Two new surgical hubs proposed for the North West will provide almost 20,000 procedures to patients annually once they are up-and-running Yesterday Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill gave ...

Osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of disability in Ireland, particularly among adults aged 50 years and older. Joint stiffness, pain, difficulty with functional activities, weight gain due ...

H ow will Artificial Intelligence affect healthcare? How will it affect the relationships between management and doctors? We saw recently that it led Sinn Féin TDs to believe that SuperValu was an ...

Since 2009, entry into medicine has been based on the combination of an applicant’s Leaving Certificate results, and their score in the HPAT (Health Professions Admission Test). The HPAT is a ...

Remote and technology-driven approach to studies makes it harder to build relationships, establish trust, understand what patients are going through, researchers say Clinical trials carried out ...

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The Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll McNeil, has just published an evaluation of the National Drugs Strategy (NDS) ‘Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery’ for the period 2017-2025. The evaluation ...

Growing levels of spending on healthcare over the past decade represents ‘an increasing degree of unsustainability in our approach to healthcare,’ the head of national services at the HSE has said ...

Doctors are worried that ‘their identities are being stolen’ through the use of fake social media advertisements in which medical professionals seem to endorse unauthorised products or services, the ...

Construction on a long-awaited surgical hub in Limerick has commenced and is scheduled to be open to patients before the end of next year. The €60m complex, which will have two operating theatres and ...

Children’s Health Ireland has appointed Lucy Nugent as its new CEO, effective January 2025. Ms Nugent has extensive experience of leading and managing acute hospitals, having served as CEO of Tallaght ...

A new cross-departmental committee will bring together health experts to provide evidence for decision-making in the wake of new and emerging public health threats, the Government has announced. The ...