# HSE

Last year

2022

# inequality

Private mental health centres provide better care than HSE facilities, report finds

Inspectors highlighted multiple serious risks and poor environments across five HSE approved centres in Cork.

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Jun 30th 2022, 6:05 AM

# hyperemisis gravidarum

Over 3,000 hospitalisations a year among women suffering severe pregnancy sickness

A drug that treats hyperemesis is unavailable on the drugs payment scheme or medical card.

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Jun 29th 2022, 6:05 AM

# Overcrowding

Over 60% acute hospitals operating at unsafe bed occupancy levels

Five hospitals had an average monthly bed occupancy of 100% or more from January to March 2022.

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Jun 28th 2022, 8:30 PM

# sma

'Timing is key': Parents call for inclusion of rare genetic disease in newborn heel prick test

SMA is a degenerative disease that causes damage to nerves that develop muscle function and allow children to eat, move and breathe.

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Jun 28th 2022, 6:00 AM

# HSE

Paul Reid to quit as HSE boss in December to spend more time with family

Reid said he believes the HSE is entering a new phase and that the appointment of a new leader is now timely.

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Jun 27th 2022, 2:39 PM

# Emergency care

HSE chief says Navan Hospital plan will proceed despite Minister's instruction

Last week the Health Minister said he was not satisfied with the plan.

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Jun 26th 2022, 4:31 PM

# Outbreak

28 cases of monkeypox have been detected in Ireland

All 28 patients with monkeypox are men and the majority are aged between 25 and 44.

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Jun 23rd 2022, 5:43 PM

# hiqa report

HSE unit deployed to Limerick hospital to address ‘chronic’ overcrowding'

A performance management improvement unit of the HSE is to “engage urgently” with University Hospital Limerick.

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Jun 22nd 2022, 7:55 PM

# mega bucks

HSE's highest-paid staff member last year earned over €750,000

Six individuals had total earnings from salary and allowances of over €500,000 in 2021.

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Jun 21st 2022, 12:58 PM

# Overcrowding

Patient care in University Hospital Limerick ED compromised due to overcrowding

A HIQA inspection has found that the health and welfare of people receiving care in the department was at risk.

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Jun 17th 2022, 1:00 PM

# HSE

6% of eating disorder patients admitted to hospital have received specialist care since 2018

46 patients have received treatment in the dedicated eating disorder service at St Vincent’s University Hospital in the last five years.

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Jun 17th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Our Lady's Hospital Navan

Critically ill patients in Meath ‘not given best opportunity of survival’

The clinical director of Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan has stressed the serious patient safety risk that exists at the hospital.

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Jun 16th 2022, 7:54 PM

# get boosted

HSE urges people to get their booster vaccine as Covid cases increase across Ireland

The HSE said those who are most vulnerable should get the jab ASAP.

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Jun 16th 2022, 5:27 PM

# Irish Air Corps

Farmer gored by bull recalls how Irish Air Ambulance saved his life

The Emergency Aeromedical Service is based in Athlone and is staffed by Irish Air Corps and National Ambulance Service staff.

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Jun 16th 2022, 1:31 PM

# HSE

Tánaiste says Government has not sanctioned the closure of Navan emergency department

The Health Minister said several issues must be addressed before any transition can take place, including capacity at other hospitals.

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Jun 14th 2022, 2:00 PM

# Hospitals

Nurses suffering from burnout due to overcrowding in A&E, says INMO

The INMO has said the dignity of patients is often diminished because of overcrowded conditions.

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Jun 13th 2022, 9:00 PM

# Hospital

Emergency department in Navan to be replaced with 'medical assessment unit'

Medical emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes will no longer be treated at the hospital.

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Jun 13th 2022, 3:30 PM

# HSE

Families protest outside Cork hospital over incineration of their babies' organs

Eighteen families found out the organs of their dead babies were incinerated overseas without their consent.

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Jun 11th 2022, 3:52 PM

Voices

Opinion: 'A real home feels like an unattainable dream' for many disabled people

Julie Helen of Inclusion Ireland is calling for government action on housing and supports in Budget 2023.

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Jun 9th 2022, 7:01 PM

# world no tobacco day

Despite overall decline in smoking, prevalence is rising among Ireland's most vulnerable

Smoking still causes over 4,500 deaths in Ireland each year

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May 31st 2022, 6:00 AM

# monkeypox

HSE to take delivery of vaccines to combat monkeypox and may roll out vaccination programme

Reid said Ireland had secured an order of vaccines for monkeypox and these would be delivered “shortly”.

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May 27th 2022, 10:31 AM

# Health in Ireland

'I’ve never seen morale so broken': What one change do healthcare workers want to improve the system?

We asked health workers and others familiar with the sector what they want to see happen to improve healthcare in Ireland.

The Irish healthcare system is frequently hit with criticism and suggestions for how it can be improved.

Progress on the overhaul of the system is continuing but has been slow.

We asked workers and those familiar with the sector what one change they would like to see put into place.

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May 27th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Virus

NI Public Health Agency confirms first case of monkeypox in Northern Ireland

More than a dozen countries across Europe have reported cases.

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May 26th 2022, 7:00 PM

# Labour Court

Medical scientists to suspend strike action next week and will return to WRC for talks

The three days of strike action planned for next week have all been suspended, say the MLSA.

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May 25th 2022, 10:23 PM

# Psychiatric Care

27 children and adolescents stayed in adult psychiatric units in 2021 despite CAMHS capacity

A HSE spokesperson said that in exceptional circumstances this may be in the best interest of the adolescent at that time.

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May 25th 2022, 9:11 PM

# Drugs

'Medics are your mates': HSE launches harm-reduction campaign for drug users at music festivals

The campaign also urges festival-goers to ‘leave the mixing to the DJs’.

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May 25th 2022, 11:28 AM

# Cystic Fibrosis

'Intensive work' ongoing to give 35 children with Cystic Fibrosis access to life-changing drug

Donnelly said it is important to him ‘that children get access to the drug that they need’.

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May 24th 2022, 6:27 PM

Voices

Paul Murphy: The government's treatment of medical scientists on pay has been shameful

As medical scientists’ industrial action escalates, the TD says it’s time for pay parity for these frontline workers.

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May 24th 2022, 9:50 AM

# Being-Patient

Open Newsroom Invitation: Healthcare - the power of patient advocacy

Join us at 1pm this Thursday.

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May 23rd 2022, 2:37 PM

# camhs

HSE confirms 11 bed closures at Dublin CAMHS unit

Sinn Féin’s Mental Health spokesperson says the closures “will create nothing short of a crisis for child and adolescent services in the Dublin region”.

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May 22nd 2022, 4:48 PM

# reasearch

Greater access to clinical trials for teens and young adults as cancer incidence rises in Ireland

Around 180-190 people between 16 and 25 years are diagnosed with cancer in Ireland every year.

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May 19th 2022, 6:00 AM

# warning

HSE urges people to stop using certain disposable vapes due to high nicotine concentration

The HSE said it has contacted all major Irish distributors of e-cigarettes and refill containers.

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May 18th 2022, 7:18 PM

# Maternity Care

Explainer: Where 'clinically appropriate' stands as Government green lights NMH deal

The term has been defined in the government’s decision but not the legal documents of the agreement.

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May 18th 2022, 4:00 PM

# Pay Claim

'We have to do this': Medical scientists seeking pay parity say strike action was their last resort

One scientist told The Journal that staff feel “burnt-out” due to working mandatory overtime rosters, with many leaving the profession.

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May 18th 2022, 2:14 PM

# Pay dispute

'They feel forgotten': Disruption to lab tests for GPs and hospitals as medical scientists to strike

Five additional strike days are planned if the union and the HSE cannot come to a resolution.

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May 17th 2022, 6:20 AM

# The Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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May 16th 2022, 10:45 PM

# Hepatitis

Child being treated for acute form of hepatitis has died, HSE says

A second child being treated for the same illness has received a liver transplant.

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May 12th 2022, 10:24 AM

# home births

HSE: No timeline for lifting of ban on home water births

The ‘temporary pause’ has been in place since November 2020 pending investigations into two incidents.

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May 12th 2022, 6:00 AM

# Junior Doctors

IMO commence ballot for industrial action for junior doctors over contracting issues

Junior doctors are “demoralised, frustrated, angry and want change,” the IMO claims.

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May 10th 2022, 5:06 PM

# cervical screening

Cervical check samples are still being screened abroad following December's cyberattack

A cyber-attack on The Coombe at the end of last year resulted in the hospital losing its IT connectivity with CervicalCheck.

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May 9th 2022, 8:13 PM