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€100m surgical hub plan to take scalpel to waiting lists

Five hubs are targeted at high-volume minor surgeries, while health minister also plans three new elective hospitals in Cork

No decision on Crumlin and Temple Street repurposing ahead of Children’s Hospital opening

Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s Hospital may be used for outpatient and elective surgery when NCH opens

Patients who get cancer after screening to be given history of process

Under amended legislation, patients with cancer who request a review will be granted access to their full screening history

Editor’s picks: Sit down with the best of our big reads

Our editors handpick the best writing in this week’s Business Post – including the lowdown on the mood in Ireland’s tech industry, and an exclusive interview with Health Minister Stephen Donnelly

Minister for Health wants to ‘finish the job’ in department after reshuffle

Minister says progress is being made in health service, but a ‘huge amount of focus’ is still necessary

Listen: Stephen Donnelly on the pandemic, politics and the quest for universal healthcare

In an exclusive interview, Tony O’Brien talks to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly about his baptism of fire, his relationship with former HSE boss Paul Reid, Sláintecare, and ‘finishing the job’

Health Tapes revelations were in the public interest – Donnelly

The Minister for Health was ‘uncomfortable’ with the secretly recorded department tapes released to the Business Post, but agreed that the public had a right know about the matters discussed

Up for debate: The best from the Business Post’s columnists

Insightful analysis of the main developments in business and politics from our team of writers, including Lucinda Creighton, Matt Cooper and Elaine Byrne

Under half of €350m health waiting list pot is drawn down

The 2022 Waiting List Action Plan was launched in February in a bid to reduce and reform waiting lists as figures show over 900,000 were waiting for a procedure in September

Tony O’Brien: HSE’s more honest winter plan avoids the ritual pain points of bogus targets

Unusually, this year health minister Stephen Donnelly has produced a transparent list of funded initiatives that, in the short to medium term, are capable of improving the quality of the health service

Tony O’Brien: Donnelly gets rough end of budget stick as grand health plan at a standstill

Cancer programmes and dental health largely overlooked, funding for new medicines reduced and an under-resourced GP system all point to a budget that suits an economic rather than a health strategy

Few new services expected from €1.2bn health spend increase

Only €254 million will be spent on new measures, the rest will go to increases in delivering existing services

IBM wins contract to centralise HSE’s financial IT system

The integrated financial management system is planned to provide better financial reporting and forecasting, as well as enabling greater transparency

Today's headlines

Donnelly admits ‘tensions’ with HSE over Navan intervention; Job risk as Patreon to shut Dublin office

The stories you need to read from today’s Business Post

Donnelly admits ‘tensions’ over Navan intervention after Reid cited ‘frustrations’ in resignation letter

Minister for Health’s comments come after the outgoing HSE chief executive said he felt constrained in seeking to improve patient quality and outcomes

Today's headlines

McGrath confirms massive health overspend will need bailout; State warned over consumer rights bill

The stories you need to read from today’s Business Post

Health budget: McGrath pledges extra Covid-19 funding for HSE

Minister for Public Expenditure said the health budget was “always challenging” but had “greater complexity” this year due to the impact of the pandemic

‘Dear Stephen’: McGrath told Donnelly health overspend was ‘of great concern’

Letters from the Minister for Public Expenditure show his frustration as he sought clarity from the Minister for Health about a potential deficit of €2 billion, despite ‘the largest health budget in the history of the state’

Reid cited ‘frustrations’ and ‘constraints’ in HSE resignation letter

Comments raise questions about whether perceived political interference in a HSE decision over Navan Hospital played a role in Reid’s resignation

McGrath warns of ‘great concern’ over Donnelly’s health budget overspend

Letters reveal potential deficit of €2 billion which could require bailout for Department of Health this year