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The Department of Health is to develop a new National Rare Disease Plan

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Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly said improving and expanding the care and treatment of patients with rare diseases was a priority for the Government, with...

€443 million allocated in Budget for 2023 Waiting List Action Plan

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The 2023 Waiting List Action Plan set out 30 actions in the Plan focussing on delivering capacity, reforming scheduled care, and enabling scheduled care reform. A...

Hospitals treat 6.7 million patients in 12 months

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Hospital waiting list figures published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) showed that, as at the end of April, 492,639 people on the Active...

Patient Safety Bill passed by Oireachtas

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The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019 passed through all stages in the Houses of the Oireachtas at the end of...

Minister Donnelly Announces Recruitment of an Additional 854 Nurses

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Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly has announced €25 million in funding for 854 additional nursing posts to fully implement the Framework for Safe Nurse...

The Davis Coakley Lecture Theatre

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The main lecture theatre in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin has been re-named the Davis Coakley Theatre, in memory of the late Prof. Davis Coakley. Prof....

Resources to improve knowledge and understanding of advocacy

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HIQA has launched new resources on The Fundamentals of Advocacy in health and social care.  It says these resources are designed to improve knowledge and understanding...

Premature deaths among homeless people

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The Health Research Board (HRB) has published a report of premature deaths among people experiencing homelessness. The report was commissioned by the Department of Health...

EU to reform general pharmaceutical legislation on medicines for human use

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The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney have formally welcomed the publication of the European Commission’s...

Ireland may have 1,000 bed capacity deficit in public hospitals

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Focusing on scenarios that assume an 85 per cent occupancy rate, Ireland may have a bed capacity deficit of approximately 1,000 inpatient beds in...

Improving the evidence base for policy decision making

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Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly has welcomed the publication of three Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) research papers as part of the...

Ireland had mixed performance on gauges of hospital productivity

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Ireland had a mixed performance on gauges of  hospital productivity as proxied by discharges per hospital doctor, the share of certain surgeries performed as...

Unique health identifier would provide number of people on waiting lists

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It would be useful if official waiting list data for Ireland included the number of people on waiting lists - which could be facilitated...

RHA Funding should be based on needs-adjusted capitation model

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An official paper published by Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly recommends the use of a needs-adjusted capitation model to allocate funding to the RHAs. The...

Seventeen broad interventions to reduce waiting lists or waiting times for health services in Ireland

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Seventeen broad interventions that aimed to reduce waiting lists or waiting times for health services in Ireland have been identified and defined in a...

More concise performance targets needed for acute care system

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The provision of a more concise and focused set of performance targets for the acute care system in Ireland, to facilitate subsequent analysis and...

Disproportionate number of Irish medical school graduates do not become Consultants in Ireland – Government Report

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A disproportionate number of those who graduate from Irish medical schools do not progress on to become consultants in Ireland, where the number of...

Discussion paper examines potential for a multi-disciplinary public health workforce in Ireland

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Developing a multidisciplinary public health workforce in Ireland, with career pathways for public health professionals from medical and non-medical backgrounds, is an important consideration...

Regional Stroke Conference 2023

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New York Islanders Charles B. Wang Community Service Award

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Irish born Michael Dowling, CEO Northwell Health  has received the first New York Islanders Charles B. Wang Community Service Award. This award recognizes leaders in New...
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