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Consultants break private patient rules

Consultants break private patient rules

Hospital consultants are engaging in a widespread breach of private practice limits in public hospitals, new figures reveal.

Dentists pessimistic on outlook for 2012

Dentists pessimistic on outlook for 2012

Dentists believe there will be as many as 1,000 job losses in the sector this year.

Adoption agency threatens closure over outsourcing

Adoption agency threatens closure over outsourcing

One of the three organisations accredited to carry out intercountry adoptions has threatened to close down.

Growing hope in Ethiopia

Growing hope in Ethiopia

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.

Thinking of the children

Thinking of the children

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald talks to Susan Mitchell about the challenges facing her department and what she hopes to achieve while in office.

Air ambulance firm threatening legal action over Air Corps

Air ambulance firm threatening legal action over Air Corps

Lifeflight Air Ambulance has threatened to seek an injunction if the government appoints the Air Corps to provide a national air ambulance service.

VHI sued by hospital liquidator for alleged 'abuse of market dominance'

VHI sued by hospital liquidator for alleged 'abuse of market dominance'

The VHI is being sued on competition grounds by the liquidator of the €90 million Cork Medical Centre (CMC).

A pill for every ill? Not any more . . .

A pill for every ill? Not any more . . .

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.

Doctors criticise 'postcode lottery' for infusion drugs

Doctors criticise 'postcode lottery' for infusion drugs

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.

Mixed news on aid for NGOs

Mixed news on aid for NGOs

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.

A matter of life or death

A matter of life or death

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.

HSE savings wiped out by agency staff hirings

HSE savings wiped out by agency staff hirings

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.

'The government must address the legal deficiencies on abortion'

'The government must address the legal deficiencies on abortion'

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.

Women's Council kicks off campaign to push for abortion legislation

Women's Council kicks off campaign to push for abortion legislation

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.

Call for new stem cell law

Call for new stem cell law

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.