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
18 intellectually disabled residents at an HSE owned care home in Donegal have suffered sexual abuses continuously for a period of 13 years. It was with the full knowledge of the management and staff who did nothing in particular to stop the abuses, a recent report has found. The report by HSE’s National Independent Review … Read more
A new project by the HSE is all set to provide free counselling therapy for anxiety and depression throughout Ireland. The move is following the success of a pilot project funded by the HSE and carried out by SilverCloud, an online provider of mental health supports. According to a report by The Irish Times, 88% … Read more
Health Service Executive is inviting suitable applications for the job for driver/porter. The full-time, permanent job will be at the National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) and the Central Mental Hospital Dundrum. The posts will move permanently to Portrane in 2021. The last date of application is 30 September 2021 at 12 in the noon. … Read more
Further 1,293 Covid-19 infections have been reported in Ireland today amid discussions to fully reopen society going under way. As per the latest data, 382 Covid patients are in hospitals and 61 of them are in ICUs. The number of patients has been increased by 35 from yesterday. Meanwhile the full roadmap of easing restrictions … Read more