New rules around medication dispensing delayed after political backlash – The Irish Times
Changes to the way medication is dispensed to patients from pharmacies are to be delayed after political backlash…
Equivalent of two large hospitals needed to deal with expected Irish flu surge, doctors warn – The Irish Times
Up to 1,000 hospital beds will be needed for people requiring admission for the flu as part of…
HSE apologises to couple wrongfully advised of fatal foetal abnormality – The Irish Times
HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster has provided an “unequivocal” apology on behalf of the health service to a…
HSE currently developing a proposal for a 75-bed acute mental health service at Cork hospital
Cork TD Liam Quaide who worked as a clinical psychologist in the North Cork mental health services from…
The patients improving Ireland’s health system – The Irish Times
The “complex acetabular fracture in bed 11” that medical staff talked about was Maureen Nolan’s beloved husband Gabriel,…
Mental health watchdog withdraws legal action over ‘unprecedented’ failings at Cork unit – The Irish Times
The Mental Health Commission (MHC) has withdrawn a legal case against Cork University Hospital over what the watchdog…
Best and worst hospitals rated for staff handwashing as winter season illnesses loom
Some hospitals have gone backwards in the hygiene marker since the pandemic. Stock photo: Getty The hospitals with…
Minister urged to intercede over regulator row in psychotherapy sector – The Irish Times
One of the big psychotherapy bodies is calling on Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to intervene in…
Dozens of Drogheda hospital patients had pre-cancerous cells miscategorised – The Irish Times
A number of patients treated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda are being told this week…
From virtual reality for pain to digital diagnostic systems – The Irish Times
The recently revealed controversy of insourcing in public hospitals – where hospital equipment and HSE staff were co-opted…
Revealed: Counties with highest number of patients receiving free Ozempic jab for diabetes
Galway and north Dublin have the highest number of patients receiving the Ozempic jab for free to treat…
More than 50 consultants urge State to stop using Israeli medicines where ‘viable alternatives’ exist – The Irish Times
More than 50 consultants at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) have called on the State to stop using medicines…