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€6.466m from Dormant Accounts for Health Projects

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A total of €6.466 million has been made available for health projects from the Dormant Accounts Fund. The money has been allocated as follows: Community...

Forty five per cent have private health insurance

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The number of people with private health insurance in Ireland increased to 2.17 million, or 45% of the population, on December 31, 2017, according...

Healthy Ireland Strengthened

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To strengthen the Healthy Ireland programme, the Government has approved the publication of an Outcomes Framework for Healthy Ireland and the establishment of an...

Your Opinion Counts

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There are just a few days left to complete the national HSE Staff Engagement Survey, Your Opinion Counts, which is now being carried out...

HIQA begins inspecting maternity units

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HIQA has begun unannounced inspections of all nineteen maternity hospitals and maternity units in public acute hospitals to assess the implementation of the National...

Over one fifth of Irish people still smoking

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Twenty two per cent of the Irish population are current smokers, with 18 per cent smoking daily and four per cent smoking occasionally, Minister...

Changes to Fair Deal

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The Government has approved a proposal to change the treatment of farms and businesses under the Nursing Home Support Scheme, also known as the...

Specialist Courts Urged

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The Medical Protection Society has called for the creation of specialist courts with strict timetables, and judges who have an expertise in clinical negligence...

International Coaching Federation Prism Award 2018

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Following a rigorous application and interview process the HSE National Human Resources Coaching Service has been recognised externally and is currently a finalist in...

New online information repository on medical cannabis

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Health Minister, Simon Harris has published a new online repository of information on medical cannabis on the Department of Health’s website. The repository provides detailed...

WALKways trainees graduate from hospital internship programme

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The Trinity Lecture Theatre hosted a very special graduation ceremony at the end of August as Tallaght University Hospital WALKways trainees graduated having completed...

Low level of fitness among Irish 16 year olds

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The latest findings from Dublin City University and Irish Life Health indicate that 34% of girls and 41% of boys aged 16 do not...

Building Courage And Self Belief

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Following a very successful inaugural HSE Clinical Directors Development programme, which finished early this year, a second programme will be launched on November 21,...

A System Doomed To Fail At Some Point

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The major cervical screening crisis emerged into the public domain because of a failed attempt to disclose the results of a retrospective audit to...

Patients Have Right To Full Knowledge About Their Healthcare

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The HSE’s open disclosure policy and HSE/SCA guidelines should be revised as a matter of urgency to reflect the primacy of the right of...

Health spending and recruitment must be controlled

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Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe has warned that health spending will have to be controlled and the rate of recruitment of...

Developments at Bon Secours Cork

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Bon Secours Hospital hosted its sixth annual Practice nurse Conference at The Kingsley Hotel, Cork. The topics covered this year’s conference were linked to...

Additional hospital beds and three new elective hospitals – Sláintecare

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A single tier public health system within a decade, 2,600 additional hospital beds, and three new elective hospitals have been promised as part of...

Investigation report into child sexual abuse referrals against adults of concern

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The Child and Family Agency (Tusla) must take urgent action to address serious shortcomings in how it manages allegations of child sexual abuse, according...

IT WON’T HAPPEN!

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A few years ago, Hector fronted an offbeat, entertaining TV series in which he travelled the country and interviewed interesting people on the topics of the time. He asked a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church about the prospects of women being ordained to the priesthood. The reply he received was a conversation stopper. The bishop simply said – “It won’t happen”.
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