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“Even that Matt Damon sent flowers,” Kimmel said during a monologue on access to healthcare.
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“Even that Matt Damon sent flowers,” Kimmel said during a monologue on access to healthcare.
Patients discharged between now and the end of May will be able to complete the National Patient Experience Survey.
Free public healthcare and a state pension guaranteed to increase with inflation are just two of the perks expats could lose when Brexit takes hold.
House Republicans indicated the vote would lose.
Megan Halvey-Ryan’s surgery has been delayed several times before.
Several major hospitals and medical organisations have opposed Trump’s plans.
A cost-saving decision to move people with severe intellectual disabilities away from their long-term home was overturned.
“This is Obamacare Lite, it will not pass,” Senator Rand Paul fumed.
Since July 2013, doctors in Macedonia can book patients an appointment with a consultant online.
Where is Ireland’s healthcare system going wrong, and what can we do to turn it around?
The Tánaiste made the claim amid ongoing debate about wait times in Irish healthcare.
In January, 467 surgeries were cancelled at Galway University Hospital alone – most were cancelled by patients.
“I’m willing to change. I’m so dedicated to my job and I’m really patient-focused.”
Mothers who want to leave the EU to travel home can now continue to get maternity leave – which wasn’t the case before now.
We also ranked the fifth worst for getting value out of the money we put into our healthcare system.
Hospital staff are being asked whether they wish to strike over payments and career progression measures.
Companies wishing to sell CBD can apply for a licence from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
There was a huge surge in demand over the Christmas period.
Both diagnoses and death rates are higher among men.
Moves towards regulating the drug have taken a step forward this week.
The Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing was launched today by Michael D Higgins at St James’s Hospital, Dublin.
A report into Portlaoise General Hospital was published today.
While the numbers on trolleys is down 1% this year, figures for November were described as “particularly alarming”.
The Dáil has been debating a medicinal cannabis bill this evening.
Demand for hospital services increases over the winter period as people are more likely to get sick.
The industry’s payments to both doctors and healthcare institutions here is under the spotlight at present.
“The patient doesn’t care who pays a salary or what title you have. People on the frontline need to be integrated in the decision making process.”
“Research has shown that fixing decayed first teeth results in better sleep patterns for children and better performance in schools.”
A registered nurse in their first year would earn €200 less per week in Ireland than a nurse in the same position in Australia.
“There are better opportunities, there’s a greater respect for the nurse’s role, the work and pay conditions are better, and the lifestyle is freer.”
The hospital’s Department of Psychiatry was also found to have ‘inadequate’ recreational activities for residents.
The Minister for Health has announced the restoration of their increments.
The waiting list has been closed for the forseeable future – meaning there are less services for children in need of screening.
54% of people in Ireland want to see the tax introduced.
The most up-to-date analysis on the state of the world’s health has been published which will help identify national health challenges and priorities for intervention.
Dr Tom Ryan, president of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) made a series of critical comments about the state of public health care.
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Tom Finn, head of private healthcare firm Affidea Ireland, has had a colourful career to say the least.
Complaints made against pharmacists fell by nearly a half last year.
An analysis by TheJournal.ie of data shows the average number of children waiting over 12 months on the inpatient list over the last two years is 1,605% higher than in the two years before that.