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HSE

# hse - Friday 1 March, 2013

HSE struggles to recruit consultants and junior doctors

Two separate reports in the Medical Independent reveal difficulties filling health posts at either end of the spectrum.

# hse - Wednesday 27 February, 2013

‘Every other option was illegal’ – Minister defends disability payments cut

Junior health minister Kathleen Lynch could provide no guarantees as to what will happen to the payments to those in receipt of the Mobility Allowance when it is axed in four months time.

Column: Ireland has the worst managed healthcare system in the developed world

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?

# hse - Tuesday 26 February, 2013

Shortall speaks out as 72,000 wait on primary care waiting lists

The former junior minister responsible for primary care says the recruitment budget is being gobbled up by overspending.

# hse - Monday 25 February, 2013

HSE U-turn on funding for epilepsy sufferer ‘insulting’

Gráinne O’Connor, 27, had originally been declined funding by the HSE, even though her required treatment is not available in Ireland.

# hse - Thursday 21 February, 2013

Cork crèche closes after toddler found with a ‘probable’ case of E. coli

The crèche is closed as a precaution to prevent the spread of the infection.

# hse - Tuesday 19 February, 2013

Column: Last year’s multi-million euro underspend in mental health is unacceptable

In a year when many families and communities lost a child or young person to suicide, it makes no sense that €29 million pledged to be spent on mental health was not used, writes Tanya Ward.

# hse - Monday 18 February, 2013

Reilly launches first ‘Early Warning Score’ for patient safety

The score is the first of the National Clinical Guidelines, and sets out how to recognise and respond to patients whose condition is deteriorating.

# hse - Sunday 17 February, 2013

James Reilly: The boycott of nursing jobs is “ill-judged” HSE

James Reilly: The boycott of nursing jobs is “ill-judged”

The Minister for Health criticised graduate nurses for not taking up lower-paid jobs with the HSE.

# hse - Friday 15 February, 2013

National targets for ambulance response times to be abandoned

James Reilly is to come up with alternative ways of measuring the performance of the National Ambulance Service.

HSE chaplains earn twice as much as average priest

HSE records obtained by the Medical Independent show that HSE chaplains in Dublin North East out-earn everyday priests.

# hse - Thursday 14 February, 2013

The 5 at 5: Thursday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

HSE rehired three staff the day after they retired

Data obtained by the Medical Independent shows 120 former employees were rehired by the HSE last year.

# hse - Wednesday 13 February, 2013

HSE ‘disappointed’ with leak of draft Savita investigation report

In a statement the HSE said the investigation’s terms of reference required it to observe appropriate confidentiality.

The 5 at 5: Wednesday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

Savita’s husband should get first briefing on HSE report – Taoiseach

Enda Kenny was responding to the apparent leaking of a draft report into the controversial death of Savita Halappanavar last October.

Leaked Savita death report backs government’s decision to legislate – Rabbitte

The Evening Herald has obtained a draft HSE report into the death of the Indian woman at University Hospital Galway last October.

# hse - Wednesday 6 February, 2013

Figures show scale of non-compliance with food labelling and traceability

The figures were released over the past year and also indicate how many prosecutions took place.

# hse - Saturday 2 February, 2013

From The Daily Edge Here is the week’s news… skewed Not The News

Here is the week’s news… skewed

Breaking via The Mire wire: Irish phrases that could confuses visitors for The Gathering, Clare Daly’s ‘house’ measure, and disoriented man could be member of government…

# hse - Friday 1 February, 2013

Woman who gave birth after sterilisation awarded €100,000 in damages

Karen Hurley gave birth to a baby boy with a fatal illness following her failed steriliation procedure.

Kalydeco to be made available to Cystic Fibrosis patients in Ireland

The decision was announced today by Minister James Reilly after an agreement was reached with the HSE and the manufacturers of the drug.

HSE cancels deadline, opens nurse graduate scheme on a ‘rolling basis’

The deadline was originally today, by the HSE said that due to low number of applications it has extended it on a rolling basis.

Nurses to protest outside HSE headquarters

The unions also said their boycott of the nurse graduate scheme is “working”. They are asking the HSE to enter into discussions with them about finding savings.

# hse - Thursday 31 January, 2013

Oireachtas agenda: HSE board, translating laws and Greece’s bailout

TDs will continue debating legislation to abolish the board of the HSE in the Dáil this afternoon.

# hse - Wednesday 30 January, 2013

Oireachtas agenda: HSE changes, Garda cuts and fluoride in water

The funeral of Det Garda Adrian Donohoe means it’ll be a relatively quiet day in Leinster House.

# hse - Tuesday 29 January, 2013

Kenny slams Sinn Féin ‘witch hunt’ against Minister for Health

Sinn Féin has demanded an explanation as to why emergency wards in Kilkenny and Wexford had upgrades ‘fast-tracked’.

# hse - Wednesday 23 January, 2013

Nurses call on TDs to hear them on graduate scheme

The INMO and the Psychiatric Nurses Organisation said that some of their members had complained about recent comments from the Minister for health.

Column: Young nurses are right to boycott the new graduate scheme

Young nurses are right to boycott the new nursing graduate scheme, which would further cut pay for new graduates entering the Health Services, writes Patrick Nulty TD.

Visitor ban at Waterford hospitals due to vomiting bug

The bug has also hit Waterford Regional Hospital and St Patrick’s Hospital, leading to full bans on visitors.

# hse - Monday 21 January, 2013

Negotiations underway over new CF drug deemed ‘too expensive’

Irish health authorities will negotiate the price of a “groundbreaking” new treatment for cystic fibrosis, which would currently cost the State more than €28 million annually.

Report: 117 unauthorised absences from one HSE care home

One teenager absconded 72 times from the centre, according to a report by HIQA.

# hse - Sunday 20 January, 2013

Three-year-old Katie Lonergan’s only wish is to walk

So far €13,000 of the €60,000 needed has been raised to send Katie to the US for the life changing surgery she needs that will give her the chance to walk.

# hse - Saturday 19 January, 2013

Welfare amnesty would allow people who defraud State ‘to escape scot-free’

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has rejected Sinn Féin’s proposal for a social welfare amnesty for those who have been overpaid or have defrauded the State.

13 people died of influenza during Ireland’s last flu season

All of the people who died were elderly, ranging from 81 to 98 years old.

# hse - Saturday 12 January, 2013

HSE says strong interest in new nursing jobs, despite boycott calls Pay

HSE says strong interest in new nursing jobs, despite boycott calls

The HSE began advertising yesterday for graduate nurses and midwives – but nursing unions have call for a boycott of the jobs.

# hse - Friday 11 January, 2013

Nurses’ union insists graduate scheme will lead to job losses

General Secretary of the INMO issued a statement this afternoon, following remarks by the HSE’s Barry O’Brien this morning.

HSE opens recruitment for graduate nursing programme

The INMO has urged new graduates not to be taken in by the HSE’s “disingenuous marketing”.

Criticism for HSE’s 2013 service plan as health unions to be briefed

Unions representing health service workers will be briefed on the HSE’s national service plan announced yesterday as political reaction was less than positive towards the plan.

# hse - Thursday 10 January, 2013

National plan to save €721 million published by HSE

The plan includes an additional cut to primary care costs of €60 million, staff reductions of 4,000 and a promise to reduce waiting times.

# hse - Wednesday 9 January, 2013

Emergency medics lash out as trolley numbers hit eight-month high

The Irish Association of Emergency Medicine criticises the failure to end waits on trolleys, as 385 wait for admission.