Irish and European experts in neurological conditions have called for a European neurological health strategy. The experts along with policy makers and members of the European Parliament have been meeting in Dublin to mark World Brain Day and press Irelan... See more
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said she would like to see all groups affected by issues at Children's Health Ireland (CHI) to engage with the independent facilitator, who is trying to scope out issues for a statutory inquiry. The scopin... See more
Irish guidelines on what constitutes low-risk alcohol consumption may need to be reconsidered based on latest research, according to a new report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). The report also says there is no strong basis for t... See more
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
