Consultants break private patient rules
Hospital consultants are engaging in a widespread breach of private practice limits in public hospitals, new figures reveal.
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Hospital consultants are engaging in a widespread breach of private practice limits in public hospitals, new figures reveal.
Dentists believe there will be as many as 1,000 job losses in the sector this year.
One of the three organisations accredited to carry out intercountry adoptions has threatened to close down.
While the name Ethiopia still conjures up images of starving children, and human rights abuses remain a major issue, there is plenty of hope for the future, writes Susan Mitchell.
Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald talks to Susan Mitchell about the challenges facing her department and what she hopes to achieve while in office.
Lifeflight Air Ambulance has threatened to seek an injunction if the government appoints the Air Corps to provide a national air ambulance service.
The VHI is being sued on competition grounds by the liquidator of the €90 million Cork Medical Centre (CMC).
New drugs are not being approved for use in the public health service, and a 'postcode lottery' for access to healthcare has emerged. Susan Mitchell reports.
A postcode lottery for access to expensive drugs has emerged in Ireland, with leading doctors hitting out at what they described as geographic inequities that determine access to medicines.
Irish Aid, the state's programme of assistance to developing countries, has notified the country's development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) of the funding they will get for 2012.
The pain and shock of a personal bereavement set Joan Freeman on a long journey which culminated in the founding of Pieta House, the suicide-prevention network, writes Susan Mitchell.
Savings made by the HSE under a new medical staff agency contract were wiped out by an increased reliance on agency staff in 2011, with the executive spending €187 million on such workers.
Since 1980, more than 150,000 Irish women and girls have travelled to clinics abroad to obtain abortions. Susan Mitchell interviews a doctor who has treated some of them.
The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is mobilising its members to lobby politicians to argue that legislation on abortion should be passed this year.
The Irish Stem Cell Foundation has called on the government to honour a commitment in the programme for government to introduce legislation on the use of stem cells.