‘The buck stops with you’: Health minister blasted over patients spending hours on trolleys
HEALTH MINISTER JENNIFER Carroll MacNeill has been heavily criticised over hospital overcrowding and safe staffing levels. Hospital overcrowding…
Friction between Cork hospital and HSE region over staffing and spending goes back months – The Irish Times
On Monday August 17th, the top executive at the largest hospital in the south of the country sent…
Minister for Health’s disregard for patient safety is terrifying – The Irish Times
Sir, – The querying of the legality of Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill‘s HSE recruitment restrictions by…
Health staff face sweeping promotion restrictions under spending controls – The Irish Times
About 100,000 staff across large parts of the health service face restrictions on promotions as part of incoming…
No link between healthcare staff recruitment and hospital performance, says Minister – The Irish Times
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has claimed there is no real link between healthcare staff recruitment and…
Government wants HSE to cap hospital parking fee at €10 a day – The Irish Times
The Government wants the HSE to implement recommendations dating back eight years to limit hospital car parking charges…
Construction on the new maternity hospital will begin in 2027
CONSTRUCTION ON THE new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) will begin next year, but won’t be completed until 2033.…
Consultants’ private healthcare in public settings has ‘ceased’, HSE review finds – The Irish Times
Consultants carrying out private healthcare in public settings has “ceased” in line with the rules of their new…
Health chiefs have lost control of spending – and patients could pay the price next year
Christina Finn MUCH OF THE attention in this week’s budget was on tax cuts, childcare reform and fuel…
‘It is labour intensive but vital work’: An island-hopping GP on the west coast – The Irish Times
Smooth sailing when she heads out for appointments with her island patients isn’t the only priority for Achill…
Delay of children’s hospital would ‘impose considerable additional costs’, Minister warns – The Irish Times
The continued delay to the completion of the national children’s hospital would “impose considerable additional costs on the…
Public fury laid bare in women’s emails to health minister over private maternity care phase-out
JENNIFER CARROLL MACNEILL, the health minister, was inundated with correspondence from members of the public expressing anger and…