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What’s the best way to support a grieving friend?

This week, hypnotherapist Fiona Brennan guides a reader who worries her lack of personal bereavement leaves her ill equipped to help others who have lost loved ones

Our ‘hidden waiting list’ of delays in access to medicines is costing lives

An independent review of our entire drugs reimbursement system is urgently needed as patients wait far longer here for new drugs than in most of Europe

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Should I let my sensitive son find his own way in the world?

This week, psychotherapist Dr Colman Noctor advises a mother on supporting her younger son’s journey towards expressing his authentic self

Moves to improve open disclosure after CervicalCheck are ‘seriously off target’

Dr Gabriel Scally said while many recommendations from his report on the controversy have been completed, there is still ‘serious work’ to be done

Patients who get cancer after screening to be given history of process

Under amended legislation, patients with cancer who request a review will be granted access to their full screening history

Up to 1,000 homecare workers to be recruited from outside EU

Government boosts budget from €600 million to €700 million to ease staff shortages in homecare sector and reduce waiting list

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As I’ve grown older, I seem to have lost all joy in life

This week, psychologist Louize Carroll advises a reader on how to escape a consistently grumpy, negative frame of mind

‘A woman of extraordinary courage’ - Tributes paid following death of Vicky Phelan

Ms Phelan passed away in the early hours of this morning at Milford Hospice in Co Limerick

Today's headlines

Reliance on FDI ‘exposes Ireland to risk of job loss’; Donnelly says Health Tapes in public interest

The top stories from business and politics in today’s Business Post

Hedge fund collapse leads to £500k writedown for Irish property developer

Jersey-based David Kennedy had been planning to build a €50 million cancer treatment centre in Kildare town backed by a Neil Woodford-linked firm, but it will not now proceed after the collapse of Woodford’s hedge fund empire

Minister for Health wants to ‘finish the job’ in department after reshuffle

Minister says progress is being made in health service, but a ‘huge amount of focus’ is still necessary

Listen: Stephen Donnelly on the pandemic, politics and the quest for universal healthcare

In an exclusive interview, Tony O’Brien talks to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly about his baptism of fire, his relationship with former HSE boss Paul Reid, Sláintecare, and ‘finishing the job’

Health Tapes revelations were in the public interest – Donnelly

The Minister for Health was ‘uncomfortable’ with the secretly recorded department tapes released to the Business Post, but agreed that the public had a right know about the matters discussed

Irish ICUs performed better than UK for treating Covid patients

However, a new study also found patients were generally sicker on admission to intensive care

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How can I resolve an embarrassing row with a family member?

This week, expert Fiona Brennan advises a reader who has fallen out with an extended family member and doesn’t know how to resolve the awkward impasse

Tony O’Brien: Lack of accountability will doom Sláintecare’s regional system to failure

Five years on from the launch of Sláintecare, there is still no plan to legislate for the establishment of regional health areas as entities distinct from the HSE

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Is online gaming interfering with my son’s real-life friendships?

This week psychotherapist Dr Colman Noctor advises a worried parent whose son socialises with his peers mainly through video games

Risk of HSE regionalisation being viewed as ‘back-office’ exercise, says advisory group chair

Leo Kearns warned that the HSE had to ensure “maximum devolved authority” to the new RHAs if they were to be successful

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Should I confront my partner over his excessive drinking?

Expert Siobhan Murray this week advises a reader whose boyfriend started drinking more during the pandemic and has continued the habit

Randox founder backs Irish diagnostics company ChektAhora

Company founded by Blaine Doyle, a previous winner of the Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur competition, has secured €2.5 million in funding