I am very privileged to be appointed to this role at a time of great opportunity and challenge for healthcare in Ireland. I look forward to leading the organisation and the reform programme already underway by supporting our staff to deliver quality healthcare services efficiently to meet the healthcare needs of the people of Ireland.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has been ordered to pay out one year's pay of €86,717 compensation to a female pharmacist who was repeatedly sexually harassed by a senior colleague in the workplace.
More than 55,000 people have signed register of those who wish not to donate organs when they die The release last week of the figure of more than 55,000 people opting out of assumed consent for organ donation took some by surprise. The number joining the new register featured in a HSE response to a parliamentary question from TD Cormac Devlin, and appeared to some observers large and worrying.
HSE chief Bernard Gloster will speak to Oireachtas Health Committee today Another case of an infant who suffered a loss of blood or oxygen to the brain in a Galway maternity unit is under investigation, along with a stillbirth, bringing the total number of reviews to 12. The two new cases in Portiuncula maternity unit in Galway will be revealed to the Oireachtas Health Committee today by HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster.
Breastcheck is HSE's national free breast screening service for those aged between 50 and 69. Last year, the service target was for 195,000 people to be screened, but it performed only 137,134 checks. Meanwhile, the target for 2023 was to screen 185,000 people, whereas Breastcheck performed 166,532 screenings. In response to these figures, the HSE told RTÉ that the screening service is affected by a global shortage of radiology staff.
Eamon McShane claimed a loss of €1,400 due to a cyber attack related to his work phone. He lost a court challenge over this claim.
The number of dentists employed by the HSE at the end of last year was just 249, illustrating the severe shortage of dental professionals available to provide care.
The HSE review found that €100m was paid to external companies over 27 months for waiting list work, using public facilities during evenings and weekends.
