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“Disappointing” uptake rates for vaccines protecting against winter respiratory viruses could have a serious impact on public health…
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Hospitals are seeking to charge patients for bed-stays where they have been approved for long-term care but are refusing to take up the…
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More than 50 overdoses have been reported in Dublin in recent days, as tests identified a second sample of heroin cut with a synthetic…
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The number of hospital consultants who have signed up to the new public-only contract has passed the 1,000 mark.As a result, more than…
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Traces of a “potent and dangerous” synthetic opioid have been found in a batch of heroin associated with a wave of overdoses in Dublin in…
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An additional €800 million in core funding is being provided to the health service in Budget 2024 to meet the needs of an ageing and…
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More than 700 hospital consultants have signed new public-only contracts that will involve them working extended hours during evenings…
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Almost 100 hospital consultants earned more than €300,000 last year, with one, working in emergency medicine, being paid €974,000,…
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The scope of the external review into children’s spinal surgeries at Temple Street hospital may be expanded to include more cases and to…
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HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster says he is “seriously concerned” that nobody in Temple Street hospital appeared to have objected to…
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The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said its latest trolley figures show more than 1,000 children were without a hospital…
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Young people contemplating suicide are having to wait more than 200 days for an assessment in some parts of the country, according to new…
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Around 430,000 people will become eligible to apply for GP visit cards in the coming months as the scheme is expanded to anyone earning…
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Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has called on young men to avail of the HPV vaccine to protect themselves and their partners.From…
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Cancer doctors have warned they cannot prescribe the drugs they feel are appropriate to one-in-four patients due to shortcomings in the…
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A group of medics have called for the creation of a national register of patients who have undergone weight-loss surgery abroad.The call…
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Children who are unwell do not usually need to be tested for Covid-19 and do not have to be kept at home if they have a runny nose or a…
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Parents can register children aged six and seven for free GP care from today, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has announced.The GP…
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The Mater hospital in Dublin has said it is carrying more than €22 million in an accumulated financial deficit, which has built up over…
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The High Court has approved a €1.95 million interim settlement for a girl who claimed there was a delay in diagnosing and treating her…
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