# health - Yesterday’s News
# Impact
# Impact
Ireland has been shielded so far from the worst effects of the climate crisis, but there are still warning signs ahead.
# Tullamore
# Tullamore
A letter seen by The Journal states the waiting list for Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore is “in excess of 249 weeks”.
# health - Thursday 26 May, 2022
# PAC
# PAC
PAC Chair Brian Stanley said wait times in emergency departments is an intolerable situation in a well funded health system.
# health - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# FRONTLINE WORKERS
# FRONTLINE WORKERS
As medical scientists’ industrial action escalates, the TD says it’s time for pay parity for these frontline workers.
# State Of Emergency
Inpatient bed numbers among lowest in EU and nowhere near demand predicted by capacity reviews Maria Delaney of investigative platform Noteworthy examines why despite overcrowding constantly being reported, hundreds of people continue to die Full capacity protocol activated weekly at University Hospital Limerick, often resulting in cancelled ops
# health - Monday 23 May, 2022
# Risk Assessment
# Risk Assessment
As of Saturday, there were 92 confirmed cases of the disease in countries where monkeypox is not endemic.
# health - Saturday 21 May, 2022
# HPV
# HPV
It will be available to women up to the age of 25 years who have left secondary school and who did not receive it previously.
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The claim has been made by government ministers and the HSE itself.
# health - Thursday 19 May, 2022
# Health
# Health
Britain has confirmed nine cases of the virus since 6 May, and the United States verified its first on Wednesday.
# health - Sunday 15 May, 2022
# National Maternity Hospital
# National Maternity Hospital
Ministers are set to make a final decision on relocating the National Maternity Hospital on Tuesday, following intense scrutiny over the terms of the arrangement with St Vincent’s Health care Group.
# health - Saturday 14 May, 2022
# Health
# Health
The cases are not linked to a previously confirmed case in England announced on 7 May.
# health - Friday 13 May, 2022
# Research
# Research
University of Aberdeen researchers looked at more than 151,000 pregnancies over a 30-year period.
# health - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# Hepatitis
# Hepatitis
A second child being treated for the same illness has received a liver transplant.
# health - Monday 9 May, 2022
# Health
# Health
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly launched the survey’s results today.
# health - Wednesday 4 May, 2022
# Health
The Oireachtas Health Committee is set to interrogate the plans before the matter goes back to Cabinet in two weeks' time. Minister Catherine Martin has described this as "a valuable process". Minister Simon Harris says there was agreement across the three government parties, and all genders, to delay a decision.
# health - Tuesday 3 May, 2022
# Pandemic
# Pandemic
Obesity rates in the region have ballooned by 138% in the past five decades.
# health - Friday 22 April, 2022
# Civil Service
# Civil Service
Holohan announced earlier this month that he would not be taking up a Trinity College role due to the controversy over his secondment.
# health - Sunday 3 April, 2022
# 65 Roses Day
# 65 Roses Day
Aoife Rafter details how her CF and a cancer diagnosis have brought her to a place of gratitude and resilience.
# health - Friday 1 April, 2022
# Pressure
Dublin's ambulance service is being stretched to capacity, writes Garreth MacNamee. A surge in Covid cases has resulted in extra pressure on the system as more paramedics contract the disease. Non-emergency calls are also taking up precious resources.
# health - Thursday 10 March, 2022
# Latest Figures
# Latest Figures
The figures were confirmed by the Department of Health this afternoon.
# Shared Island Unit
# Shared Island Unit
The major difference between the two systems is the absence of a universal healthcare system in Ireland.
# health - Friday 25 February, 2022
# Waiting List Action Plan
# Waiting List Action Plan
Stephen Donnelly said the plan will see 1.7 million people treated and removed from waiting lists, and reduce the total number by 18%.
# health - Wednesday 23 February, 2022
# Hyperemesis Gravidarum
# Hyperemesis Gravidarum
U-turn on calling Cariban a food supplement as HPRA says such classification is not appropriate.
# health - Tuesday 15 February, 2022
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said “far too many” children are waiting too long for orthopaedic surgery
# health - Monday 14 February, 2022
# Child Law Project
# Child Law Project
Mental health concerns are also a big problem to tackle.
# health - Wednesday 9 February, 2022
# Health
# Health
An ongoing struggle to find staff is putting pressure on the system, according to industry representatives.
# health - Saturday 5 February, 2022
# Shigella
# Shigella
UK health officials issued a warning over Shigella last week.
# health - Wednesday 2 February, 2022
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Many people who died in nursing homes were not properly looked after, TD Fergus O’Dowd told the Dáil.
# Health
# Health
Senior NPHET members fielded questions from TDs and senators at a Health Committee meeting today.
# Cost Of Cancer
# Cost Of Cancer
There is cross-party support for a motion that calls for the scrapping of €80 inpatient charges and parking charges.
# health - Sunday 30 January, 2022
# Screening
# Screening
Rachel Morrogh says Ireland must keep pace with other countries and examines how lung screening can be introduced here.
# health - Tuesday 18 January, 2022
From The42
Stephen Donnelly was speaking ahead of NPHET’s meeting on Thursday.
# health - Monday 17 January, 2022
# Crisis Pregnancy
A number of unregulated crisis pregnancy services present themselves as unbiased but have an anti-abortion stance The HSE said such services may try to frighten women and refuse to give them information about abortion services Women who have inadvertently engaged with these groups have found the experience "extremely distressing", Órla Ryan reports
# health - Friday 14 January, 2022
# Coronavirus
Almost 300 staff were considered 'at risk' to patients because of their vaccine status last November, Stephen McDermott writes. Nurses, healthcare assistants, therapists and a non-consultant hospital doctor among those unvaccinated. Mandatory vaccination is not currently Government policy and the HSE redeploys staff it deems to be at risk to patients.
# health - Thursday 13 January, 2022
# Pregnancy
# Pregnancy
The deaths occurred from October to December 2021.
# health - Sunday 2 January, 2022
# Interview
# Interview
Connolly says she is concerned about democracy and the lack of oversight of ‘draconian’ laws being rolled over into next year.
# health - Saturday 1 January, 2022
# More Greens
# More Greens
Chartered Psychologist Dr Jolanta Burke looks at the five-a-day advice and wonders if we’re getting enough nutrition.
# health - Wednesday 29 December, 2021
# Get Well Soon
From The42
# Get Well Soon
The Swede struggled with breathing difficulties at Norwich and has now contracted coronavirus.
# health - Wednesday 22 December, 2021
# Wellness
# Wellness
Two chartered psychologists offer some helpful advice to help you avoid letting Christmas get you down this year.
# health - Tuesday 21 December, 2021
# Sláintecare
# Sláintecare
It is estimated that they will cater for up to 940,000 planned procedures and operations every year.
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