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A senior microbiologist has warned that antibiotic misuse is helping to fuel the spread of resistant superbugs. Dr Fidelma Fitzpatrick, RCSI Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, joined the…
Members of Guaranteed Irish, the not-for-profit business membership organisation championing 500+ homegrown and international businesses in Ireland, have called on the Government to set a target for Ireland…
The President of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), Dr Peadar Gilligan, has warned that the IMO is moving towards taking industrial action in the New Year to resolve…
The Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, today welcomed the establishment of a Cancer Patient Advisory Committee. “Today’s first meeting of the Cancer Patient Advisory Committee marks a…
The Board of Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) announced the appointment of Ms. Lucy Nugent as the new Chief Executive of the Hospital. It comes following an open competition…
Life expectancy in Ireland has increased by almost two and a half years since 2006, with male life expectancy consistently higher than the EU average throughout the last…
HSE Organ Donation Transplant Ireland (ODTI) has reported that 2018 was a strong year for organ donation and transplant surgery. The families of 80 people who died courageously…
Staff shortages and emergency department overcrowding are the top challenges facing the health services, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos MRBI on behalf of Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare…
As of 8am today there were 236 patients awaiting admission to a hospital bed. This compares to 514 on the same day last year, a decrease of 54%. While…
Abortion services will be provided by the HSE, through GPs or family planning services, and in maternity units and hospitals across the country, from today, January 1st, 2019.…
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