2 w. ago Public Accounts Committee recalls CHI and HSE following fresh revelations about alleged patient referrals

Four board members had resigned over the past week, as CHI faced controversies over children’s scoliosis and hip surgeries

Politics

2 w. ago Two new appointments to Children’s Health Ireland board after five resignations

Four board members had resigned over the past week, as CHI faced controversies over children’s scoliosis and hip surgeries

Politics

2 w. ago Three members of Children's Health Ireland board resign after review into hip surgeries

The Minister for Health confirmed the resignations today.

Politics

2 w. ago Upset as families of children who had hip surgery told only one parent can go to assessments

Parents are demanding that independent clinical reviews of care be carried out as a matter of priority.

Society

3 w. ago ‘A national scandal’: Answers demanded after audit highlights over 100 unnecessary hip surgeries on children

The operations took place at Temple Street and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh

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3 w. ago Doctors who carried out potentially unnecessary hip surgeries still operating on children

An independent reviewer said that many surgeries carried out in the two hospitals did not meet his criteria for operating.

Science

3 w. ago Many surgeries on children's hips in two hospitals did not meet criteria for operating

The doctors who carried out the surgeries are still operating on children, with no disciplinary process being pursued at this time.

Politics

4 w. ago 'It's damning': Children had hip bones cut into unnecessarily, Doherty tells Dáil

CHI said yesterday that 2,200 letters have been sent to parents of children who underwent hip surgeries.

Politics

last month Over 2,200 letters sent to parents of children who underwent hip surgeries

The Taoiseach said the government wants the facts around the hip surgeries carried out on children.

Society

last month Over 2,200 families of children who received hip surgeries over 15 year period written to by CHI

Report of independent review into surgeries due shortly

Society

last month Audit into hip surgeries carried out on children to be published 'fairly imminently', says Taoiseach

The Taoiseach said the government wants the facts around the hip surgeries carried out on children.

Society