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
Unpublished evaluation warns that HSE proposal would not provide true universal healthcare
Terminal cancer victim’s action against HSE and US laboratory was settled for €7.5 million
Phelan, who exposed the CervicalCheck controversy earlier this year, received Pembro, which is manufactured by MSD. It is one of a handful of promising treatments that unleash a person’s own immune system to attack cancer cells
From doctors not informing patients of test results to the state’s rash offer of repeat tests, many errors have been made in the CervicalCheck scandal
Politicians, solicitors and the media are only adding to the CervicalCheck confusion
Spectre of legal action mounts while doctors threaten to resign from service
The Department of Health has been informed of the timeline, which is longer than that promised by health minister Simon Harris
Spending on medical and surgical supplies increased from €337 million to €401 million over the same four-year period
Biogen is also urgently calling on the HSE to reform the appraisal process for orphan medicines to treat rare diseases, arguing that there is a need for a greater degree of flexibility for these assessments
Health minister Simon Harris instructed healthcare regulator Hiqa to carry out a statutory investigation following the death of Malak Thawley, who died at the hospital in 2016. She died during surgery for an ectopic pregnancy
Blaming the HSE for everything lets politicians off the hook. Is it possible to name one significant health initiative that was the brainchild of this government?
The State Claims Agency (SCA) said that maternity services claims comprised €1.4 billion, or 70 per cent of the total estimated outstanding clinical claims liability at the end of 2017
Hospital management wants to enable healthcare assistants (HCAs) to work as operating theatre assistants
