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The good, the bad and the alright: Ireland's healthcare …

WEBThe Good (kind of): Healthcare Spend. Ireland spends nearly €5,000 (€4,819) on healthcare for each citizen, which is well above the EU average of €3,197 and almost …

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More work to be done: The complexities, wins and major …

WEBA poll, conducted by Ireland Thinks/The Good Information Project, found that almost two-thirds of people said Ireland’s healthcare system is getting worse. Just 7% of …

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How two different, expensive healthcare systems on this …

WEBESRI ESRI. Despite the different healthcare systems, the people on both sides of the border face similar healthcare challenges: an ageing population that will …

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Nearly 7,000 Covid-19 cases linked to hospital outbreaks …

WEBIn total, Ireland has recorded 542,146 Covid-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic. According to data supplied by the HSE there were 841 deaths of people …

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Ireland's healthcare system: What exactly are we doing …

WEBAccessibility is the main issue for the Irish healthcare system (we scored badly on 4/6 criteria); patient rights were an issue too. We also had a quick look at what …

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Free contraception to be made available to women up to …

WEB8.10pm, 18 Apr 2024. 16.4k. 55. FREE CONTRACEPTION WILL be made available to women up to the age of 35, under a new plan launched today by the Government. …

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Hundreds of hospital staff, including healthcare workers, …

WEBThose unvaccinated include nurses, healthcare assistants and doctors. 12.05am, 14 Jan 2022. 79.7k. 105. TWO HOSPITAL GROUPS have confirmed that …

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Why you should be very wary of signing this insurance …

WEBThe reason you may want to ignore the form is the discrepancy in price between the two. Private health care is charged at a rate of €813 per day. Public care is …

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Explainer: What exactly is Sláintecare

WEBPut simply, Sláintecare is the name for the initiative to reform Ireland’s healthcare to move away from a two-tier system and towards a system based on …

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The €2bn New Children's Hospital is now '92% complete'

WEB8.33pm, 27 Nov 2023. 47.3k. 107. THE CONSTRUCTION OF the New Children’s Hospital is now 92% complete according to the development board, with the first patients …

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Over 3,500 on wait list for a detox bed, with over 140 residential …

WEB38. OVER 3,500 PEOPLE were waiting for a drug or alcohol detox bed in Ireland, as of February 2021, with over 2,200 on the waiting list for at least nine months. …

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Public health reform taking off

WEBPublic health reform taking off - but success depends on State tackling inequality. Targets for recruiting public health staff are mainly on track, an investigation …

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Sinn Féin's new healthcare plan promises an ‘Irish NHS’ within two

WEB5.09pm, 22 Sep 2023. 16.2k. 111. SINN FÉIN HAVE pledged to deliver an “Irish NHS” system within two terms of government, promising to “recast” the existing cross-party …

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Psychiatrists: Changing the Mental Health Act will affect our ability

WEBChanging the Mental Health Act will affect our ability to provide safe care. Dr Sarah Casey and Dr Aoife O’Callaghan say proposed changes to the MHA will hamper …

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Transgender healthcare report recommends all patients receive

WEBA LONG-AWAITED report on transgender healthcare in Ireland has been published by the HSE. The report makes a number of recommendations including that …

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'The lack of medical support is a travesty': Trans people facing five

WEB6.00am, 31 Mar 2021. 33.7k. SOME TRANS PEOPLE are facing a five-year waiting list for healthcare, according to the Transgender Equality Network Ireland. Teni has …

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There's been a 66% increase in eating disorder hospital admissions

WEBAn article published in this month’s Irish Medical Journal notes that there was a 66% increase in hospital admissions for EDs in 2020 compared to 2019. The authors …

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Nurses working in ‘horrendous’ conditions as 100,000 patients left …

WEB4.41pm, 8 Nov 2022. 24.0k. 31. NURSES AND MIDWIVES are working in “horrendous” conditions and are suffering from stress and burnout, as it emerged that more than …

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'People are devastated': St John of God to hand over services to …

WEBSAINT JOHN OF God (SJOG) Community Services has announced it plans to end its service arrangement with the Health Service Executive and to transfer …

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