The curve has well and truly been flattened in terms of hospitalizations, ICU referrals and deaths, with confirmed cases only rising now because of increased testing capacity.
The Medical Independent is reporting today on a survey which has found that more than half of non-EU doctors would not recommend to colleagues to work for the HSE: “The survey, which was conducted by the recently-established group ‘Train Us for Ireland’, found that 53.5 per cent of respondents would not make such a recommendation. […]
For the past two weeks the country has been transfixed with Golfgate: who attended, did they wear masks during the shindig (No), what kind of tour of the country did Big Phil take, who was going to resign, what on earth were they thinking, and much more. This is understandable. The arrogance and sense of […]
The shocking story of the abuse of a blind pensioner by a home carer raises serious issues around the treatment of elderly people in this country. As revealed by a report in the Irish Mail on Sunday, an elderly woman who was blind and vulnerable was treated in an abusive and appalling fashion by a supposed carer who […]
The Independent TD for Laois Offaly and strong pro-life advocate, Carol Nolan, recently exposed the fact that the HSE had provided an incredible €2.9 million in payments to GP’s and Clinics who provided abortions in a community setting in 2019. Deputy Nolan has now obtained further information, following another series of Parliamentary Questions to the […]
The cost to the HSE of reimbursing medicines and drug treatments now stands at about €2.5 billion annually. By way of contrast; back in 2014 the annual bill was about €1.8 billion. A large proportion of our present costs are routinely attributed to the growing population of older persons. But this is, at best, only […]
The Government has asked a lot from the people during the Coronavirus pandemic. Thousands have lost their jobs. Young people have forfeited months of their education. Twenty-somethings have lost their nights out. Restaurants and bars have lost their customers. And the HSE, it turns out, have lost their minds: Young people are being asked to […]
The HSE it would appear are on a mission to dilute, if not totally erase the pro-life views of its maternal healthcare staff. They intend to do this through a process of re-education bearing a distinctly Orwellian title. This was confirmed by the HSE’s National Women and Infants Health Programme, when it clarified that as […]
There is a continuing lack of access to basic therapeutic services for thousands of children in this state. This is not only manifestly unjust, it is also a betrayal of enormous proportions. Indeed, the tragic reality is this; the problems being faced by some of these children now will almost inevitably lead to unnecessary levels […]
The Minister for Health has said that the arrangement allowing abortions to be carried out at home with pills during the Covid-19 lockdown will be reviewed – but he has not confimed that the changes will be reversed. Independent TD Carol Nolan asked Minister Stephen Donnelly if the change would be permitted beyond the Covid-19 […]
The HSE’s new app for tracking Coronavirus infections, and the contacts of those infected, was launched last night. Less than 12 hours later, it’s proving very popular: Over 100k now.Huge interest in this app. https://t.co/FZ3mbJmaFS pic.twitter.com/PvmLVwMCIV — Adrian Weckler (@adrianweckler) July 7, 2020 It’s going to use a huge amount of data. What will that […]
Each year the HSE is obliged to publish its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the preceding year. It has just done so for 2019. This year we read that it spent €17.9 million on Legal Fees & Legal Proceedings with a further €1.6 million on Settlements and a mere €97 thousand on Conciliation and […]