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Start-ups and small businesses from around the world showcased their innovative health ideas at ‘The Innovation Showcase’ today (Monday 23rd October), as part of this year’s Health Innovation Week (20-25th October 2017). Over 179 Irish companies received €723 million...

People with significant mental health difficulties are dying earlier and more frequently from cancer because they are less likely to receive the care they need and are excluded from clinical trials, according to experts who addressed the Irish Cancer Society public...

The Irish telehealth provider ‘VideoDoc’ has claimed that the number of users on their platform  increased by 100 per cent during ex-hurricane Ophelia on Monday (16th October). The company offered free online GP visits on Monday due to the closure of the vast majority...

The Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) has opened an €80 million state of the art building at No 26 York Street in Dublin’s City Centre, that is is the largest and most modern facility of its kind in Europe. Designed to provide hands-on practical, professional...

In an effort to serve to encourage best practice in the treatment of patients, a publication providing guidance to facilitate safer prescribing and dispensing of controlled drugs, has been launched today (17th October). The Medical Council and the PSI, the pharmacy...

A meeting of delegates, led by people who live with heart failure, gathered from the west and east of the country to discuss the issues facing the estimated 90,000 people in Ireland living with heart failure. The first Heart Failure Patient Alliance (HFPA) national...

There are an estimated 225,000 people living with low vision and sight loss in Ireland, including approximately 13,000 blind people, and these figures are projected to increase to 272,000 and 18,000 respectively by 2020. Fighting Blindness has urged the Government to...

A new €6.7 million five-year climate change research initiative, Acclimatize, with the goal of improving the quality of coastal waters in both Ireland and Wales, was launched today (12th October). The project has been part-funded by the European Regional Development...

The Private Hospitals Association (PHA) has called on the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to convene a crisis summit over hospital waiting lists, claiming that radical solutions are now required to ensure tackle waiting lists on a permanent basis. Chief Executive...

Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, briefed his Government colleagues on progress and next steps in health service reform following Budget Day. He emphasised his support for the report, stating: “Firstly, we are in the process of establishing a programme office to...

Due to the “Red” weather warning by Met Eireann as a result of storm Ophelia, the HSE has asked patients need to take note of the following: Outpatients: all hospital outpatient appointments are being cancelled today Monday 16th October.  Consequently, patients do not...