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Falls of less than two metres account for more than six in 10 major trauma cases where a person sustains a life-threatening or life-changing injury, a hospital audit reveals today.

Robert Watt, secretary general of the Department of Health, says productivity gains are needed in health service

Recruitment of additional staff being capped, not cut, HSE chief executive tells Oireachtas health committee

Junior doctors from countries such as Pakistan and South Africa, who are the backbone of Irish hospitals, say they are worried for their future and feeling a “massive wave of hopelessness” following the HSE recruitment freeze.

CareChoice reports €16.9m loss for last year as it criticises ‘chronic underfunding’ of care by the State

One cancer patient in Tralee described her nurse there as an angel without wings while data shows almost one in three patients who contact the service can be safely helped remotely

Marie McMahon’s husband Tony Wynne died in 2018 after he spent 36 hours on a trolley with stroke-like symptoms

Total of 130 people were waiting for admission on Monday morning, nursing union says

Lack of bed spaces and lengthy waiting lists for procedures among the biggest issues that have plagued the Irish health service for many years

The mother of a nine-year-old boy with severe autism has warned that if medics do not prescribe anti-psychotic medication for him, “the rest of our family will die”.