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Priscilla Lynch |
23 Feb 2012
A senior HSE Director placed on administrative leave over 18 months ago remains on full pay and the investigation that triggered his departure is still unfinished, the Medical Independent (MI) can confirm.
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Priscilla Lynch |
23 Feb 2012
The HSE’s troubled PPARS (personnel, payroll and related systems) project has cost a total of €201 million up to the end of 2011, the Medical Independent (MI) can reveal.
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James Fogarty |
23 Feb 2012
There has been a reduction of €1.5 million in outstanding private insurance claims at the Mercy University Hospital (MUH), Cork over the last nine months, the Medical Independent (MI) has learned.
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June Shannon |
23 Feb 2012
THE number of acute hospital beds lost to the health service due to delayed discharges were more than 40 per cent higher last November than in the same month in 2010, the most recent HSE figures reveal.
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James Fogarty |
23 Feb 2012
Almost two months after Galway University Hospitals failed to ensure that no in-patient waited more than one year for treatment, a final decision has yet to be taken on how much the hospital will be fined, the Medical Independent (MI) has learned.
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James Fogarty |
23 Feb 2012
Fine T-bone steak, good flowery spuds and vegetables,” is how one patient has described the food at the Mercy University Hospital, the Medical Independent (MI) can reveal.
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23 Feb 2012
The IMO has called on Minister for State, Roisín Shortall to correct recent public statements in which she has stated that routine phlebotomy services are free to patients who have medical cards.
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23 Feb 2012
Over 50 per cent of those with epilepsy experience persistent negative attitudes, according to a survey by Brainwave, the Irish Epilepsy Association. To coincide with European Epilepsy Day, the Association asked 455 people with epilepsy on their experience of stigma.
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23 Feb 2012
A three-year follow-up study has suggested that an alternate treatment for obstructed arteries in the leg may be possible.
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In the news |
23 Feb 2012
Cancer was behind 44 per cent of all deaths covered by life assurance and two-thirds of all claims for serious illness in 2011, according to new figures published recently by Ireland’s largest life assurance company.
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June Shannon |
23 Feb 2012
Ireland’s first Green Prescription Programme under which GPs will refer patients to take part in a structured, weekly exercise regime, is due to be rolled-out to five new primary care areas in east Donegal.
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Ailbhe Jordan |
23 Feb 2012
A community of 3,000 people in Cavan has been left without a GP service for the last 12 months, a local representative has said.