# healthcare - Yesterday’s News
Almost 227,000 patients in 2011 were unaware that they could lodge a complaint about their hospital stay.
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The research project aims to identify the most immediate and important safety and quality issues in the health service and improve care by developing changes in policy and practice.
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# healthcare - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Hospitals are now going to be divided into one of six groups around the country.
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# healthcare - Saturday 11 May, 2013
ICTU says the EU’s directive on ‘sharps’ – requiring medical needles to retract after use – was to become Irish law by today.
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# healthcare - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
“Ultimately the entire population will be covered by free GP services,” Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Dáil.
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# healthcare - Monday 6 May, 2013
Meanwhile, just one in two people read the information supplied with over-the-counter medicines, according to a new Irish Medicines Board survey.
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# healthcare - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Tens of thousands have died in the ongoing, bloody conflict in Syria to date – and those who remain live under constant threat of violence. Midwife Cathy Janssens writes about trying to bring new life into the world in such unstable circumstances.
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# healthcare - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Anecdotal evidence in Ireland shows a link between the economic crisis growing suicide rates but a study in Greece has proved it. In fact, research results were worse than expected.
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# healthcare - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Non-consultant hospital doctors say they have had enough of excessive hours and inappropriate tasks.
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# healthcare - Friday 5 April, 2013
The IMO heard debates about legislating for abortion in cases of rape, incest and fatal fetal anomalies.
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# healthcare - Thursday 4 April, 2013
We need to talk about which model of Universal Health Insurance will deliver the best healthcare outcomes while making the most best use of limited resources, writes Patrick Nulty.
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# healthcare - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
There are many reasons why competition in the healthcare sector will not work in the same way as it does in markets for other goods and services, says Brian Turner – who asks if more competition would mean better value.
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# healthcare - Thursday 7 March, 2013
HSE head Tony O’Brien will return to the Oireachtas today to discuss the executive’s national service plan for 2013.
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# healthcare - Monday 4 March, 2013
Department of Health figures show people still waiting over a year for inpatient procedures – well past an original deadline.
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# healthcare - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
While Ireland does not have the worst quality of healthcare, it is run by technically deficient, medically illiterate bureaucrats, says Professor John Crown. What healthcare model should we be looking to?
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# healthcare - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
The former junior minister responsible for primary care says the recruitment budget is being gobbled up by overspending.
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# healthcare - Friday 22 February, 2013
The TD made the comment while speaking at a groundbreaking Transgender Healthcare Seminar today.
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# healthcare - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Good morning. Here are nine things to know as you start your day.
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# healthcare - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
VHI is reported to be announcing another price increase today as the number of those with private healthcare falls. Do you have health insurance?
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# healthcare - Monday 21 January, 2013
Nua Healthcare is creating the permanent positions in Dublin, Kildare, Laois and Offaly.
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# healthcare - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Authors of the study say results show that Ireland needs to introduce universal screening for pregnant women for GDM.
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# healthcare - Friday 4 January, 2013
The combination of holiday ailments and the winter vomiting bug mean hospitals are busier than they might usually be.
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# healthcare - Monday 31 December, 2012
The system is set to allow Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital gauge its performance against other hospitals in both Ireland and the UK.
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# healthcare - Friday 21 December, 2012
The HSE says flu is now ciruclating, and over 65s, pregnant women and people with chronic illnesses should act quickly.
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# healthcare - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
Two in-patient rooms will be held in reserve for emergency CF admissions – but patients say the arrangement falls short.
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# healthcare - Monday 26 November, 2012
A report by a HSE-endorsed body on maternal deaths says our maternal death rate is significantly higher than official figures show.
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# healthcare - Friday 16 November, 2012
James Reilly unveils a programme of ambitious reform in the health sector – saying he’ll need two terms to totally finish it up.
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# healthcare - Thursday 15 November, 2012
Amnesty Ireland’s petition calls for the provision of equal access to healthcare based on the needs of the patient rather than their ability to pay.
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# healthcare - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
The authority said the guide is aimed at helping front line healthcare staff ensure patient information is of the highest quality possible.
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An audit by the HSE shows the Mater private hospital in Dublin had the highest rate of compliance with hand hygiene.
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# healthcare - Monday 22 October, 2012
The company said the fact that people are living longer with chronic illnesses and the rising cost of public hospitals were the main factors contributing to the increase.
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# healthcare - Friday 12 October, 2012
The Ceann Comhairle says James Reilly has fulfilled his Dáil obligations to answer questions from Sinn Féin.
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# healthcare - Friday 28 September, 2012
The report was launched by broadcasting legend Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, who said that “getting older doesn’t have to mean losing your health.”
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# healthcare - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
680 patients are occupying hospital beds around the country at a cost of €800-900 per night each, according to figures put before the Public Accounts Committee.
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# healthcare - Friday 21 September, 2012
An expert healthcare group has said this should occur as part of a framework for self-care in Ireland.
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# healthcare - Friday 7 September, 2012
The six-person team will cost about €22,000 each for the six-week period.
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# healthcare - Monday 3 September, 2012
Irish Pharmacy Union says HSE introduced cut with immediate effect – and no warning.
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# healthcare - Monday 27 August, 2012
Study published in The Lancet concerns new drug which could help half of all heart failure patients.
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# healthcare - Friday 24 August, 2012
The workers have had their pay and hours cut without consultation.
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# healthcare - Wednesday 1 August, 2012
Separate fatal protests amid renewed opposition to escalating costs and Israeli government’s budget cuts.
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