# department-of-health - Tuesday 12 March, 2019
Minister for Health Simon Harris has published a new plan aimed at reducing waiting times for patients.
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# department-of-health - Monday 11 March, 2019
The scheme is designed to provide an alternative, “non-adversarial” option for women affected by the CervicalCheck issue.
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# department-of-health - Monday 4 March, 2019
The white powder in the envelope addressed to the Health Minister was confirmed to be non-hazardous.
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Technicians from the Defence Forces have confirmed that the powder was non-hazardous
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The group will examine the extent to which cost is a barrier to accessing reliable methods of contraception in Ireland.
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# department-of-health - Sunday 17 February, 2019
People with outside expertise will sit on the new group, with a chairperson to be appointed shortly.
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# department-of-health - Thursday 7 February, 2019
Pressure has been mounting on government all week about who knew what when about the hospital costs.
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# department-of-health - Friday 25 January, 2019
This would be the second time in the INMO’s hundred-year history that nurses or midwives go on strike.
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# department-of-health - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
The Department of Health said it may review its policy given its difficulty in sourcing cannabis product.
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# department-of-health - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
The board will be appointed on an administrative basis until legislation has passed.
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# department-of-health - Saturday 12 January, 2019
The 24-hour strike on 30 January was announced earlier this week.
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# department-of-health - Thursday 10 January, 2019
Six months later, the HSE announced that GPs had been told the offer of free repeat smear tests were to end on 31 December.
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# department-of-health - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
“During the Repeal the Eighth campaign you stated that you trusted women… but your behaviour during this debacle suggests otherwise,” one letter said.
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# department-of-health - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
Stephen Teap said he went public with his story this year so he can tell his boys when they grow up that he did everything he could.
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# department-of-health - Thursday 27 December, 2018
A new report looks into several areas of both the health of the nation and health services in general.
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# department-of-health - Monday 10 December, 2018
Varadkar said he is confident services will be available, but perhaps not in every hospital or clinic.
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# department-of-health - Monday 26 November, 2018
Patients have highlighted issues with communication from their doctors and the discharge process.
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# department-of-health - Wednesday 14 November, 2018
Just 10 of 36 recommendations in a 2015 report have been fully implemented.
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# department-of-health - Saturday 3 November, 2018
Department of Health officials are working to get medical cannabis products from other EU Member States and further afield.
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# department-of-health - Thursday 1 November, 2018
Consultants for US firm Mercy Virtual said meetings with health officials were cancelled at short notice.
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# department-of-health - Saturday 27 October, 2018
According to the HSE, folic acid is important because it can help the nervous system develop in the unborn.
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# department-of-health - Friday 12 October, 2018
The NTPF’s figures also found that there had been a decrease of 1,471 patients waiting for an appointment for elective surgery
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# department-of-health - Thursday 11 October, 2018
The Comptroller and Auditor General recently revealed that the wrong rate of rent had been paid on the vacant building.
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# department-of-health - Tuesday 25 September, 2018
Drug-testing is available in a number of other European countries.
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# department-of-health - Monday 3 September, 2018
The service applies to anyone who received carer’s allowance or carer’s benefit, but who do not hold a medical card.
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# department-of-health - Friday 24 August, 2018
“Another 2 minutes and we would have been dealing with a very different outcome,” the parents were told at the Cavan hospital.
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# department-of-health - Tuesday 21 August, 2018
Dr Graham Love only took up the role in March 2017.
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# department-of-health - Sunday 15 July, 2018
There will be shared responsibility between the two departments to ensure that homes are supported by the HSE.
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# department-of-health - Thursday 5 July, 2018
It could be months before the slides are tested.
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# department-of-health - Wednesday 30 May, 2018
The Taoiseach has previously stated that none of the women affected by the Cervical Check scandal would have to go to court.
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# department-of-health - Tuesday 29 May, 2018
The Irish Dental Association has found that 90% of dentists say they are dissatisfied with the level of care they can provide under the scheme.
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# department-of-health - Thursday 17 May, 2018
“Open disclosure is not the ticking of a box or the filling of a form,” Ireland’s chief medical officer said.
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# department-of-health - Friday 11 May, 2018
Ireland’s newest doctors are fleeing the country – but the latest head of Ireland’s GP union, the NAGP, Maitiú Ó Tuathail is only 29.
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# department-of-health - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
Many women across the country are wondering what action they should take in light of the recent controversy – here’s everything you need to know.
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# department-of-health - Wednesday 14 February, 2018
Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan hit out at the voluntary nature of the Codes, saying Ireland needs “mandatory legislation”.
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# department-of-health - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
Noreen O’Neill said her son has been seizure-free for more than a fortnight.
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# department-of-health - Tuesday 30 January, 2018
A summary of the Attorney General’s advice has been published.
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# department-of-health - Friday 12 January, 2018
The woman’s daughter, Siobhán Tobin, wrote an open letter to the Health Minister about trying to access out of hours services.
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# department-of-health - Wednesday 3 January, 2018
The number of people on hospital trolleys was again at a record high today, according to the INMO.
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# department-of-health - Friday 29 December, 2017
This included 51 kidneys from living donors.
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