The ‘just do it’ model of leadership isn’t delivering for patients or consultants
Our ageing population is a triumph of the impact of our increasing wealth as a nation over the…
Close to 10,000 patients on trolleys in August across Irish hospitals
IRISH HOSPITALS RECORDED their worst-ever August for overcrowding last month with close to 10,000 patients on trolleys. The…
CUH boss says hospital ‘unsafe’ for patients amid shortfall of over 1,000 staff
The chief executive of Cork University Hospital (CUH) has admitted the hospital is not safe ahead of the…
Heatstroke may be contributing to hospital overcrowding in Ireland
Almost 9,500 people aged 75 or over waited longer than 24 hours to get a hospital bed this…
Record July overcrowding sees 10,300 patients left without hospital beds
Hospitals have recorded their busiest July on record, with more than 10,300 patients left waiting on trolleys or…
Almost 85,000 waiting for treatment across Cork hospitals
Nearly 85,000 people were waiting for treatment across Cork’s six hospitals in June, new data has shown. There…
Medicine is changing as patients get older and sicker
The waiting room is not what it used to be. Much has changed in general practice. It used…
ieExplains: Why is the health minister so critical of HSE South West?
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said the “idea of a person from Cork who is lying on trolleys in CUH…
Last month was the worst for patients on trolleys since 2022
More people were on trolleys waiting for a hospital bed last month than any June since 2022 during…
Plans for Cork’s newest hospital will be submitted ‘within months’
The new elective hospital for Cork city will go to the planning application stage within months, the HSE has…
CUH theatre nurses set for ballot on industrial action
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) is to ballot its theatre department members in Cork University Hospital…
Patients in ‘inhumane’ conditions at UHL due to overcrowding
Concern is growing that plans for a new regional hospital in Limerick are being put on the back…