# HSE

January

January 2023

# Carrick-on-Suir

'It gave peace and dignity': Campaigners press their case to reopen Tipperary hospice

The HSE closed St Brigid’s District Hospital in 2020.

9.5k

Jan 22nd 2023, 7:00 AM

# flu season

Ireland has passed the peak of this year’s 'severe' flu season, according to the CMO

Flu cases have decreased by 48% in the past week.

14.3k

Jan 20th 2023, 5:22 PM

# HIQA

HSE advised to screen newborns for rare, life threatening condition by HIQA

HIQA has found that screening for the condition could reduce mortality rates

12.6k

Jan 18th 2023, 2:55 PM

# Vaccination

HSE urges public to get second booster shot as vaccine uptake lags

The renewed appeal comes amid concern over the Kraken variant.

14.9k

Jan 18th 2023, 9:50 AM

# Trolley crisis

HSE boss: Flu, RSV and Covid figures at levels above Govt's 'most pessimistic modelling' for winter

Planning for next winter to begin early when health system is ‘over the worst’, says Stephen Mulvaney.

Health bosses will appear before the Oireachtas Health Committee today.

Covid, RSV and influenza continue to place significant pressure on GPs and hospitals.

HSE interim CEO to tell TDs that health service staff "do not believe this is acceptable".

27.4k

Updated

Jan 17th 2023, 12:47 PM

# Healthcare

Healthcare services situation ‘matching or exceeding most pessimistic model’, HSE boss says

Flu was already at levels that made this winter ‘an exceptional season’, the HSE said.

10.0k

Jan 12th 2023, 6:58 PM

# silent treatment

Slow rollout of eating disorder services 'destroying lives'

Just four of the planned specialist eating disorder teams are operating, with recruitment issues cited by the HSE for the delay.

9.0k

Updated

Jan 11th 2023, 9:30 PM

# Hospital overcrowding

Tánaiste says governance and management issues within overall HSE need evaluation

The organisation is concerned that those in cancer treatment will put off contacting their cancer teams due to fears of being admitted through EDs.

11.3k

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Jan 11th 2023, 8:54 PM

# Hospitals

Consultants warn of stark impacts for patients due to 'avoidable delays' in health system

The HSE has faced significant strain this month amid a surge in cases of respiratory illnesses and presentations in emergency departments.

6.3k

Jan 10th 2023, 2:36 PM

# winter surge

Surge in viruses seen in the Mid-West as some people contract more than one virus

Public Health Mid-West said it has seen a “noticeable increase” in adults.

23.0k

Updated

Jan 10th 2023, 11:20 AM

# Hospitals

HSE clinical chief says asking hospital staff to work across weekends 'not sustainable'

Dr Colm Henry said there were 248 people on trolleys awaiting admission last night.

19.2k

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Jan 9th 2023, 1:16 PM

# Hospitals

'Not acceptable' that people are dying due to overcrowding, says INMO

The former head of the HSE also stated today that overcrowding has become a permanent feature of the healthcare system.

13.9k

Jan 8th 2023, 4:33 PM

# National Ambulance Service

Paramedics at 'breaking point' amid winter surge, SIPTU warns

Overcrowding has “severely impacted” with ambulance crews having to “wait hours on end” to hand over their patients.

13.2k

Jan 8th 2023, 8:42 AM

# INMO

INMO to consult with members on industrial action

The INMO general secretary said ‘what has transpired this week in our hospitals was totally avoidable’.

10.9k

Updated

Jan 6th 2023, 7:39 PM

# Overcrowding

Minister says patients that could be treated in minor injury units are turning up in A&E Depts

Stephen Donnelly says having more senior decision makers on site over the weekend will ramp up hospital discharges.

23.2k

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Jan 6th 2023, 3:37 PM

# Under Pressure

Pressure on hospitals due to respiratory illnesses will likely get worse, Donnelly says

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said the HSE doesn’t believe that the flu wave has peaked.

19.3k

Jan 3rd 2023, 9:42 PM

# Emergency Departments

INMO calls for return of mandatory mask-wearing in crowded settings amid record trolley numbers

Over 931 patients are without beds in Irish hospitals today – the highest number since records began in 2006.

Covid-19 and influenza cases continue to increase rapidly, while notifications of RSV are also increasing

A consultant at University Hospital Limerick said "conditions in many instances are inhumane"

Services at several hospitals around the country are under extreme pressure

71.5k

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Jan 3rd 2023, 1:45 PM

# System Overload

Strength of gay community response to monkeypox was ‘key’ in controlling outbreak

After Covid, monkeypox was the first big test for Ireland’s public health system. How did we fare – and what can we learn?

13.0k

Jan 3rd 2023, 12:01 PM

# QUIT SMOKING

Ireland's smoking rate has not dropped since 2019

Some 18% of the population are regular or occasional smokers.

11.8k

Jan 3rd 2023, 7:03 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

Public health reform taking off - but success depends on State tackling inequality

A report by

Peter McGuire

Targets for recruiting public health staff are mainly on track, an investigation by Noteworthy reports.

This follows two decades of campaigning, with experts saying initial improvements are only the beginning

Data collection and analysis lag behind, with improved systems vital to make an impact

Expert: 'Public health medicine doctors were treated as second-class professionals for a long time'

15.1k

Jan 3rd 2023, 12:05 AM

# parking pressure

Government commitment to reduce hospital parking charges ‘not prioritised’

Despite repeated promises, little progress has been made to prevent the cost of hospital parking falling on the most vulnerable.

A HSE implementation plan to reduce parking charges was written in 2019 but 'has been superseded by the passage of time'

It would cost at least €4.75 million to cap daily charges at €10

Advocate: 'It would be an easy win for the government'

17.5k

Jan 2nd 2023, 12:00 PM

Last year

2022

# INMO

Urgent health service demand at never before seen levels amid 'worst year' for hospital overcrowding

It comes amid a warning from the HSE that ‘demand for urgent health services is rising well above levels we have seen before’.

17.7k

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Dec 30th 2022, 3:52 PM

# Organ Donation

250 organ transplants took place in Ireland this year

The HSE has thanked the donors and their families who made the life-saving transplants possible.

7.9k

Updated

Dec 29th 2022, 2:47 PM

# Healthcare

Taoiseach aims to reduce wait for child healthcare and assessments by 2025

Varadkar’s new unit will aim to reduce the time children have to wait to receive healthcare or be assessed for special needs.

9.6k

Dec 26th 2022, 2:03 PM

# aoife johnston

Taoiseach commits to investigation into death of Aoife Johnston (16) at Limerick hospital

The teenager spent a significant amount of time on a hospital trolley.

32.1k

Dec 24th 2022, 9:40 AM

# winter surge

HSE warns winter viruses will put hospitals under more pressure 'than has ever been seen'

It forecases that over 900 patients will be in hospital with flu in the first week in January

20.5k

Dec 22nd 2022, 9:15 PM

# IMO

Junior doctors vote overwhelmingly in favour of agreement to tackle unsafe working hours

The agreement also grants guaranteed access to leave for essential exams.

13.0k

Dec 20th 2022, 4:18 PM

# Trolleys

Mater restricts visits due to high levels of respiratory infections as 'record' overcrowding hits hospitals

It’s the joint-highest number of patients without a bed that the organisation has ever recorded.

24.6k

Updated

Dec 19th 2022, 5:57 PM

# New Job

Tusla chief Bernard Gloster appointed as the HSE's new CEO

He is expected to take up the position in Spring 2023.

21.4k

Dec 16th 2022, 11:06 AM

# Winter Dose

HSE on 'higher state of alert' as Covid-19 and other illnesses cause concern

Covid-19 hospitalisations and outbreaks in nursing homes have increased in recent weeks.

32.0k

Dec 15th 2022, 5:10 PM

# HIQA inspections

HIQA: 'Not uncommon' for patients in EDs to wait 80 to 90 hours for an inpatient bed

Mayo University Hospital was so overcrowded that inspectors said patients were exposed to infection control risks.

13.0k

Updated

Dec 14th 2022, 2:00 PM

# CervicalCheck

Taoiseach apologises to Stephen Teap in wake of CervicalCheck settlement

Micheál Martin said there was “no defence” for what happened with the CervicalCheck controversy.

13.2k

Dec 9th 2022, 7:41 AM

# Mental Health Commission

Mental Health Commission unhappy it can't 'vindicate rights' of Owenacurra residents as it would like to

The commission refused to state their stance on the closure when questioned by multiple TDs.

8.4k

Dec 8th 2022, 9:13 PM

# Cervical Cancer

Stephen Teap hits out at 'politicians who failed to listen' as he settles HSE CervicalCheck case

Irene Teap, a 35-year-old mother of two young boys, died of cancer in July 2017.

Stephen Teap today said the "blood of my wife" is on the Government's hands.

23.9k

Updated

Dec 8th 2022, 5:04 PM

# Strep A

Explainer: What is Strep A infection and how are people affected?

The HSE is investigating if a four-year-old child has died from Strep A in Ireland.

13.8k

Dec 6th 2022, 2:09 PM

# rising costs

Final cost of National Children’s Hospital ‘may not be known for years’

Social Democrats co-leader Róisín Shortall said there seemed to be a “perennial problem” in Ireland with delivering major infrastructure projects.

20.0k

Dec 4th 2022, 5:19 PM

# Cyber Attack

HSE brace for likely legal actions following cyber breach disclosures

Solicitor Fred Logue told The Journal that patients and staff are entitled to compensation for material and non-material losses under GDPR.

17.6k

Dec 3rd 2022, 6:30 AM

# Tipperay

Palliative care supports to be provided to boy with cancer after case raised in the Dáil

A harrowing letter detailing the family’s situation was read into the Dáil record yesterday.

26.0k

Dec 2nd 2022, 6:30 PM

# child palliative care

'Our child deserves to die at home': Family of boy with cancer told palliative care not available in their area

Tipperary TD Michael Lowry read out a letter in the Dáil from parents of a boy with terminal cancer.

38.2k

Dec 1st 2022, 5:52 PM

# Health

Open disclosure change agreed for Patient Safety Bill

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly got Government approval to introduce an amendment to the text of the Patient Safety Bill at the Report Stage.

9.0k

Nov 29th 2022, 9:18 PM