Dr Gabriel Scally’s report on the CervicalCheck mess is comprehensive and patient-focused, with lessons of great importance for our doctors and politicians
Factfile Name: Dr Gabriel Scally Age: 63 Appearance: slim and businesslike Newsworthiness: the re...
The private laboratories contracted by the cervical screening programme have threatened to pull o...
A new report shows that Ireland requires many new beds to deal with a looming crisis
The Minister for Health’s refusal to meet with the National Maternity Hospital and explain his ...
Counties across Ireland face significant nursing home bed shortages of 7,214 by 2026, according t...
Health Editor Susan Mitchell is joined by Professor Sean Kennelly, consultant geriatrician and the director of memory services at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin and Dr. Suzanne Timmons, consultant geriatrician and the clinical lead of the HSE's national dementia office
Health Editor Susan Mitchell is joined by Professor Sean Kennelly, consultant geriatrician and the director of memory services at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin and Dr. Suzanne Timmons, consultant geriatrician and the clinical lead of the HSE's national dementia office
CPE has developed resistance to Carbapenems, a group of ‘last resort’ antibiotics that are used in serious infections when other drugs will not work
Vaccinations save millions of lives each year, but failure to compensate in those rare cases when they harm recipients creates a dangerous breach of public confidence
An estimated 5,000 former patients will receive letters telling them that they were identified as ‘contacts’ of patients who were colonised by an antibiotic-resistant superbug called CPE
Review will examine screening histories of 1,850 women who developed cancer
One of the world’s largest indemnifiers of doctors has weighed into the debate about medical ne...
Irish College of General Practitioners issues guidelines
Medicines for Ireland claims policies on biosimilar products prevent taxpayers from gaining €25 million in savings on vital medicines
