4 d. ago Health minister 'not happy' with spinal surgery waiting lists but won't call it 'an emergency'

Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and HSE CEO Bernard Gloster were both before a Joint Oireachtas Committee this morning on hospital waiting lists.

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5 d. ago Mother of boy (9) who died after waiting years for spinal surgery ‘cautiously optimistic’ on CHI inquiry

Gillian Sherratt says ‘priority and focus’ must be on helping those children still relying on the State, CHI and HSE

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6 d. ago Tánaiste commits to spina bifida and scoliosis inquiry after meeting Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s parents

Harvey, who died in July aged 9, waited years for surgery

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6 d. ago Government commits to spina bifida and scoliosis inquiry after meeting Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s parents

Harvey, who died in July aged nine, waited years for surgery

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6 d. ago Government commits to CHI inquiry after meeting Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s parents

Harvey, who died in July aged nine, waited years for surgery

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6 d. ago Tánaiste and Minister for Health to meet with parents of Harvey Morrisson Sherratt today

Harvey’s parents have long-called for a meeting with Simon Harris to discuss the failures in their son’s care.

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6 d. ago Netanyahu says Israel working on ceasefire plan on eve of Trump meeting

The death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has topped 66,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s health ministry said on Sunday.

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1 week ago HSE boss apologises to Harvey’s parents for being ‘let down’ by system

The nine-year-old, who had scoliosis and spina bifida, died in July after waiting years for spinal surgery while his condition worsened.

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1 week ago Minister urged to intercede over regulator row in psychotherapy sector

Stakeholders raise concerns that new standards will lower the quality of training, creating risks for client safety

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2 w. ago Parents of Harvey Sherratt to meet Tánaiste over crisis in scoliosis care this month

Harvey died on 29 July, eight months after eventually having surgery having waited years for his operation.

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2 w. ago Call for Health Minister meeting on Portiuncula maternity services

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM The Health Minister is being urged to host a cross-party meeting on maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe. Deputy Claire Kerrane says there’s a huge amount of uncertainty and fear, after high-risk pregnancies were recently transferred away from the facility. The decision came amid a number […] The post Call for Health Minister meeting on Portiuncula maternity services appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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2 w. ago Minister for Health briefed on Drogheda hospital concern weeks before patients

Patients advised of file reviews 11 weeks after HSE raised it with department, Labour’s Ged Nash says

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2 w. ago Minister breaks down migration stats before Dáil, says he is 'appalled' by attacks on migrants

The minister said the health service is very much dependent on the excellent work providing by migrants who have come to Ireland to work.

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2 w. ago Taoiseach to meet Cork mother and daughter to discuss surgery delay case

The Dáil heard that 135 children are on waiting lists without a date for their surgery.

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3 w. ago Minister for Health will not attend hospital consultants’ annual conference

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill’s meeting in March with the senior clinicians’ association was described as ‘tense’

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3 w. ago Labour blasts Health Minister's 'showdown' approach to hospitals after Mater resignation

It follows reports that the chair of the hospital’s board resigned after a bust-up with the Fine Gael minister.

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3 w. ago ‘You may be the Health Minister, but you’re not God’: Mater Hospital chair David Begg quits after fracas with Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

‘You may be the Health Minister, but you’re not God’: Mater Hospital chair David Begg quits after fracas with Jennifer Carroll MacNeill  The Irish Independent

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4 w. ago Doubts grow that planned State elective hospitals will be built before 2030s

Minister did not secure sufficient funding to pay for all key health projects, says Sinn Féin

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last month Minister says bricks and mortar may be prioritised over extra health jobs in Budget 2026

Minister says bricks and mortar may be prioritised over extra health jobs in Budget 2026  The Irish Independent

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