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Irish health spending in EU’s top four

Irish health spending in EU’s top four

Only Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands ($5,276) spent more per capita

Irish Society for Autism had €530k surplus in 2014

Irish Society for Autism had €530k surplus in 2014

The Irish Society for Autism, which had three residential centres taken over by the HSE last week...

Drugs firms offer new price plan to HSE in face of unilateral cuts

Drugs firms offer new price plan to HSE in face of unilateral cuts

Pharma body met with state officials on Thursday

Watchdog calls for drug price cut

Watchdog calls for drug price cut

The HSE’s spend on aspirin in 2014 was over six times the cost of the medicine itself

Medicines boss: Costly new cancer drugs not working

Medicines boss: Costly new cancer drugs not working

Just one in 20 new cancer drugs assessed for the Irish market since the beginning of 2016 were considered value for money, according to a new assessment by the NCPE

RCSI spending €50 million on research division expansion

RCSI spending €50 million on research division expansion

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is investing €50 million in a major expansion o...

Tax-settlement surgeon sues accountancy firm

Tax-settlement surgeon sues accountancy firm

A Dublin hospital consultant who recently made a six-figure settlement with the Irish tax authori...

Dementia cure failures bring on funding fatigue in pharma companies

Dementia cure failures bring on funding fatigue in pharma companies

The search for a breakthrough drug for dementia is being hampered by “funding fatigue” with pharmaceutical companies retreating from research in that area, a major report has warned.

HSE unveils nursing home plans as deadline looms

HSE unveils nursing home plans as deadline looms

Units must upgrade or face closure by Hiqa

Varadkar to lift ban on gay blood donations

Varadkar to lift ban on gay blood donations

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar is set to lift the lifetime ban on blood donation for men who have had sex with other men. The move will be welcomed by gay rights campaigners, who believe the decades-old ban reinforces stereotypes of gay and bisexua

HSE to include St Vincent’s Private in audit

HSE to include St Vincent’s Private in audit

The HSE plans to send forensic auditors into St Vincent’s Private Hospital as well as the publi...

Charities regulator still lacks teeth

Charities regulator still lacks teeth

The government has not empowered the Charities Regulatory Authority to conduct statutory investig...

10 questions about the Portlaoise baby deaths

10 questions about the Portlaoise baby deaths

Maternity services have been under scrutiny in recent weeks, but many questions about this crucial element of healthcare remain unanswered

Doctors are told to boycott free care plan for under-6s

Doctors are told to boycott free care plan for under-6s

The National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) has written to 1,200 GPs advising them t...

Hospitals to cancel elective surgeries to tackle ‘trolley crisis’

Hospitals to cancel elective surgeries to tackle ‘trolley crisis’

Hospitals around the country are set to cancel a wide range of elective surgeries this month in a...