HSE

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  18 days ago

  Women 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.

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  20 days ago

  Watchdog 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.

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  27 days ago

  HSE 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.

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  29 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.

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  41 days ago

  Scoliosis 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.

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  52 days ago

  HSE 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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  53 days ago

  Minister yet to receive files amid report Commission may reject nurses' pay rise

  The Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said he has not received a report yet on the future of nurses pay.

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  53 days ago

  Charity claims HSE passing outstanding hospital fees to debt collectors who harass patients

  The Irish Cancer Society is warning that some patients are being harassed by debt collectors for hospital fees.

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  96 days ago

  Marty Morrissey urges support of Clare girl's fundraiser for lifesaving surgery in Spain

  RTÉ sports commentator Marty Morrissey has rowed in behind the campaign to raise funds for a 10-year-old Clare girl’s urgent neurosurgical procedure for which she must travel to Spain.

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  112 days ago

  Just three nurses return to Ireland as part of HSE relocation scheme in 2018 so far

  There are now calls to increase the basic salary as well to ensure that they will come home and stay home.

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  118 days ago

  Thousands of children left on waiting lists for health services, charity says

  The government is being called on to urgently address the waits being faced by thousands of children in Ireland for essential public health services.

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  130 days ago

  Senior HSE clinical manager earns almost €1m in pay in 2017

  One senior clinical manager in the HSE last year earned almost €1m in pay.

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  132 days ago

  Chairperson for new HSE board will receive €80,000 a year for up to two days work a week

  The government has advertised for the head of the new HSE board which will be responsible for choosing Tony O'Brien's replacement.

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  145 days ago

  HSE: 100 people die from smoking every week in Ireland

  There are now more quitters than smokers here.

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  147 days ago

  HSE admit 'significant failings' in care of mother at Portlaoise Hospital

  The HSE says there were significant failings in the care provided to Mary Conroy during the delivery of her baby at Portlaoise Hospital in 2001.

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  155 days ago

  9-year-old cannot get on waiting list for spinal surgery until MRI scheduled for April 2019

  A nine-year-old girl who cannot walk or talk and who has a profoundly curved spine cannot get on a waiting list for spinal surgery until she undergoes an MRI, scheduled for April 2019.

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  174 days ago

  Better pay rates needed to recruit and retain nurses, says INMO

  Nurses are calling on the Government to improve pay rates in an effort to keep staff in the Irish health system.