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Disabled drivers scheme gets overhaul after being found ‘not fit for purpose’

Government working group found the current scheme was overly restrictive and that a new needs-based grant-aided vehicular adaptation scheme should replace it

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Advice column: My boyfriend seems to have lost his zest for life and our future plans

This week, clinical hypnotherapist Fiona Brennan answers a reader’s concerns about her partner’s sudden low mood and energy

American healthcare group UPMC completes acquisition of Sports Surgery Clinic

The clinic was founded by Ray Moran in 2007 and has grown to a 101-bed facility

Tony O’Brien: Playing the Covid blame game won’t help us to deal with the next health crisis

Let’s not waste time pretending there was a ‘perfect’ way our leaders could have handled the pandemic – we need real learning, not recriminations

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Advice column: Since I turned 40 I’m rarely in the mood for sex, and my wife feels rejected

This week, GP and author Dr Mark Rowe advises a reader who is concerned about a sharp decline in libido and its effects on his relationship with his wife

Information from doctors group about new contract was ‘misleading’, says Donnelly

The new public-only Sláintecare contract for doctors comes into force today, just one day after a majority of doctors rejected it

Hospital consultants offered up to €257,000 under new Sláintecare contract

Minister for Health will implement the public-only contract this week for all new consultant posts

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Advice column: My high-pressure job is putting too much strain on me and my family

This week, psychotherapist Siobhán Murray helps a reader to recognise the signs of burnout and advises how to approach the issue with his employer

‘Mixed score card’ for government on Sláintecare

Trinity professor Sara Burke says the government has been too slow to act on many recommendations for reforming Ireland’s health service

Health group criticises Donnelly over inaction on daytime alcohol advertising ban

Minister for Health claims to have been in talks with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland on the matter since 2019

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Advice column: I’ve been told my boyfriend cheated on his last girlfriend

This week, clinical hypnotherapist Fiona Brennan guides a reader who suddenly feels very vulnerable in her relationship after a mostly happy five years in which she felt safe and loved

Dublin ambulances reaching only 40% of life-threatening incidents in 19 minutes

Dublin ambulance operator reports a ‘worrying’ rise in the number of serious incidents being placed in a queue due to a lack of resources

Call for government to increase prices as medicine shortages persist, with 247 out of stock across Ireland

Of the medicines currently unavailable, 13 are on the World Medical Organisation’s WHO critical medicines list

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Advice column: My young son is showing troubling signs of cruelty to insects

This week, psychotherapist Dr Colman Noctor advises a parent on teaching their child the importance of being kind, caring and nurturing toward living creatures

Tony O’Brien: We must not sleepwalk into a GP crisis in Irish healthcare

Access to GP care remains relatively good in this country, but with factors like natural ageing, burnout and the corporatisation of GP care, we should be worried that this access could disappear

Advice column: How can I brighten my mood during the dark days?

This week, expert Dr Mark Rowe talks a reader through the reasons why they feel so lethargic and down during winter and how they can change their mindset

Watchdog rules HSE should give children stem cell treatment in Ireland instead of UK

Hiqa said the HSE was adding to an ‘incredibly stressful’ experience by making families travel abroad

Move to delay law banning insurer penalties for cancer survivors ‘completely outrageous’

Labour Party health spokesman says evidence is clear that cancer survivors are penalised when seeking insurance or loans

Conor O’Mahony: state’s legal strategy on nursing home charges is the rule, not the exception

‘The aim is to send a message: if you come for the state, you’d better not miss’, writes Professor Conor O’Mahony of the School of Law at University College Cork

People ‘frightened’ by long wait times are avoiding Irish emergency departments

Many patients expect significant delays at their local hospital