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GPs group excluded from under-6s negotiations

GPs group excluded from under-6s negotiations

The National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP)will be excluded from formal negotiations...

More than 60 women apply for symphysiotomy payments

More than 60 women apply for symphysiotomy payments

Sixty-four women have submitted completed application forms to the Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme, ...

HSE managers to face monthly scorecards

HSE managers to face monthly scorecards

Scorecards for managers in the health service will be introduced next year, with their performanc...

21 of the biggest publicly-run nursing homes are at risk of closure

21 of the biggest publicly-run nursing homes are at risk of closure

Twenty-one of the biggest publicly-run nursing homes are at risk of closure due to the state’s ...

Dilemma of balancing equality with risks

Dilemma of balancing equality with risks

Relaxing the ban on gay men donating blood will increase the risk of infections

Hospitals fail to hire doctors on short-term contracts

Hospitals fail to hire doctors on short-term contracts

Efforts to hire doctors on short-term contracts, in a bid to reduce the HSE’s massive agency costs, have failed.

Ireland still paying more for medicines than many in EU

Ireland still paying more for medicines than many in EU

New survey shows Ireland pays more for medicines than other EU countries

Varadkar under pressure to cough up for €437,000 medicine

Varadkar under pressure to cough up for €437,000 medicine

Pressure is mounting on the Health Service Executive (HSE) and Minister for Health Leo Varadkar to fund the €437,000 medicine called Soliris, with patients exerting considerable pressure in the national media in order to gain access to the medicine.

GPs threaten health minister with legal action

GPs threaten health minister with legal action

The Minister for Health is breaching EU state aid rules by refusing to negotiate with one of the two GP representative bodies, the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) has alleged.

HSE still paying exorbitant prices for generic medicines

HSE still paying exorbitant prices for generic medicines

The HSE continues to pay inflated prices for many of the most widely used generic medicines, eve...

Mount Carmel set to reopen with  65 beds

Mount Carmel set to reopen with 65 beds

The former Mount Carmel private hospital in Dublin will reopen its doors to patients in April. M...

HSE frees more doctors for private practice

HSE frees more doctors for private practice

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved a significant number of contracts that enable hos...

Sperm: an alternative banking crisis is looming

Sperm: an alternative banking crisis is looming

Founder of world’s biggest sperm bank warns Irish women will opt for home insemination.

Ireland versus Big Tobacco

Ireland versus Big Tobacco

Under new legislation, cigarette packs will soon be unrecognisable in Ireland. But will our enshrined private property rights thwart the government’s plan to put Big Tobacco in its place?

Former social workers paid up to €300k as legal guardians

Former social workers paid up to €300k as legal guardians

l Some top earners paid as ‘guardians at law’ were former HSE managers and social workers