# Department of Health
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Last week
14th April 2024 - 20th April 2024
THE MORNING LEAD
Long Covid: 'The public, the government and the HSE do not understand the scale of this issue'
Long Covid Advocacy Ireland will call for the Government to review how people with the condition are cared for at the Oireachtas Health Committee today.
17 Apr
12.6k
This month
April 2024
latest report
'Significant progress' made on patient outcomes, but cervical screening uptake still below target
1 Apr
11.5k
13
Last month
March 2024
Smoking Ban
Adverts for vapes will be banned from areas where children are present under new laws
31 Mar
10.2k
66
MMR Catch-up programme
One new case of measles confirmed in Ireland, the fifth this year
15 Mar
6.0k
29
Health
Maximum validity of prescriptions extended to one year, as govt aims to reduce pressure on GPs
1 Mar
18.9k
26
This year
2024
Assisted Dying
HSE tells Assisted Dying Committee there are already 'significant' supports for 'dying in a dignified way'
13 Feb
6.8k
8
cmo
Chief Medical Officer Professor Breda Smyth to leave role after appointment 18 months ago
2 Feb
27.1k
Delay
Six months on, chairperson yet to be appointed to inquiry into drug that causes birth defects
28 Jan
13.3k
Dublin Simon
Dublin Simon Community’s ‘first-of-a-kind’ health and addiction care facility to open mid-year
23 Jan
7.0k
Health Research Board
HRB: Evidence to support medicinal cannabis use for most conditions is 'inconsistent at best'
23 Jan
8.2k
21
camhs
Youth mental health service 'largely non-existent' and discrimination rife, Committee hears
17 Jan
9.2k
12
HSE
Stephen Donnelly ‘not satisfied’ with management of patient flow at overcrowded hospitals
12 Jan
24.3k
41
THE MORNING LEAD
RTÉ advertise Operation Transformation sponsorship at 30% less than it charged Department of Health
6 Jan
33.8k
41
Last year
2023
Hospital at home
Hospitals to roll out 'virtual wards' so patients can be treated at home next year
4 Dec 2023
21.4k
73
free contraception
150,000 women aged 17 to 26 have accessed free contraception scheme this year
19 Nov 2023
8.5k
21
Department of Health
Over 1,000 hospital consultants sign up to new public-only contract
12 Nov 2023
23.9k
23
health budget
Donohoe won't get into 'war of words' over health budget, says financial controls are needed
18 Oct 2023
5.0k
budget 2024
Donnelly says focus of Health Budget 2024 is 'running the services we have'
11 Oct 2023
9.2k
26
Children's spinal surgeries
Donnelly orders statutory review into use of unlicensed springs in surgeries at Temple Street
4 Oct 2023
7.4k
Covid-19
Donnelly brings winter public health plans to Cabinet with Covid vaccine rollout details
26 Sep 2023
14.1k
57
WORLD SEPSIS DAY
Families who lost loved ones to sepsis call on HSE to start 'aggressive' awareness campaign
13 Sep 2023
11.6k
1
Trolley Watch
Worst August for hospital overcrowding since 2004, sparking fears for winter ahead
31 Aug 2023
9.5k
32
Healthcare recruitment
HSE admin staff taking industrial action over reliance on agency staff amid recruitment ban
11 Aug 2023
17.9k
37
THE MORNING LEAD
‘God power’: Concern over State examining parental fitness as part of IVF scheme
29 Jul 2023
16.8k
56
Home Care Assistants
Carers to have national living wage guaranteed for first time alongside pay for travel time
21 Jul 2023
16.9k
13
Women's Health
'I felt experimented on': Survivors protest but vaginal mesh use still not ruled out
7 Jul 2023
17.3k
7
THE MORNING LEAD
'The system is broken': Carlow toddler with scoliosis without therapy due to staffing crisis
5 Jul 2023
16.9k
28
Medicine
Medicine shortages: Dept Health says 'numerous alternatives available to ensure continuity of care'
19 Jun 2023
12.2k
18
Fair Deal
Families of residents who will be 'kicked out' of Cork nursing home urge Taoiseach to step in
9 Jun 2023
16.7k
51
cancer treatment
Access to cancer treatment has returned to pre-Covid levels, report finds
6 Jun 2023
5.2k
9
Health
Number of trainee GPs to increase by one third to tackle long waiting times
2 Jun 2023
7.7k
14
Alcohol
Donnelly defends signing into law world’s first legislation on health labelling of alcohol
Updated
22 May 2023
32.8k
89
GP shortage
GPs say new medical card holders will struggle to get seen in midst of 'workforce crisis'
13 May 2023
20.9k
15
Women's Health
Total withdrawal of partner access in maternity hospitals 'not appropriate', says HSE
Updated
26 Apr 2023
29.8k
28
Secretary General
Tanaiste supports Robert Watt’s position at Department of Health despite Holohan controversy
20 Apr 2023
9.0k
26
watt now
Holohan report: Watt rejects most findings as Donnelly says all involved acted in 'good faith'
Updated
19 Apr 2023
23.6k
28