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Ireland spends €20 billion per year on healthcare, here's where the money goes
There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
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There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
There’s been a massive spike in requests this year for files from the CervicalCheck programme.
Today’s interim report has recommended that women should not encounter any financial obstacles while participating in investigations.
In July 2014, baby Thomas died after a feeding tube was inserted into a chamber of his heart.
Dr Aidan McKiernan, a Senior Clinical Psychologist with the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice, spoke to TheJournal.ie ahead of Children’s Hospice Week.
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.
Kate Campbell had to have her ovary, fallopian tube and part of her abdominal wall removed.
The woman was recently told that her smear test had been reviewed and a different action could have been taken.
The report looked at 18 cases of maternity care at the Galway hospital.
Legal proceedings against the HSE or laboratories involved in smear tests have commenced in 6 of those cases.
Her name and face are known the country over. She left a mark on Ireland, its medical care and its laws.
While health inequalities affect people of different backgrounds, those who have precarious jobs are in especially difficult situations, writes Sinead Pembroke.
The North’s abortion laws are considered some of the most severe in the world, according to Amnesty.
The aim of the tests would be to reduce instances of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Ireland.
A local TD has said that the air ambulance should have responded to the 999 call.
Fine Gael TD Peter Burke has said that prompt treatment was critical in terms of young adults’ body image.
Single fathers ate fewer fruit and vegetables, and were more likely to binge drink than single mothers and partnered parents, the study found.
The HSE says that we may have reached peak flu season this week.
Calls have been made for rural doctors to be paid a premium.
Retailers such as Dunnes Stores, Centra and SuperValu haven’t announced any plans to follow Aldi’s lead.
“In order to get the big benefits on cardiovascular disease [smokers] need to quit completely,” the lead author said.
The woman’s daughter, Siobhán Tobin, wrote an open letter to the Health Minister about trying to access out of hours services.
All have been given the all-clear since their fresh investigations.
The hospital has received two complaints in relation to yesterday’s long waiting times.
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.
The eye condition causes a person’s vision to become impaired, and is the leading cause of blindness in the world.
Karen Sinnott writes about her struggle to get treatment – and her journey to the UK.
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.
It’s going to be called the Phoenix Children’s Health.
The project is projected to cost over €1 billion in full and is due to be completed in 2021.
There was some confusion over what employees should do in the event of national red weather warnings.
The Health and Human Services department made the announcement in a statement late last night.
Senator Catherine Noone said that sunbeds are currently defined as “care of the human body”.
The HSE is currently in contact with the parents of up to 43 children to see if they were affected by the problem.
In August, a Wicklow man suffered a heart attack hours after being refused treatment at a hospital.
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of sight loss in people aged 50 and over in Ireland.
The UK’s poor air quality ratings are thought to cause more than 40,000 premature deaths a year.
Some of your personal details may already be available for sale on the dark web awaiting a purchaser. The only certainty is that the next attack is coming – the only question is when, writes Ronan Murphy.
Former patients were at Beaumont Hospital this week to thank the staff that cared for him.