Susan Mitchell: Don’t buy the coalition’s spin on A&E overcrowding
Most other countries are managing to deal with the issue of emergency department waiting times
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Most other countries are managing to deal with the issue of emergency department waiting times
The knowledge that treatment exists, but isn’t available to you, is likely to become more common, writes Susan Mitchell
Chinese firm looking to commercialise Irish tissue samples
Patient groups should be up in arms over the government’s climb- down on publishing mortality rates, writes Susan Mitchell.
The paradox of Portlaoise highlights the lack of accountability, not only within the health service, but within the government as well
Outbursts from broadcaster George Hook, TD Mattie McGrath and others are feeding fears among girls and their parents about the cervical cancer vaccine
We should not be silent as patients are slaughtered in their beds, writes Susan Mitchell
As in Britain, we should tell patients how much their medication costs
Fringe groups who circulate scare stories about health vaccines need to have their claims held up to the light and exposed
It might be inconvenient, but the salaries offered on public consultant contracts are just not enough to attract doctors
Mullen’s comments on Savita Halappanavar are irrelevant to the dilemmas and crises faced by obstetricians
Families and older people continue to endure hellish waits to access the Fair Deal nursing home scheme. Some are stuck at home, others are living with their families, and hundreds more are languishing in hospital beds, which is having a detrimental e
Without any basis in medical fact, the anti-vaccine movement is gaining support - leading to fears of mass outbreaks of measles and mumps in the future
Is Sláintecare a utopian wish list, or a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to sort out Ireland’s dysfunctional health service?
The government’s Fair Deal nursing home scheme is in crisis again, and experts increasingly believe it is unsustainable