrial action

The day of action is expected to formally begin tomorrow morning in 1 hospitals at 7am, continuing until midnight.

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Oct 7th 2013, 10:49 PM

# confidential

Eleven breaches of patient data at HSE hospitals in six months

The HSE said breaches could have included the placing of a referral letter in the wrong chart or the a document sent to a person with the same name as a patient.

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Oct 7th 2013, 10:48 PM

Voices

Column: I'm no different to a human trafficker

I successfully lured a beautiful Eastern European blonde to Ireland to work. I, of course, had promised the world: happiness, love, professional dignity. She fell for it.

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Oct 4th 2013, 7:15 AM

# Strike

IMO: There will be disruption during next week's doctors' strike

The junior doctors’ day of action had been delayed but the IMO said the strike will take place next Tuesday, 8 October.

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Oct 1st 2013, 8:38 AM

# Junior Doctors

Doctors' strike now suspended indefinitely as IMO seeks clarification

The strike was postponed for a week last Friday, but no date for the action is now being given by the doctors’ union.

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Sep 24th 2013, 11:23 AM

# wash your hands

Minister suggests 'Florence Nightingale campaign' to tackle hand hygiene in hospitals

Kathleen Lynch said it was “incredible” that hospital staff had to be told to wash their hands.

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Sep 18th 2013, 4:41 PM

# 24 no more

No breakthrough in talks between HSE and junior doctors

The NCHDs still plan to go on strike in two weeks time.

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Sep 11th 2013, 10:46 PM

# Health

"Radical action" needed to tackle lack of handwashing in hospitals

However, head of transplantation at Beaumont Hospital, David Hickey, said that sanctions were “stupid”.

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Sep 5th 2013, 10:11 AM

# Talks

IMO to meet with HSE on how to protect patients during strike

Junior doctors voted yesterday in favour of industrial action in protest against their long hours.

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Sep 4th 2013, 8:04 AM

# News Fix

Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday

Everyone’s talking about the government asking Facebook for users’ information and intervention in Syria.

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Aug 27th 2013, 11:00 PM

# Hospitals

Doctors' strike could lead to "chaos"

The result of a ballot of doctors is expected on 2 September.

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Aug 27th 2013, 9:00 AM

# Hospitals

"Be prepared" - Doctors get ready to go on strike

Doctors and the HSE met today to talk about contingency plans if doctors do strike from next month – but the doctors aren’t happy.

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Aug 26th 2013, 4:49 PM

# Letterkenny General Hospital

Letterkenny General Hospital to open to walk-in patients today

The hospital says that non-emergency patients should still seek the advice of their GPs as the emergency department continues to reopen.

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Aug 20th 2013, 7:50 AM

# Nurses

Nurses unions say HSE is "bullying" staff into accepting 15 per cent pay cut

The HSE has rejected claims that it will ask existing nurses to apply for their jobs through a graduate programme that pays 85 per cent of the standard wage.

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Aug 1st 2013, 9:18 AM

# MaternityIre

Ireland’s women share their stories of pregnancy, birth and miscarriage

Recent events has women opening up about their negative experiences of Irish maternity hospitals.

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Jul 23rd 2013, 10:05 PM

# Minimum Wage

Nurses and midwives: The HSE is breaking minimum wage law

The INMO said that interns are being asked to increase their hours while only being paid 50 per cent of the staff rate of pay.

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Jul 16th 2013, 10:04 PM

# Doctors

Doctors to be balloted on industrial action over "dangerous" working hours

The Irish Medical Organisation says that non-consultant hospital doctors are “routinely forced” to work “dangerously long” hours in Ireland.

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Jul 15th 2013, 12:06 PM

# Superbugs

Over 20,000 Irish people contracted an infection in Irish hospitals

Pneumonia and other respiratory infections accounted for 23 per cent of cases across Europe.

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Jul 5th 2013, 10:47 AM

Voices

Column: A campaign of misinformation has turned the public against doctors

Dangerously long working hours, understaffing, and lower pay than you might think – these are the things the HSE doesn’t want you to know about how hospital doctors are treated, a junior doctor writes.

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Jul 1st 2013, 7:30 PM

# Abortion

These are the main changes to the abortion legislation

We bring you through the main changes to the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill, published early this morning.

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Jun 13th 2013, 7:41 AM

# Emergency

How would Ireland’s hospitals cope with a mass casualty incident?

We have a major emergency plan for serious incidents, so let’s see how it would work.

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May 25th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Healthscare

A&E wards could be shut over looming staff shortages, doctors warn

The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine says emergency wards are already stretched, and it’ll get worse in July…

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May 23rd 2013, 8:02 PM

# digital healthcare

Cutting edge technologies in healthcare will increase efficiency

Tablet devices for nurses and electronic medical records – just some of the ideas showcased at a digital healthcare gathering in Dublin yesterday.

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May 16th 2013, 7:15 AM

# need to know

The Evening Fix... now with added Casino Royale made of Lego

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today…

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May 14th 2013, 7:02 PM

# Healthcare

Reilly announces biggest change to Irish hospitals 'in decades'

Hospitals are now going to be divided into one of six groups around the country.

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May 14th 2013, 5:06 PM

# Health Insurance

Charging private patients for public beds will drive up premiums by 25% - report

Insurance companies are worried about the decline in young people enrolling as the costs of insuring those over 60 are considerably higher.

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May 13th 2013, 4:45 PM

# INMO

INMO chief dismisses 'man who cried wolf' suggestions on strike action

Liam Doran says he doesn’t pay attention to newspaper commentary suggesting he regularly threatens industrial action.

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May 11th 2013, 1:57 PM

# INMO

INMO president: Reilly "has shown little or no regard" for nurses, midwives

The INMO is to present the health minister with the findings of its trolley and ward watch initiatives, which show an increase in the amount of people on trolleys.

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May 10th 2013, 7:35 AM

# Hospitals

Issue of pay to dominate INMO annual conference

The INMO is to hold its annual conference tomorrow, and its general secretary said he expects “lively debate” at the event.

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May 7th 2013, 10:14 AM

# Health

Uncleanliness led to serious risks for patients at Sligo Hospital

HIQA inspectors identified a number of specific issues that present “immediate serious risks” to patients.

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Apr 26th 2013, 7:09 PM

# Biting

Not just Suarez: Plastic surgeons handle as many as 200 bites every year

The Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons has taken the opportunity of the publicity surrounding biting this week to warn of the consequences of serious biting.

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Apr 26th 2013, 6:45 AM