A plan being drawn up by the Sláintecare health reform office headed up by Laura Magahy, as well as senior health officials, will see between five and six regional integrated care organisations (RICOs) established across Ireland
Do we have a serious recruitment and retention crisis in nursing? Are nurses badly underpaid? Here we examine the claims and counterclaims in the current spat
The medicines regulator is proposing to increase its fees to veterinary and pharma companies by 8...
Writing in this newspaper today, O’Brien says it is “extraordinary” that this is still not on the reform agenda, and that it is something which should be prioritised by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
The HSE, in response to questions from this newspaper, was unable to identify a single clinic that has been established since Minister for Health Simon Harris announced they would form an integral part of the HSE’s winter plan
Mary Robinson has come under fire across the globe, as lawyers, human rights advocates and politicians have accused her of giving political cover to the royal family of Dubai
The Minister for Health won’t tell us why we are paying nearly €3 million per bed for the planned hospital. This will result in other projects being delayed or abandoned
Pembro, the drug used to treat cervical cancer, is not value for money and there is limited evide...
Dublin’s maternity hospitals are unable to guarantee that they will provide termination of pregnancy services from the beginning of January, as promised by Minister for Health Simon Harris
The ability of the health service to deliver abortion services on January 1 looks increasingly uncertain
The masters of the three Dublin maternity hospitals have warned Minister for Health Simon Harris that the health service is not prepared for the introduction of abortion services in January.
Professor Michael Barry, who leads the HSE’s Medicines Management Programme, has proposed the introduction of a managed access programme.
The National Maternity Hospital and St Vincent’s Healthcare Group have warned that the project ...
A major investigation has revealed that many medical devices, including pacemakers, replacement joints and breast implants, have either been tested inadequately or not at all
Of course cancer patients want to access the new, ‘wonder drugs’, but the money would have to be taken from other healthcare services
