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Susan Mitchell: Don’t buy the coalition’s spin on A&E overcrowding

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

'Irish drug approvals remain turgid with little transparency'

'Irish drug approvals remain turgid with little transparency'

The knowledge that treatment exists, but isn’t available to you, is likely to become more common, writes Susan Mitchell

Concerns raised over possible biobank deal

Concerns raised over possible biobank deal

Chinese firm looking to commercialise Irish tissue samples

Hospitals, deaths and damned statistics

Hospitals, deaths and damned statistics

Patient groups should be up in arms over the government’s climb- down on publishing mortality rates, writes Susan Mitchell.

Playing politics with people’s lives

Playing politics with people’s lives

The paradox of Portlaoise highlights the lack of accountability, not only within the health service, but within the government as well

The HSE is right, and Hook is wrong

The HSE is right, and Hook is wrong

Outbursts from broadcaster George Hook, TD Mattie McGrath and others are feeding fears among girls and their parents about the cervical cancer vaccine

It's time to take a stand against attacks on hospitals in war zones

It's time to take a stand against attacks on hospitals in war zones

We should not be silent as patients are slaughtered in their beds, writes Susan Mitchell

Susan Mitchell: Time for some medicine from Jeremy Hunt

Susan Mitchell: Time for some medicine from Jeremy Hunt

As in Britain, we should tell patients how much their medication costs

Susan Mitchell: Regret’s regrettable behaviour

Susan Mitchell: Regret’s regrettable behaviour

Fringe groups who circulate scare stories about health vaccines need to have their claims held up to the light and exposed

Despite how much we spend on health, we don't seem capable of creating a system attractive for doctors

Despite how much we spend on health, we don't seem capable of creating a system attractive for doctors

It might be inconvenient, but the salaries offered on public consultant contracts are just not enough to attract doctors

Rónán Mullen’s cynicism does his cause no favours

Rónán Mullen’s cynicism does his cause no favours

Mullen’s comments on Savita Halappanavar are irrelevant to the dilemmas and crises faced by obstetricians

Action on Fair Deal is overdue

Action on Fair Deal is overdue

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

Vaccine crisis looms as scare stories take hold

Vaccine crisis looms as scare stories take hold

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

Susan Mitchell assesses the Committee on the Future of Healthcare report

Susan Mitchell assesses the Committee on the Future of Healthcare report

Is Sláintecare a utopian wish list, or a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to sort out Ireland’s dysfunctional health service?

Can we afford the fair deal

Can we afford the fair deal

The government’s Fair Deal nursing home scheme is in crisis again, and experts increasingly believe it is unsustainable