The Health Service Executive has taken the unprecedented step of excluding trainee nurses from their educational nursing placements if they decline to take the Coronavirus vaccine, Gript can reveal. A letter sent last Friday by HSE Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Colm Henry, stated that “Students that are eligible for vaccination, that have been offered vaccination […]
Today, the 28th of March 2021 marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Tracey Campbell-Fitzpatrick at St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny. Tracey died from massive blood loss shortly after giving birth to her second child. It is only a short number of weeks since the HSE and the hospital admitted liability in her death […]
It is quite incredible to read that sentence back, that the government of a developed country like Ireland kept dossiers on children with autism. It reads like something you would have expected to hear coming out of East Germany. RTÉ Investigates reported that the ‘secret dossiers’ were for use in legal cases. Shane Corr is […]
Many Irish people may be frustrated at the length of time they are waiting to get their Covid vaccine, but that’s not where the delays end. Gript can reveal that there are extensive – and inexplicable – delays in approving qualified people to administer the vaccine to the public, with one Pharmacist’s application to become […]
Reid began his post in May 2019 on a salary of €229,194 per annum and is now in the second year of a five year contract.
HSE welcomes the news as a “great sign”.
The HSE has confirmed that it will continue to facilitate medical interventions for children who are seeking to change their sex, despite the landmark Tavistock ruling in the United Kingdom which found that it was “highly unlikely” that children under 16 would be able to provide fully informed consent to the procedures involved. Tavistock is […]
Further cuts to Speech and Language services are set to impact those most in need of the support as an in-school Speech and Language therapist in a school for deaf children in Dublin is under threat. Holy Family Deaf School in Cabra has been told by the HSE that as a result of the rationalisation […]
The rate of first dose vaccination in Northern Ireland is now six times greater per head of adult population.
You could be forgiven for thinking the first two lockdowns have failed. They have not achieved what they were for. We were told they would protect the HSE from excessive demand, and prevent deaths. Now with recent rises in hospitalisations and deaths, a third lockdown to control the virus is attempted. Last year officials in […]
“I do actually find it inexcusable that staff on nursing homes or those roles would not take the vaccine, to be frank.”
Lynsey Bennett, who is terminally ill with cervical cancer, has spoken of her heart-break at facing her death and leaving her young daughters behind. Speaking outside the High Court, where the HSE had agreed to settle her case over the reading of her smear tests, Ms Bennett broke down in tears when speaking of how […]