Community healthcare will be expanded to all six and seven-year-olds and people who are earning up to the median income - roughly €47,000

Website offers same-day online appointments for patients, and allows for better work conditions for doctors

Nurses who work in general practice surgeries are not eligible for the €1,000 tax-free pandemic bonus and are ‘irate’ as Minister for Finance says they are not frontline health care workers

Last week’s schedule of vaccinations was beset by supply problems and communications mishaps that saw elderly people turned away from surgeries without receiving the jab. Can the HSE carry off the massive programme without any more big delays?