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# Healthcare

Last year
2022
Free contraception scheme for women aged 17 to 25 begins today
The National Women’s Council has welcomed the move but said it’s ‘crucial’ that the age bracket is widened.
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Sep 14th 2022, 12:51 PM
€100,000 to be given to families of healthcare staff who died due to Covid-19 through work
The Minister for Health said the scheme “offers some support from the state to provide for the family’s needs”.
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Sep 13th 2022, 7:04 PM
Nurses and midwives' union to ballot members on industrial action
INMO has pointed to persistent inflation and the rising cost of living as sources of strain for members.
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Aug 22nd 2022, 4:26 PM
Doctors 'struggling to get paid' due to payroll issues in hospital changeover, IMO says
Non-consultant hospital doctors regularly move hospitals and must join a new payroll system each time.
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Aug 8th 2022, 10:13 AM
Opinion: E-cigarettes are not part of the solution to a tobacco free Ireland
Professor Des Cox says it’s tempting to see e-cigarettes as a solution to smoking but he says that’s just not the case.
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Jul 30th 2022, 9:00 AM
Stephen Donnelly: The intimidation of women seeking abortion services will soon be illegal
The health minister outlines new legislation agreed by Cabinet today for safe access zones outside abortion providers.
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Jul 27th 2022, 5:50 PM
GP: Why are we waging a war on e-cigarettes when they help smokers quit?
Dr Garrett McGovern argues that banning e-cigarette flavours will increase smoking harm and death and will not protect young people.
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Jul 21st 2022, 8:00 PM
Official abortion figures for 2021 ‘substantially lower’ than number of terminations carried out
GPs and medics have been asked to review their records.
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Jul 14th 2022, 8:24 AM
TD ‘beyond embarrassed’ by lack of action on services for autistic children
The Oireachtas Committee on Autism met this morning to discuss autism policy.
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Jul 12th 2022, 1:25 PM
With cases on the rise, what is the current advice if you catch Covid-19?
Cases have been increasing in recent weeks due to the spread of subvariants of the Omicron strain.
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Jun 30th 2022, 6:10 AM
Cabinet green lights free contraception plan for young women
Legislation enabling a free contraception scheme for women aged 17-25 is to be published in the coming days.
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Jun 28th 2022, 3:45 PM
'I have brain fog, fatigue, migraines': Nurses with Long Covid decry plan to end special leave
Healthcare workers have been receiving letters from their employer informing them that their special leave with pay will cease on 1 July.
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Jun 28th 2022, 3:43 PM
Number of paramedics should 'at least' double to reduce burnout among staff
People in the sector are facing burnout with some leaving for other jobs, representatives have said.
Representatives say staff numbers should at least double to tackle the current issues facing ambulance workers.
Dozens have left the sector in recent times for a number of reasons, including burnout.
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Jun 21st 2022, 12:05 AM
The Good Information Podcast: Healthcare - are we moving further away from the solution?
A majority of Irish people are pessimistic about the healthcare service, so what needs to change?
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Jun 20th 2022, 9:53 AM
Emergency department in Navan to be replaced with 'medical assessment unit'
Medical emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes will no longer be treated at the hospital.
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Jun 13th 2022, 3:30 PM
More work to be done: The complexities, wins and major problems of the Irish healthcare system
The Good Information Project turned its focus to Ireland’s healthcare system over the past month.
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Jun 5th 2022, 6:00 PM
Menopause in Ireland: "One of the things people say after treatment is, ‘Oh my God, I got myself back”
After decades in the shadows, the menopause is finally starting to get the attention it merits.
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Jun 5th 2022, 7:30 AM
Is Stephen Donnelly's €350m plan to tackle waiting lists this year actually working?
“The whole point of waiting lists is that you can’t fix them in a year.”
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Jun 4th 2022, 6:30 AM
The good, the bad and the alright: Ireland's healthcare system compared to the rest of the EU
Our interactive graphs showing where Ireland ranks compared to other EU countries.
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Jun 3rd 2022, 9:00 PM
'At this stage, it is a crisis': Children still left waiting for public disability services
Parents devastated as one-quarter of staff roles in new disability network teams remain unfilled and children left in limbo.
Staff vacancies in Child Disability Network Teams as high as 88% in one locality, reports Orla Dwyer.
"Everything is a fight," say parents who report poor communication from teams.
Therapist vacancies are highest, leaving children without services.
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Jun 3rd 2022, 12:05 AM
Watch our LIVE event: How to build gender and sex equity in healthcare
Peggy Maguire, Director of the European Institute of Women’s Health, on a quarter century of fighting for more data, more presence and more voice for women in health.
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May 31st 2022, 9:55 AM
WATCH: Open Newsroom - The power of patient advocacy in healthcare
Watch our Open Newsroom session on how the patient advocacy movement could revolutionise health services – if they are listened to.
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May 27th 2022, 7:00 PM
'I’ve never seen morale so broken': What one change do healthcare workers want to improve the system?
We asked health workers and others familiar with the sector what they want to see happen to improve healthcare in Ireland.
The Irish healthcare system is frequently hit with criticism and suggestions for how it can be improved.
Progress on the overhaul of the system is continuing but has been slow.
We asked workers and those familiar with the sector what one change they would like to see put into place.
'The belief that being a doctor is a vocation and all else must be sacrificed… that mentality is waning'
'We needed more beds, we still need more beds': Will lessons be learned from the pandemic?
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May 27th 2022, 12:05 AM
Inflation and Ukraine fallout pose fresh hurdles for children's hospital as structure takes shape
The Journal visited the site of the new hospital and demonstration spaces showing how patient rooms will look.
Surging inflation and global supply chain issues are creating challenges for the new National Children's Hospital, Lauren Boland reports.
The Journal visited the site in Dublin 8, where construction is well underway.
New features in the hospital include robots to transport materials and a tablet at each bed.
'State-of-the-art' or 'flashy': Will the spiraling cost of the Children's Hospital be worth it?
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May 26th 2022, 12:05 AM
'The belief that being a doctor is a vocation and all else must be sacrificed… that mentality is waning'
Non-consultant hospital doctors are currently balloting on whether to take industrial action over their working conditions.
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May 24th 2022, 8:00 PM
FactCheck: Is 10% of Ireland's healthcare budget spent on diabetes?
The claim has been made by government ministers and the HSE itself.
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May 21st 2022, 8:00 AM
UK Government moves to ensure full delivery of abortion services in Northern Ireland
Abortion services have yet to centrally commissioned in Northern Ireland due to a political impasse.
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May 19th 2022, 7:44 PM
'We needed more beds, we still need more beds': Will lessons be learned from the pandemic?
With Ireland now in a different phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, will lessons be learned from the crisis gone by?
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May 17th 2022, 12:05 AM
Why we emigrated: Irish healthcare professionals on what pushed them to leave
“I was in a theatre all day with one surgeon and I worked every day with him for a year and he didn’t know my name.”
The problem is not unique to Ireland but there are a lot of push factors in the Irish healthcare system, according to staff
The situation is radically different in other countries, say nurses, doctors and physios who have left Ireland
" I was in a theatre all day with one surgeon and I worked every day with him for a year and he didn’t know my name."
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May 16th 2022, 12:05 AM
More than half of people in Ireland think that healthcare is getting worse
Just 7% of the respondents said that healthcare services are getting better.
People on lower incomes and without health insurance were most likely to say that Ireland's healthcare system is worsening
People earning over €80,000 were most likely to say that the system has stayed the same
However, responses were split when it came to people's individual experiences of the system, reports Jack White
The 'workhorses' of the health service: How Ireland's GPs are under increasing pressure right now
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May 15th 2022, 12:05 AM
Poll: Do you have private health insurance?
This month, The Good Information Project is looking at healthcare in Ireland and we want to hear from you.
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May 11th 2022, 10:00 AM
Open Thread: What one change would you like to see in the Irish healthcare system?
This month, The Good Information Project is looking at healthcare in Ireland and we want to hear from you.
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May 10th 2022, 8:00 PM
Can Ireland's health system be fixed, or is it beyond repair?
This month, The Good Information Project will take a look at healthcare in Ireland.
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May 8th 2022, 8:30 AM
'All lawfully permitted procedures', including abortion, to be allowed in new NMH, minister says
The health minister and several medical professionals held a press conference this evening about the legal framework governing the new hospital.
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May 3rd 2022, 9:47 PM
‘Draft opinion’ on US abortion rights authentic document but not a final decision - chief justice
The draft opinion would allow individual states to more heavily regulate or outright ban abortion.
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May 3rd 2022, 5:57 PM
Sisters of Charity transfer share of hospital group to charity, lifting obstacle to NMH plans
The development is part of years of debate about the ownership of the site of the new National Maternity Hospital.
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Apr 28th 2022, 5:57 PM
Timeframe still not decided for inquiry into epilepsy drug that can cause birth defects
The medicine was prescribed without warnings to patients for years after regulators knew about its risks.
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Apr 23rd 2022, 10:00 AM
'Bonkers' overtime worked by junior doctors causing burnout and risks for patients
A report by
Lauren Boland
Junior doctors in Ireland worked 2.8 million recorded overtime hours last year, according to figures from the HSE.
Excessive overtime worked by junior doctors is causing burnout and unsafe working conditions, Lauren Boland reports.
Junior doctors are regularly working hours far beyond what should be acceptable in Irish hospitals, doctors say.
The HSE recorded 2.8 million hours of overtime for junior doctors last year.
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Apr 21st 2022, 12:05 AM
Govt won't oppose hospital parking bill, but department 'working on plans' to cap daily charge
The private members’ bill is being brought forward by the Aontú party.
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Feb 16th 2022, 6:30 AM
No HSE climate plan currently in place, but focus first on reducing emissions from buildings
A plan to decarbonise HSE buildings will be published in March with a wider climate action plan to follow.
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Feb 4th 2022, 6:30 AM
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