All hospitals will have closely watched the outcome of the controversy involving the Rotunda Hospital and consultants on the public only contract doing private work. The position of the Government was made starkly clear in recent days, that universal heal... See more
The Public Only Consultant Contract (POCC) was introduced by the Government in March 2023 and it signalled the coming end of private practice in public hospitals. A key element of it is that hospital consultants who signed up to the deal can only perform ... See more
The Health Service Executive has apologised unreservedly for the "deficits in care", which it said culminated in the untimely and tragic death of 25-year-old Maxine Maguire in February 2017. The HSE told the High Court that it wanted to offer her parents,... See more
The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin has said it believes its future has been clarified, that it will be remaining on its Parnell Square site and will develop its services there. It told the Oireachtas Committee on Health that its planned development of the cri... See more
There were 648 cancelled spinal surgery operations in the last five years, according to new figures from Children's Health Ireland (CHI). So far this year, 54 of these operations have been cancelled. Among the reasons given for cancelling surgery are clin... See more
