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10 days agoLimerick hospital's €25m emergency department unable to cope with demand
The chief executive of University Hospital Limerick, Professor Colette Cowan has admitted that the €25 million emergency department opened just 18 months ago is not able to cope with the numbers coming through its doors.
11 days agoIMO: €30m HSE winter plan will only provide 'temporary relief' for some patients
The HSE's €30m winter plan will only provide “a temporary relief” for some patients, the Irish Medical Organisation claims.
11 days ago€30m HSE winter plan to target overcrowding and support for older people
Tackling overcrowding and supporting older people are some of the main targets of the HSE’s winter plan.
14 days agoUpdate: HSE's guidance on pet names is 'off-the-wall stuff', says consultant
The Irish Patients Association says it’s important that hospital staff get the right balance between being over familiar and clinical.
21 days agoHarris: HSE to announce details of 'winter ready' clinics next week
Innovative measures will be taken to reduce pressure on emergency departments over Christmas and the New Year.
27 days agoHSE data ‘not reliable enough’ on discharges from hospitals
An expert group examining the scale and causes of delayed discharges from hospital has been unable to produce any meaningful recommendations to tackle the problem this winter because of the poor quality of data available to it.
28 days agoMost HSE staff not briefed on open disclosure
Just one in five health and social care workers has been formally briefed on the HSE’s open disclosure policy, and only one in 25 has attended a training workshop — five years after patients were assured the policy would be standard practice.
33 days agoHSE implement only 10 of 36 recommendations following 2015 investigation
The HSE has only implemented 10 out of 36 Ombudsman recommendations three years after an investigation into the health service.
38 days agoChristmas leave for nurses and doctors expected to go ahead as planned
The HSE is not expected to ban doctors and nurses from taking time off over Christmas when it finalises its winter plan today.
40 days agoMinister Creed forced to defend Taoiseach’s comments on nurses
Agriculture Minister Michael Creed was standing in for an absent Simon Harris at Health questions and faced down a number of criticisms.
40 days agoDoctors say lack of resources, not annual leave, causing overcrowding
The Irish Medical Organisation says annual leave is not the reason why Irish hospitals are overcrowded.
40 days ago591 patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals
591 people are waiting for admission to hospitals today, including 433 who are waiting in Emergency Departments.
40 days agoAmbulance workers refusing overtime until HSE recognises union
Ambulance workers are refusing to work overtime as they demand the HSE recognise their chosen union.
40 days agoVaradkar calls for drastic measures in winter HSE plan
The Taoiseach has called on hospital consultants and nurses to cancel Christmas leave to stave off pending chaos in hospital emergency departments.
73 days agoWomen treated for cancer but were not told of diagnosis by doctors
It is reported that a number of women were treated for micro-invasive cancer in HSE facilities, but were never told they had the condition.
75 days agoWatchdog highlights €302m health overspend
The fiscal watchdog has endorsed the Government’s new growth projections, but in a significant move a week before Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe releases his 2019 budget, has warned about a €302m overspend in health.
83 days agoHSE reports 20.5% decrease in sepsis-associated hospital deaths in the last four years
The HSE has confirmed that the number of sepsis-associated hospital deaths has fallen by more than 20% over the past four years.
84 days ago'This is a health service in crisis': INMO to hold protest at Connolly Hospital
The union says the action is being taken to highlight unsafe staffing levels and overcrowding.
96 days agoScoliosis waiting lists ‘an exercise in manipulation’
The father of a girl with medical conditions so complex that she can only express her pain through tears said the Government’s scoliosis action plan is an abject failure.
107 days agoHSE seeks ‘new ideas’ as trolley numbers hit 8,000
Almost 8,000 patients were stuck on trolleys waiting for a hospital bed in the worst August on record for overcrowding.
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