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Consultant calls for elimination of Hep C in vulnerable patients

It can cost up to €90,000 for a full course of treatment but a leading professor says it is both ethical and cost effective to boost the number of people getting treated for the virus

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HSE allocated less than half of €88m funding requested to upgrade IT systems

Health service allocated €40m for 2023 to tackle cyber risks – despite board minutes showing it would need €88.5m to fund process

Investigative journalism award for the Business Post

The publication won the NewsBrands Ireland award for its Health Tapes investigation, a series of reports by Aaron Rogan and Daniel Murray which revealed financial dysfunction and distrust in the health system

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’

Tusla broke public spending code with €400,000 contract

Child and family agency paid a privacy company to deal with data subject access requests related to data breaches arising from the HSE ransomware attack and the publication of the mother and baby home report

No compensation scheme over HSE cyber attack

Executive to contact more than 100,000 people whose personal data was breached during hack

Lack of information on cancer risk factor led to case against HSE

Patient advocate is campaigning for breast density to be highlighted as significant issue in screening

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

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

Tony O’Brien: HSE’s more honest winter plan avoids the ritual pain points of bogus targets

Unusually, this year health minister Stephen Donnelly has produced a transparent list of funded initiatives that, in the short to medium term, are capable of improving the quality of the health service

Homecare providers threaten HSE with legal action over new tender process

Home and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) claims that the HSE is not providing enough detail on care plans and is potentially ‘in contravention of the law’ on zero-hour contracts

IBM wins contract to centralise HSE’s financial IT system

The integrated financial management system is planned to provide better financial reporting and forecasting, as well as enabling greater transparency

Donnelly admits ‘tensions’ over Navan intervention after Reid cited ‘frustrations’ in resignation letter

Minister for Health’s comments come after the outgoing HSE chief executive said he felt constrained in seeking to improve patient quality and outcomes

Reid cited ‘frustrations’ and ‘constraints’ in HSE resignation letter

Comments raise questions about whether perceived political interference in a HSE decision over Navan Hospital played a role in Reid’s resignation

Ennis-headquartered TTM Solutions acquires two companies

The acquisitions, Rota and MMA Healthcare Resourcing, are part of the group’s focus on investing in internationalisation and technology

Digital transformation is the cure Irish healthcare needs

Covid speeded up the move to digital medicine, bringing in a new approach that incorporates technology as a monitoring tool and a means of intervention

Tony O’Brien: Cowen’s silly season HSE proposal shows where real dysfunctions lie

The Fianna Faíl TD should know that there is zero prospect of his suggestion to amalgamate the roles of HSE chief and Health secretary general being taken seriously

Remarks by DoH officials on leaked recordings ‘an assault on competence of HSE board’, says Finlay

Department of Health official amends letter of regret to include apology for ‘not appropriate or thought-out’ comments