Doctor weary of sector’s difficulties
A LEADING hospital consultant who ran for election for Fine Gael said he has become “demoralised” by the situation in the health services and is concerned about patient safety as doctors are...
View ArticleHospitals’ chief named
(From Times >) MINISTER FOR Health James Reilly announced last night that Galway University Hospital (incorporating Merlin Park Hospital) together with Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, and...
View ArticleMerge hospitals into new administrative groups
The HSE has been ordered to merge hospitals into new administrative groups with a single budget and a staff ceiling as part of plans to cut costs, high-level administration, and patient waiting times....
View ArticlePatients at serious risk of infection in six hospitals, health watchdog audit...
Patients are at serious risk of infection in almost half the hospitals tested for hygiene by the State’s health watchdog, new reports reveal. Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) inspectors...
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