# healthcare - Friday 24 August, 2018
# Cavan
# Cavan
“Another 2 minutes and we would have been dealing with a very different outcome,” the parents were told at the Cavan hospital.
# healthcare - Sunday 12 August, 2018
# Patient Safety
# Patient Safety
There were an average of 160 patient safety incidents per day last year.
# healthcare - Thursday 26 July, 2018
# High Court
# High Court
A Dublin home would mean the mother wouldn’t have to travel to and from Kerry for her cancer treatment.
# healthcare - Saturday 23 June, 2018
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
# healthcare - Friday 22 June, 2018
# Smear Test Scandal
# Smear Test Scandal
There’s been a massive spike in requests this year for files from the CervicalCheck programme.
# healthcare - Tuesday 12 June, 2018
# Cash Up Front
# Cash Up Front
Today’s interim report has recommended that women should not encounter any financial obstacles while participating in investigations.
# healthcare - Monday 11 June, 2018
# Baby Thomas
# Baby Thomas
In July 2014, baby Thomas died after a feeding tube was inserted into a chamber of his heart.
# healthcare - Monday 4 June, 2018
# Hospice
# Hospice
Dr Aidan McKiernan, a Senior Clinical Psychologist with the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice, spoke to TheJournal.ie ahead of Children’s Hospice Week.
# healthcare - Tuesday 29 May, 2018
# Survey
# Survey
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.
# healthcare - Saturday 19 May, 2018
# 8th Amendment
# 8th Amendment
Kate Campbell had to have her ovary, fallopian tube and part of her abdominal wall removed.
# healthcare - Friday 4 May, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The woman was recently told that her smear test had been reviewed and a different action could have been taken.
# healthcare - Thursday 3 May, 2018
# Maternity Services
# Maternity Services
The report looked at 18 cases of maternity care at the Galway hospital.
# healthcare - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Legal proceedings against the HSE or laboratories involved in smear tests have commenced in 6 of those cases.
# healthcare - Sunday 29 April, 2018
# Eighth Amendment
# Eighth Amendment
Her name and face are known the country over. She left a mark on Ireland, its medical care and its laws.
# healthcare - Friday 27 April, 2018
# Precarious Work
# Precarious Work
While health inequalities affect people of different backgrounds, those who have precarious jobs are in especially difficult situations, writes Sinead Pembroke.
# healthcare - Sunday 22 April, 2018
# Referendum
# Referendum
Get yourself up to speed.
# healthcare - Monday 9 April, 2018
# Debate
# Debate
The North’s abortion laws are considered some of the most severe in the world, according to Amnesty.
# Intervention
# Intervention
The aim of the tests would be to reduce instances of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Ireland.
# healthcare - Sunday 25 February, 2018
# Roscommon
# Roscommon
A local TD has said that the air ambulance should have responded to the 999 call.
# healthcare - Friday 16 February, 2018
# Midlands
# Midlands
Fine Gael TD Peter Burke has said that prompt treatment was critical in terms of young adults’ body image.
# healthcare - Wednesday 14 February, 2018
# Lancet
# Lancet
Single fathers ate fewer fruit and vegetables, and were more likely to binge drink than single mothers and partnered parents, the study found.
# healthcare - Thursday 1 February, 2018
# Peak Flu
# Peak Flu
The HSE says that we may have reached peak flu season this week.
# healthcare - Tuesday 30 January, 2018
# Letterkenny Hospital
# Letterkenny Hospital
Calls have been made for rural doctors to be paid a premium.
# healthcare - Sunday 28 January, 2018
# Clipped Wings
# Clipped Wings
Retailers such as Dunnes Stores, Centra and SuperValu haven’t announced any plans to follow Aldi’s lead.
# healthcare - Thursday 25 January, 2018
# Bmj Study
# Bmj Study
“In order to get the big benefits on cardiovascular disease [smokers] need to quit completely,” the lead author said.
# healthcare - Friday 12 January, 2018
# North Wicklow
# North Wicklow
The woman’s daughter, Siobhán Tobin, wrote an open letter to the Health Minister about trying to access out of hours services.
# healthcare - Thursday 21 December, 2017
# Scan Scandal
# Scan Scandal
All have been given the all-clear since their fresh investigations.
# healthcare - Wednesday 20 December, 2017
# Maternity Services
# Maternity Services
The hospital has received two complaints in relation to yesterday’s long waiting times.
# healthcare - Sunday 26 November, 2017
# HSE
# HSE
A union representing GPs say there’s been an increase in the number of attacks on their members over the past several years; GPs want the HSE to put a process in place to protect staff and patients.
# healthcare - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
# Mary Comber
# Mary Comber
The eye condition causes a person’s vision to become impaired, and is the leading cause of blindness in the world.
# healthcare - Saturday 11 November, 2017
# Column
# Column
Karen Sinnott writes about her struggle to get treatment – and her journey to the UK.
# healthcare - Thursday 26 October, 2017
# We're Gettin' Old
# We're Gettin' Old
According to the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Ireland’s rapidly growing (and ageing) population will create a huge demand for healthcare by 2030.
# healthcare - Tuesday 24 October, 2017
# Phoenix Hospital
# Phoenix Hospital
It’s going to be called the Phoenix Children’s Health.
# healthcare - Monday 23 October, 2017
# Out Of The Ashes
# Out Of The Ashes
The project is projected to cost over €1 billion in full and is due to be completed in 2021.
# healthcare - Thursday 19 October, 2017
# Storm Ophelia
# Storm Ophelia
There was some confusion over what employees should do in the event of national red weather warnings.
# healthcare - Friday 13 October, 2017
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The Health and Human Services department made the announcement in a statement late last night.
# healthcare - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
# Budget 2018
# Budget 2018
Senator Catherine Noone said that sunbeds are currently defined as “care of the human body”.
# healthcare - Friday 6 October, 2017
# Co Clare
# Co Clare
The HSE is currently in contact with the parents of up to 43 children to see if they were affected by the problem.
# healthcare - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
# Loughlinstown
# Loughlinstown
In August, a Wicklow man suffered a heart attack hours after being refused treatment at a hospital.
# healthcare - Thursday 28 September, 2017
# Amd
# Amd
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of sight loss in people aged 50 and over in Ireland.
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