# Patients

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Column: Ireland has the worst managed healthcare system in the developed world

While Ireland does not have the worst quality of healthcare, it is run by technically deficient, medically illiterate bureaucrats, says Professor John Crown. What healthcare model should we be looking to?

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Feb 27th 2013, 7:00 AM

# Mater Hospital

Mater Hospital's emergency department to close for 18 hours

Patients that are seriously ill or injured should dial 999 or go directly to another Emergency Department.

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Feb 14th 2013, 4:38 PM

# Hospital

HIQA: Poor hand-washing in Irish hospitals potentially putting patients at risk

The HIQA hygiene reports also found wide variations in hospital cleanliness.

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Jan 30th 2013, 1:52 PM

# wise move?

Pic of the Day: Ruud van Nistelrooy goes to bizarre lengths to cheer patients

We wonder what Rio Ferdinand makes of this?

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Jan 5th 2013, 2:34 PM

# Cystic Fibrosis

Committee seek clarification on St Vincent's Cystic Fibrosis unit

The committee chair Jerry Buttimer said that they will be keen to establish if the facility meets the necessary requirements.

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Dec 12th 2012, 5:10 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

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Nov 30th 2012, 8:46 AM

# Cancer

Irish start-up company develops 'groundbreaking' cancer treatment

MitaMed has begun a clinical trial in Cork and Dublin hospitals for its treatment for colorectal cancers.

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Nov 23rd 2012, 10:09 PM

# Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy sufferers question Health Minister's commitment to supports

The Department of Health said the matter of a proposal for supports package “continues to be a priority” and that it is considering all other possible supports in addition to what it currently offers.

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Nov 13th 2012, 5:19 PM

# check-ups

General health check-ups may be a waste of time

New research shows that health check-ups do not reduce rates of disease or death.

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Oct 17th 2012, 12:00 PM

# Tallaght Hospital

Tallaght Hospital secures overdraft

The HSE wrote a letter of support to the bank to help enable the hospital to secure the overdraft of around €12 million.

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Oct 10th 2012, 10:42 AM

# Home Care

Delayed patient discharges costing €550,000 per night

680 patients are occupying hospital beds around the country at a cost of €800-900 per night each, according to figures put before the Public Accounts Committee.

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Sep 26th 2012, 7:28 PM

# New Deal

James Reilly: New consultants will have to face a hefty pay cut

Consultants may also have to work weekends under the terms of the new deal.

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Sep 17th 2012, 1:21 PM

# Dispute

Talks on Louth-Meath Hospital Group dispute resume

The dispute centres on unions’ concerns about proposed cuts at the hospital group.

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Sep 3rd 2012, 2:45 PM

# Health

Drug trials show promising results for heart failure patients - report

Study published in The Lancet concerns new drug which could help half of all heart failure patients.

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Aug 27th 2012, 6:45 AM

# Cuts

'Grave concerns' over controversial HSE plan to fire hospital staff

The HSE has produced a report which proposes getting rid of all agency staff in three hospitals – but the plan has drawn harsh criticism.

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Aug 22nd 2012, 12:42 PM

# Navan

Proposals to close Navan Hospital's emergency department at night

24-hour emergency services at Our Lady’s Hospital are to cease in August.

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Jun 20th 2012, 9:52 PM

# Doctors

Eight doctors struck off the register last year, 37 investigated

A total of 380 complaints about doctors were received by the Medical Council last year.

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Jun 13th 2012, 12:09 PM

# Waiting Lists

"Too many people waiting far too long" - 200,000 on hospital waiting lists

A total of 806 people have been waiting more than four years for consultant appointments…

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Jun 7th 2012, 9:31 AM

# Cancer Research

Blood tests may predict breast cancer spread

US cancer research finds that tumour cells in the blood stream may predict if early breast cancer patients face a higher risk of death or relapse after treatment.

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Jun 6th 2012, 11:40 AM

# Hospitals

Emergency medics demand commitment to solve overcrowding 'once and for all'

If Tallaght can change procedures within three days to cut waiting times, the IAEM says, so can other hospitals.

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May 28th 2012, 6:45 AM

# HIQA

Report on Tallaght Hospital describes emergency department as "unacceptable"

Health watchdog HIQA found that over 80 per cent of patients in the emergency department were kept on a corridor and had to wait around 13 hours for a bed.

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May 17th 2012, 11:07 AM

# Hand hygiene

Wash your hands: Irish start-up aims to beat hospital superbugs worldwide

The Irish company has been chosen by the WHO to promote hand hygiene globally. Thirty-five percent of healthcare facilities are at an inadequate or basic level.

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May 12th 2012, 7:45 AM

# Hospital

Hospitals 'hiding trolleys' on wards, says INMO

The INMO said yesterday that some hospitals are placing extra beds or trolleys on wards on a permanent basis – but Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore finds this hard to believe.

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May 10th 2012, 12:17 PM

# Abuse

Patient group complains to Ombudsman over State 'lack of cooperation'

Dignity4Patients has complained about an alleged lack of cooperation received from the State and health authorities.

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May 3rd 2012, 4:45 PM

# Medicine

Pharmacists warn lack of vital medicines may endanger patients

The head of the Irish Pharmacy Union has said it is unacceptable that pharmacists and patients have put up with medicine shortages.

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Apr 28th 2012, 12:39 PM

Voices

Column: There were no proper CF facilities for my son in Cork - so we built some

Facilities for people with cystic fibrosis weren’t great when my son was diagnosed, writes Joe Browne. Now Cork has one of the most advanced clinics in the world. Here’s how we did it.

Apr 9th 2012, 3:00 PM

# Hospital

“Majority” of hospitals have cut 1-year waiting times for patients

The Minister told the Dáil that he was determined to address the issues causing unacceptable delays for hospital patients.

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Mar 17th 2012, 8:15 AM

# doctor fees

GPs urged to display price lists

The Irish Medical Organisation recommended last year that all its members should introduce price lists – but not all GPs are yet doing it.

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Mar 3rd 2012, 9:15 AM

# Overcrowding

Limerick Hospital so overcrowded that it is “unsafe”

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have called on the HSE to implement the major disaster plan to deal with the overcrowding.

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Feb 7th 2012, 2:50 PM

# Health

2011 worst year for number of patients on trolleys - INMO

Over 86,400 people were left on trolleys as 2,229 public beds remain closed.

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Jan 18th 2012, 10:53 AM

# abuse inquiry

TDs call for inquiry into sexual abuse at Drogheda hospital

A cross-party group of TDs and Senators from Louth, Meath, Cavan and Monaghan have asked the Taoiseach to set up an inquiry into allegations of abuse at the hospital spanning 30 years.

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Dec 15th 2011, 6:12 PM

# Health

"No one will die" because of health cuts, says Minister

In a radio interview this morning, Health Minister James Reilly has said that no one will die in Irish hospitals because of the cuts announced in yesterday’s Budget.

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Dec 6th 2011, 1:18 PM

# Hospitals

Dept of Health to give €3 million to hospitals - but "crisis situation" remains

The general secretary of the INMO said the money is welcomed – but that Ireland’s Emergency Departments are in a “crisis situation”.

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Nov 15th 2011, 1:28 PM

# Cancer

Two aspirin tablets a day "cuts bowel cancer risk"

A new study, published in The Lancet, says that taking two pills of aspirin a day can cut the risk of bowel cancer by almost two thirds for certain patients.

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Oct 28th 2011, 9:29 AM

# patient privacy

HIQA releases new guide for protecting patient records

In the guide, staff are told to lock away records, log out of computers, and bear in mind that they an be overheard if they discuss patient details in public.

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Oct 25th 2011, 11:10 AM

# Health

HSE confirms long-term Dublin care home to close

INMO is angered by the move which is says came “without discussion” with staff – but HSE points to HIQA inspection reports which found the “old” building provided an “unfavourable physical environment”.

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Oct 10th 2011, 12:56 PM

# Drogheda

Drogheda hospital "in meltdown"

There are 53 patients on trolleys in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital today, the INMO has said, adding the situation “is now causing untold human suffering for patients”.

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Oct 4th 2011, 9:12 AM