# patients - Tuesday 5 February, 2019
Nurses across the country will be out on the picket lines outside hospitals and clinics today for the second day of strike action.
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# patients - Monday 26 November, 2018
Patients have highlighted issues with communication from their doctors and the discharge process.
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# patients - Wednesday 14 November, 2018
Just 10 of 36 recommendations in a 2015 report have been fully implemented.
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# patients - Thursday 2 August, 2018
One of the patients set off a fire alarm and has severe paranoia.
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# patients - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
Under the current law, patients can be detained under renewal orders for periods not exceeding six and 12 months.
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# patients - Saturday 26 May, 2018
The offences included two homicides, possession of a firearm and three counts of false imprisonment.
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# patients - Sunday 15 April, 2018
Three years ago the government committed to overhauling Ireland’s mental health laws – we’re still waiting.
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# patients - Sunday 11 March, 2018
There are just three specialist eating disorder beds at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin for the acute treatment of adults.
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# patients - Sunday 4 March, 2018
Improving the standard of food has been highlighted as a priority by Health Minister Simon Harris.
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# patients - Wednesday 28 February, 2018
Three children’s hospitals are also cancelling planned admissions and outpatient appointments.
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# patients - Sunday 4 February, 2018
About 35% of those seeking outpatient treatment have been waiting over 12 months.
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# patients - Sunday 31 December, 2017
Alzheimer’s Alert will alert carers to the patient’s movements.
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# patients - Wednesday 18 October, 2017
A summit held yesterday focused on new technological advancements in the field of healthcare.
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# patients - Saturday 2 September, 2017
The review of the Jonathan Swift Clinic found a number of failings.
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# patients - Sunday 20 August, 2017
Former patients were at Beaumont Hospital this week to thank the staff that cared for him.
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# patients - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
Nearly 250 women who displayed symptoms of possible breast cancer have been waiting between six and 12 months.
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# patients - Tuesday 23 May, 2017
Health Minister Simon Harris said it is ‘regretted’ that it took such a long time for families to be heard on their babies’ deaths.
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# patients - Thursday 18 May, 2017
The pharmaceutical company which supplies the drugs said it expects to resume production early next week.
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# patients - Thursday 4 May, 2017
Minister of State Catherine Byrne said the administrative cost associated with non-attendance is approximately €25 per patient visit.
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# patients - Tuesday 21 February, 2017
Orkambi is estimated to cost €159,000 per patient.
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# patients - Sunday 12 February, 2017
“We would struggle to deliver care” warns consultant in emergency medicine as waiting lists and overcrowding dominate health sector.
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# patients - Friday 10 February, 2017
Health Minister Simon Harris says the hew HSE action plan will review if the screening programme can be re-introduced.
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# patients - Friday 3 February, 2017
In January, 467 surgeries were cancelled at Galway University Hospital alone – most were cancelled by patients.
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# patients - Thursday 2 February, 2017
The figure of 601 is just short of the high of 612 patients on trolleys at the beginning of January.
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# patients - Wednesday 7 December, 2016
This morning there were 378 patients on trolleys in Irish hospitals.
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# patients - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
The bill, which is due to be debated on this Thursday, aims to regulate use of cannabis for medical purposes.
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# patients - Friday 7 October, 2016
Staff are currently being advised to limit showers and bathing for patients.
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# patients - Thursday 25 August, 2016
The figures are in the latest Medical Council annual report.
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# patients - Friday 27 May, 2016
A Hiqa study has found some deficiencies in patient choices.
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# patients - Wednesday 9 March, 2016
I used to dread bringing an inhaler out to a patient and asking for €85, writes Shane O’Sullivan.
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# patients - Sunday 31 January, 2016
Lorraine Courtney writes that naming doctors in fitness to practice inquiries should be scrapped.
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# patients - Thursday 12 November, 2015
“The director of patient safety is somebody I want to run into in the lift every other day, it’s not somebody I want to meet in a formal meeting once every two months or six months.”
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# patients - Wednesday 4 November, 2015
Taoiseach Enda Kenny described the incident as “a shocking example of dysfunction in the health system”.
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# patients - Monday 26 October, 2015
The average waiting time for a GP has soared from just under 10 hours in 2010 to over 34 hours.
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# patients - Tuesday 20 October, 2015
The inability of women to take time off for treatment is part of the problem.
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# patients - Friday 21 August, 2015
The INMO says Cork University Hospital continues to operate at almost full capacity.
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# patients - Tuesday 7 July, 2015
71 patients with balance issues related to illness found no further improvement by the use of virtual reality.
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# patients - Monday 29 June, 2015
Leo Varadkar has asked for a full report into the incident.
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# patients - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
Surgeon with the hospital, Kenneth Mealy, said that “issues have arisen in a small number of patients”.
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# patients - Tuesday 31 March, 2015
GPs have blamed the HSE, but the organisation says the issue has been addressed.
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