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# Department of Health

This month
March 2024
One new case of measles confirmed in Ireland, the fifth this year
Four measles cases now confirmed in Ireland
Government approves funding for measles catch-up vaccine programme
Maximum validity of prescriptions extended to one year, as govt aims to reduce pressure on GPs
Last month
February 2024
HSE tells Assisted Dying Committee there are already 'significant' supports for 'dying in a dignified way'
Chief Medical Officer Professor Breda Smyth to leave role after appointment 18 months ago
January
January 2024
Six months on, chairperson yet to be appointed to inquiry into drug that causes birth defects
Dublin Simon Community’s ‘first-of-a-kind’ health and addiction care facility to open mid-year
HRB: Evidence to support medicinal cannabis use for most conditions is 'inconsistent at best'
Youth mental health service 'largely non-existent' and discrimination rife, Committee hears
Stephen Donnelly ‘not satisfied’ with management of patient flow at overcrowded hospitals
RTÉ advertise Operation Transformation sponsorship at 30% less than it charged Department of Health
Last year
2023
Hospitals to roll out 'virtual wards' so patients can be treated at home next year
150,000 women aged 17 to 26 have accessed free contraception scheme this year
Over 1,000 hospital consultants sign up to new public-only contract
Donohoe won't get into 'war of words' over health budget, says financial controls are needed
Donnelly says focus of Health Budget 2024 is 'running the services we have'
HSE managerial and admin staff begin industrial action
Donnelly orders statutory review into use of unlicensed springs in surgeries at Temple Street
Donnelly brings winter public health plans to Cabinet with Covid vaccine rollout details
Families who lost loved ones to sepsis call on HSE to start 'aggressive' awareness campaign
Worst August for hospital overcrowding since 2004, sparking fears for winter ahead
HSE admin staff taking industrial action over reliance on agency staff amid recruitment ban
‘God power’: Concern over State examining parental fitness as part of IVF scheme
Carers to have national living wage guaranteed for first time alongside pay for travel time
'I felt experimented on': Survivors protest but vaginal mesh use still not ruled out
'The system is broken': Carlow toddler with scoliosis without therapy due to staffing crisis
Medicine shortages: Dept Health says 'numerous alternatives available to ensure continuity of care'
Families of residents who will be 'kicked out' of Cork nursing home urge Taoiseach to step in
Access to cancer treatment has returned to pre-Covid levels, report finds
Number of trainee GPs to increase by one third to tackle long waiting times
Donnelly defends signing into law world’s first legislation on health labelling of alcohol
GPs say new medical card holders will struggle to get seen in midst of 'workforce crisis'
Total withdrawal of partner access in maternity hospitals 'not appropriate', says HSE
Tanaiste supports Robert Watt’s position at Department of Health despite Holohan controversy
Holohan report: Watt rejects most findings as Donnelly says all involved acted in 'good faith'
Indian nurses recruited by HSE wait months in Ireland without their children before starting work
In-patient fees for public hospitals scrapped from today
Pay talks: Additional money for HSE funded agencies 'must go on worker's pay, not admin costs'
Review of abortion services to go to Cabinet in coming weeks