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# department-of-health - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
Wording was 'a bit off, to put it midly' on hospital posters for cash prizes, says Harris
St James’s Hospital has been advertising prizes for wards that discharge patients before 11am.
# department-of-health - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
Patient Safety Bill put forward by Simon Harris has been approved by Cabinet
This Bill would make it mandatory for the health service provider to put forward information on incidents of patient safety.
# department-of-health - Friday 29 November, 2019
Trolley numbers for this year are the highest since records began, INMO says
The INMO said today that over 108,300 people have gone without beds so far this year.
# department-of-health - Saturday 23 November, 2019
Doctors say criminal sanctions in new open disclosure law will 'generate fear'
Healthcare providers will have a duty to disclose serious patient safety incidents and failure to comply could result in a fine or imprisonment.
# department-of-health - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
HSE checking all Irish vaping products for ingredient linked to US illnesses
More than 1,000 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses have been reported in the US, with 42 confirmed deaths in 24 states.
# department-of-health - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
'Obscene': 679 patients waiting for hospital bed - the highest figure in 2019
The number of patients on trolleys is the second highest ever recorded.
# department-of-health - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
Free contraception recommended for young women only, due to cost
Making contraception free for everyone could be “an ineffective use of scarce resources”, a report has found.
# department-of-health - Thursday 17 October, 2019
Hospital consultants to ballot for industrial action if govt doesn't provide 'concrete proposals'
The IMO said it is setting a 21-day deadline for the receipt of serious proposals.
# department-of-health - Monday 30 September, 2019
'Zero excuse' that teenage boys should not get same access to free HPV vaccine as girls
Teenage girls can get the HPV vaccine if they’re still at secondary school – but teenage boys can’t.
# department-of-health - Friday 26 July, 2019
Artwork containing sexual words and images in Dept of Health moved after complaint
The OPW said the piece has been moved into an individual office now after “an objection” to the artwork.
# department-of-health - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
Rotunda told to rely on 'short-term measures' to keep babies safe amid 'crisis' Exclusive
An outbreak of infection earlier this year saw eight babies affected – with the death of one infant referred to the coroner.
# department-of-health - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
Climate change happening faster than many animals can adapt, study finds
Meanwhile, Health Minister Simon Harris has launched a public consultation on the impact of climate change on the health sector.
# department-of-health - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
Harris says he wasn't aware of CervicalCheck results IT glitch before 10 July
Meanwhile, the HSE says that 52 of the women who were re-tested were found to have HPV.
Conscientious objection prevents full rollout of abortion services in several maternity hospitals
The Health Department said it will be asking the HSE to fully implement abortion services in all maternity hospitals and units by September.
# department-of-health - Friday 12 July, 2019
HSE orders 'rapid review' after 800 women failed to receive their smear test
The HSE has made contact with the women to give them their results directly.
# department-of-health - Thursday 11 July, 2019
CervicalCheck smear results weren't sent to some women due to IT glitch at US lab
“It is unfortunate that the CervicalCheck programme has been hit with another body blow,” Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly said.
'What happened in relation to Holles Street was pretty disgusting' - Simon Harris says exclusion zones will be a priority
“We shouldn’t have to change the law to have a basic understanding of decency,” Harris said.
# department-of-health - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
Harris announces public consultation on increasing access to contraception
A working group on the matter was established by government earlier this year.
# department-of-health - Monday 8 July, 2019
Benzodiazepine use in Irish over 65s is higher than international average
Benzodiazepine medicine use in women over 65 years is 40% higher than in men, finds a new report.
A patient's chance of dying from a heart attack or stroke can vary depending on what hospital they attend
The report notes that the mortality rate for heart attack and stroke has continued to decrease year-on-year for the past 10 years.
# department-of-health - Sunday 7 July, 2019
Explainer: Minimum unit pricing for alcohol is on the way, but how exactly does it work?
Cheaper drinks with a high alcohol content will see the biggest price change.
# department-of-health - Thursday 4 July, 2019
New Waterford mortuary would have cost taxpayer €1m less if built 'when it should have been'
Last month the HSE confirmed that funding of €5.7 million has been approved for the development.
# department-of-health - Monday 24 June, 2019
Harris says all maternity hospitals 'should be in a position' to offer abortion services after Kilkenny medics letter
Doctors at St Luke’s wrote in a letter that they’d decided the hospital “is not an appropriate location for medical or surgical terminations”.
# department-of-health - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
Explainer: Why are 10,000 HSE staff striking tomorrow?
And what impact will it have?
# department-of-health - Friday 14 June, 2019
Ireland's first community air ambulance to be airborne within weeks as HSE gives go ahead
The service will cost €2 million to run annually and is to be funded through community and donor contributions.
# department-of-health - Thursday 28 March, 2019
CervicalCheck: It has cost €9.6m to give free repeat smear tests to women
Women who had had a free smear test were offered a repeat between May and December 2018.
# department-of-health - Tuesday 12 March, 2019
Have you been on a hospital waiting list for six months? Here are the government's latest plans
Minister for Health Simon Harris has published a new plan aimed at reducing waiting times for patients.
# department-of-health - Monday 11 March, 2019
CervicalCheck ex-gratia payments scheme to be set up 'in the coming weeks'
The scheme is designed to provide an alternative, “non-adversarial” option for women affected by the CervicalCheck issue.
# department-of-health - Monday 4 March, 2019
Taoiseach on suspicious package: 'Come after us, don't come after our staff or families'
The white powder in the envelope addressed to the Health Minister was confirmed to be non-hazardous.
Dept of Health declared safe after non-hazardous white powder discovery prompts evacuation
Technicians from the Defence Forces have confirmed that the powder was non-hazardous
Harris announces group to examine how to make contraception cheaper
The group will examine the extent to which cost is a barrier to accessing reliable methods of contraception in Ireland.
# department-of-health - Sunday 17 February, 2019
Working group to investigate how to roll out free contraception for Irish women
People with outside expertise will sit on the new group, with a chairperson to be appointed shortly.
# department-of-health - Thursday 7 February, 2019
Government accused of delivering budget 'under false pretences' and knowing of children's hospital overrun
Pressure has been mounting on government all week about who knew what when about the hospital costs.
# department-of-health - Friday 25 January, 2019
'The largest strike in the health service’s history looms': Talks to avoid nurses strike have collapsed
This would be the second time in the INMO’s hundred-year history that nurses or midwives go on strike.
# department-of-health - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
Irish farmers 'could be given licences to grow cannabis in the future'
The Department of Health said it may review its policy given its difficulty in sourcing cannabis product.
# department-of-health - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
Patient advocates among new board members of the HSE
The board will be appointed on an administrative basis until legislation has passed.
# department-of-health - Saturday 12 January, 2019
Nurses and midwives are striking this month. Here's how much they get paid
The 24-hour strike on 30 January was announced earlier this week.
# department-of-health - Thursday 10 January, 2019
Sandyford lab told Simon Harris that CervicalCheck was 'in jeopardy' and urgent action was needed
Six months later, the HSE announced that GPs had been told the offer of free repeat smear tests were to end on 31 December.
# department-of-health - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
Simon Harris was warned that smear test backlog was 'intensifying concern' among women
“During the Repeal the Eighth campaign you stated that you trusted women… but your behaviour during this debacle suggests otherwise,” one letter said.
# department-of-health - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
PODCAST: 'Irene didn't have to die and now she's part of this scandal'
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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