The HSE does not know how many people have been employed as a result of the activity of private recruiting firms, which have been paid a total of €15.5 million since 2020. According to a breakdown of numbers, these companies were paid €2.88 million in 2020 and €9.78 million in 2021, with €2.6 million paid … Read more
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly is bringing the Health Service Executive’s Winter Plan to Cabinet today, with the objective of boosting capacity in public hospitals while also using services in the private sector. The HSE will provide individual plans to each of Ireland’s 29 emergency departments in order to prepare them for the winter months. … Read more
Healthcare professionals and individuals with long-term health conditions between the ages of 12 and 49 are asked to schedule an appointment for their second Covid-19 booster injection. An HSE vaccination centre, participating GPs, or participating pharmacies are all places to schedule your next booster if you are over 50 or pregnant for more than 16 … Read more
“Significant progress” was made in infant and maternity care in 2021, despite the challenges of Covid-19, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said while launching the National Women and Infants Health Programme’s Annual Report for 2021. The National Women and Infants Health Programme was established in the HSE to lead the management, organisation and delivery of … Read more
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has welcomed the HSE’s offer of engagement with health sector representative bodies regarding a scheme for Paid Leave for Public Health Service Employees unfit for work post-COVID-19 infection. The Department of Health, Health Service Executive, and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have been engaged on proposals for a … Read more
A Medical doctor from Cork has asked the High Court for an injunction preventing the HSE from re-commencing an internal inquiry into a complaint that he telephoned and asked a 16-year-old female patient “out for coffee”. The motion has been taken by Dr. Ali Gul, who is a non-consultant doctor based in Cork and has … Read more
The State’s cybersecurity body and the HSE took part in a European-wide simulated attack on health services this week — just over a year from the start of the devastating real-life attack on HSE systems. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), together with the HSE and a number of hospitals and pharmacy companies, participated in a large-scale … Read more
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has outlined concerns around staff and patient safety in University Hospital Limerick. This comes as 118 patients are without a bed in the hospital this morning. The number of patients on trolleys in University Hospital Limerick today make up over 25.2% of the total number of patients on trolleys … Read more
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has announced the HPV vaccine is to be made available free to all women under 25 to reduce cervical cancer rates. “I have asked the HSE to provide options on how best to introduce a catch-up programme for young women who have now left secondary school and who did not receive … Read more
According to a tropical disease expert, monkeypox expected it to crop up in Ireland soon. The HSE has confirmed it has formed a group of experts to assess the disease and prepare a response. The World Health Organization is due to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection … Read more
The Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, has welcomed progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the Maskey Report. Anne O’Connor, Chief Operations Officer, HSE, and Colm Henry, Chief Clinical Officer, HSE chair an Oversight Group overseeing, monitoring, and reporting on implementation. The group has met four times to date and … Read more
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3,780 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Monday 7 February, 5,585* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. As of 8am today, 646 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 72 are in ICU. Given the current high incidence, the daily case … Read more
The HSE chief Paul Reid has apologised to the residents and their families of an HSE-run Donegal care home following a report revealed that the residents there were sexually assaulted for over a decade. “These events, as we have seen them and from the reports, have shocking consequences for many people. The facts are very … Read more
The HSE and Gardai have issued a warning about a fake text message circulating in the country offering Covid booster shots to the public. The messages come from different numbers which claim booster shots can be booked now. The message also contains links which are claimed to be of booking website. A spokesperson for the … Read more
Further 1,845 Covid patients have been reported today in Ireland, the Health Department said. As of Monday morning, there were 497 patients in hospitals with the disease, including 99 in intensive care units. Meanwhile the HSE’s new campaign to urge unvaccinated people to get inoculation is progressing as the vaccination number doubled since last week. … Read more