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# waiting-lists - Friday 10 July, 2020
Over 584,000 patients waiting for their first outpatient hospital appointment last month
The public health service has come under pressure in recent months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
# waiting-lists - Tuesday 2 June, 2020
Taking over private hospitals during the Covid-19 crisis will cost roughly €300 million
‘A fire alarm went off and we sent four fire tenders, and people are saying now we should only have sent three,’ the secretary general said.
# waiting-lists - Friday 13 March, 2020
Almost 560,000 patients waiting for their first outpatient hospital appointment last month
The figures come at a time when the coronavirus is putting pressure on the public health system.
# waiting-lists - Friday 14 February, 2020
More than 556,000 waiting for first outpatient consultation as figures continue to rise
The figures have grown by over 33,000 since January last year.
# waiting-lists - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
'Enough is enough': 94% of IMO consultants and doctors vote for industrial action
The IMO said its key demand is an end to the “unjustifiable pay inequality” faced by consultants.
# waiting-lists - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
'Devastating': Trans people on wrong waiting list for years after referrals were 'misplaced'
Over 100 people were affected by the HSE’s error.
# waiting-lists - Saturday 21 September, 2019
Consultant shortages causing 'a spiral of burnout, stress and emigration'
About one million patients in Ireland are on waiting lists to see a consultant.
# waiting-lists - Sunday 21 July, 2019
Post pulled by the HSE as recruitment freeze goes on resulting in longer waiting times for patients
Experienced physiotherapists were told last week vacant positions offered out had now been cancelled.
# waiting-lists - Friday 14 June, 2019
'Disgrace': Record high in number of people waiting for outpatient appointments
556,411 patients were waiting for their first outpatient consultation at the end of May.
# waiting-lists - Friday 15 February, 2019
'Simply appalling': Record high in number of people waiting for outpatient appointments
Figures could rise again next month, due to the fallout from the nurses’ strike.
# waiting-lists - Friday 14 December, 2018
In Ireland, there is a 'widespread assumption' that your local TD or councillor can help you get a council house
A new report outlines a number of issues with local authority housing waiting lists in Ireland.
# waiting-lists - Monday 26 November, 2018
'Walking into a crisis': 61 psychiatrist posts are vacant around the country
Cork and Kerry are worst impacted.
# waiting-lists - Friday 16 November, 2018
Simon Harris acknowledges there is 'more work to be done' as inpatient waiting lists fall across Ireland
The number of patients waiting more than 9 months for treatment has reduced by 38%.
# waiting-lists - Saturday 3 November, 2018
More than 1,600 children and teens waiting over a year for psychology appointments
The HSE figures were released to Fianna Fáil’s mental health spokesperson James Browne.
# waiting-lists - Friday 2 November, 2018
Healy-Rae sends patients to Belfast for hip and knee replacements to avoid a four-year wait
Patients can get the surgery in Belfast in a couple of months.
# waiting-lists - Wednesday 8 August, 2018
Patients to be told how long they'll spend on a waiting list under new 'guarantee' scheme
The waiting list guarantee policy will kick in next year.
'A national scandal': Almost one million on health waiting lists in first half of year
There were 997,258 patient appointments outstanding in the first half of the year.
# waiting-lists - Monday 16 July, 2018
Attempt to remove patients from hospital waiting lists 'a national disgrace', National Association of GPs says
It’s claimed that the most vulnerable in society are being affected
# waiting-lists - Thursday 14 June, 2018
There are more people on hospital waiting lists than ever before
More than half a million people are on outpatient waiting lists however the number of inpatients waiting has fallen slightly.
# waiting-lists - Thursday 12 April, 2018
Here's the plan to reduce waiting lists for tonsil, knee, hip and cataract operations
The government is pledging to reduce the number of people waiting over 9 months for a hospital operation.
# waiting-lists - Sunday 11 February, 2018
'We're terrified': Parents of sick children to hold vigil outside Crumlin hospital over trolley crisis
One mother spoke to TheJournal.ie about the battle her child with Cystic Fibrosis has faced.
# waiting-lists - Saturday 6 January, 2018
'Not happening by accident' - waits for heart services at Dublin children's hospital exploded in the last two years
Temple Street says it currently has access to only one consultant cardiologist, with that consultant “only commissioned to one clinic per week”.
# waiting-lists - Friday 22 December, 2017
Surgeries at Cork hospital cancelled for two weeks as flu and 'revelry' make their impact
The move is an attempt to ease pressure on services over the busy Christmas period.
# waiting-lists - Monday 18 December, 2017
'It's Belfast or go blind': Bus of elderly head on eight-hour journey up North for cataract surgery
There are currently more than 8,500 people on the cataract waiting list in Ireland.
# waiting-lists - Wednesday 15 November, 2017
Hospital breakdown: 9,206 elderly people forced to wait over 24 hours in Emergency Departments
The HSE’s Service Plan for 2017 set a target that anyone aged 75 years and over entering an ED would be discharged or admitted within 24 hours.
# waiting-lists - Thursday 12 October, 2017
Susie Long's husband says 10 years after her death, people are still stuck on waiting lists
Susie Long created a national debate around the health service when she told Liveline she was going to die “because of hospital waiting lists”.
# waiting-lists - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
Doctors say health budget will do little to improve 'overcrowded death zone' hospitals
Paschal Donohoe said health spending is already at record levels but is being increased because the area “needs improvement”.
# waiting-lists - Sunday 8 October, 2017
People in need of heart consultations in Meath are waiting up to two years for an appointment
Nearly 200 people have been waiting up to 22 months for a cardiac consultation at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan.
'Eircode lottery' determines if your child gets to see a psychologist, says TD
80% of those on a waiting list for a psychological appointment are between the five to 17 year age group.
# waiting-lists - Saturday 30 September, 2017
Just 230 out of 750 mental health posts approved since 2015 have been filled
Some €70 million in funding was announced over 2015-2016.
# waiting-lists - Wednesday 27 September, 2017
Children with scoliosis on waiting lists more than 4 months given option to go abroad for surgery
A new theatre at Crumlin Hospital which deals with surgeries is only open three days a week.
# waiting-lists - Sunday 13 August, 2017
'Scandalous': The number of children waiting over 18 months for appointments rises by 450%
A total of 52,257 child patients were waiting at any length of time for their first appointment at the end of July.
# waiting-lists - Saturday 29 July, 2017
HSE criticised for not knowing length of waiting lists for CT and MRI scans
The HSE said it’s been “working to establish a system to track waiting lists for a range of diagnostic procedures”.
# waiting-lists - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
143 women in Donegal are waiting over a year for a breast clinic appointment
Nearly 250 women who displayed symptoms of possible breast cancer have been waiting between six and 12 months.
# waiting-lists - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
'People are dying on waiting lists': Harris urged to fix health service once and for all
The Future of Healthcare report which aims to reform the health service over 10 years has been criticised for the spending it proposes.
# waiting-lists - Saturday 10 June, 2017
HSE reveals thousands of children left waiting for assessment, despite 3 month legal deadline
At end of last year there were almost 4,000 applications overdue for completion.
# waiting-lists - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
School waiting lists are being scrapped - but it's not yet known what will happen to students currently on one
New legislation will see the waiting lists phased out after admission reforms.
# waiting-lists - Saturday 22 April, 2017
Drug dealing happens in mental health facilities across the country, doctor says
Injection centres, medicinal cannabis and investment were on the agenda at the IMO’s annual conference.
# waiting-lists - Friday 21 April, 2017
Should drink drivers get an automatic ban? Doctors will be debating that today
The Irish Medical Organisation’s AGM is happening in Galway.
# waiting-lists - Monday 17 April, 2017
'He’s very brave, he was in surgery for 10 hours': Tommy Long finally gets scoliosis operation
Tommy’s mother Michelle said he looks “unrecognisable” since the surgery.
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Poll: Are you using the Covid-19 contact tracing app?
IT’S A WEEK since the launch of the HSE’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Since then, the app has had well over one million downloads, with the take-up rate heralded as being “the most successful launch” of the app anywhere in the world by HSE CEO Paul Reid.
The app is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day.
A week on from its launch, we’re asking: Are you using the Covid-19 contact tracing app?
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