Maternity hospital adds ability to benchmark performance internationally
The system is set to allow Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital gauge its performance against other hospitals in both Ireland and the UK.
View Article13 things we learned from the Oireachtas abortion hearings this week
Three days of hearings on abortion were held by the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children this week ahead of expected and long-awaited legislation for the X Case.
View ArticleHere’s What Happened Today: Tuesday
Everyone’s talking about the government asking Facebook for users’ information and intervention in Syria.
View ArticleNo more wedges and sausage rolls for patients at the Coombe
The hospital completed a review earlier this year after TheJournal.ie brought this picture of a meal served in a maternity ward to its attention.
View ArticleRotunda master warns of 'intolerably high levels of activity' in hospital
The Head of the Department of Neonatology also said that the inability of the hospital to replace frontline staff is “starting to show its effect”.
View ArticleBilly Kelleher: 'Intervention of An Taisce on Children’s Hospital location is...
Fianna Fáil’s health spokesperson called on the Minister for Health to address the concerns raised by Ireland’s National Trust.
View Article328 jobs at risk as liquidators wind down Mount Carmel Hospital
Staff have been advised to report for duty as normal over the coming days.
View ArticleTaoiseach says Ireland is 'one of the safest places on the planet' to have a...
Enda Kenny was speaking in the Dáil today about the national review of maternity services which he said will help maintain our reputation as a good place to have a baby.
View ArticleRhona Mahony says she ‘learned a lot’ from coping with controversy
The Master of Holles Street believes more emphasis needs to be placed on birth in this country.
View ArticleWhy have there been no prosecutions for female genital mutilation in Ireland?
FGM was outlawed in Ireland two years ago, but no one has been convicted under the new law yet.
View ArticleSingle-use injection vial 'used on multiple patients' in maternity hospital
Three maternity hospitals visited by inspectors were found to be clean but with some exceptions.
View ArticleCouple who lost two babies at Portiuncula Hospital hope review will help...
Lorraine and Warren Reilly asked that the deaths of their two girls be considered in he current HSE review of maternity services.
View ArticleQuads, triplets and twins born in quick succession at Limerick maternity...
The first set of quadruplets born in Limerick in 50 years arrived in October.
View Article'No religious influence': Harris defends new maternity hospital ownership in...
The Master of the new National Maternity Hospital said the facility will “revolutionise healthcare”.
View ArticleOver 70,000 sign petition to prevent Sisters of Charity becoming owners of...
The Department of Health has insisted the new hospital will be independently run.
View Article'I really thought we were beyond this point': Protest to be held tomorrow on...
Former junior health minister Kathleen Lynch told Drivetime that the hospital is not “going in the right direction”.
View ArticleOpinion: 'The government won't remove the Church from its authority over...
It will take legal challenges on the grounds of gender discrimination to fully remove the Catholic Church from publicly-funded services, writes Colleen Hennessy.
View ArticlePoll: Should the Sisters of Charity own the new National Maternity Hospital?
The current plan will see the €300 million hospital owned by the religious order.
View ArticleHealth Minister: 'I have heard people say that nuns will be running the...
It was claimed that 300 people attended today’s lunchtime protest outside the Department of Health.
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