Requirements for an additional 943 to 1,211 GPs by 2040 are projected, relative to a 2023 headcount of 3,928 GPs.

A documentary broadcast on RTÉ this week revealed serious issues at a number of nursing homes.

The first phase of the new service is scheduled to start early next year.

Anti-abortion campaigners took part in the annual March for Life in Dublin city centre on Monday

Figures seen by Breakingnews.ie through the Freedom of Information Act 2014 show that as of March 13th, there were 92 people waiting for access to 11 specialist eating disorders teams.

362, 070 were issued under the General Medical Service (GMS) scheme.

The review will be completed by a dietitian, who will be supervised by the Department of Health.

Hundreds of children which received hip surgeries between 2021 and 2023 did not meet the threshold for the procedure.

Pearse Doherty said it was alleged that the surgeries were conducted ‘purely for financial gain’.

Chime said a three-year delay in the provision of audiology services in many parts of the country has revealed a ‘dysfunctional’ system.

The Department of Health said patients waiting on trolleys rose from 253 on Saturday to more than 617 on Tuesday.

The 10-floor facility will be located within Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital site.

The system aims to share real-time health data across emergency departments, outpatient services and other areas.

The new maternity hospital will ­relocate facilities from its cramped and outdated building in Holles Street in Dublin city to the St Vincent’s ­Hospital campus in Dublin 4

Beaumont Hospital was taken to the High Court by the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) after it repeatedly failed to hand back a 13-bedroom support centre to the charity.

In a statement from the Department of Health, they acknowledged the progress that has been made and the number of new eating disorder teams.

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) warned that the health overspend could go above €2 billion this year.

The outage has hit industries across the world.

Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe said the deal aims to get ‘the balance right’ on funding the health service

In documents urging a “catch-up” programme for the MMR vaccine, officials said that nearly one in five males in the 18-to-19-year-old age bracket were “non-immune”.

Of the 545 patients waiting for a hospital bed on Wednesday morning, 115 were in University Hospital Limerick

The Department of Health had sought help to find suitable premises.

A senior civil servant also said that Northern Ireland entered the pandemic with a ‘very tired’ health workforce.

Despite 208,233 children being eligible for the scheme in 2023, only 104,488 were assessed by a public dentist.

The Sinn Fein leader said there are not enough staff working in the healthcare system.

As health minister in 2017, Mr Harris set a target that no child would be waiting longer than four months for scoliosis surgery.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly is considering the review and will bring forward proposals, Simon Harris said.

It comes after the Irish Cancer Society warned that cancer survival rates are unlikely to improve because services are underfunded.

Nine babies at Galway University Hospital were identified as suffering subgaleal haemorrhages in 2022.

Michelle O’Neill made the comments after the Northern Ireland Executive approved a request from the health minister to defer the removal of the charges for another two years.

The new UK Bill will need the approval of the Stormont Assembly

Stormont’s Health Minister Robin Swann said the system is in ‘very real trouble’, adding ‘every part of it is in profound distress’.

Saint John of God Community Services said the move comes after failure to reach a new funding agreement with the HSE.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has appealed to the contractor to stick to the construction deadline

PhD researcher Patrick Elliott is part of the SciComm Collective, which shares science-backed information on maintaining a healthy weight

Breda Smyth has been offered the post of Professor of Public Health with the RCSI 'in partnership with the HSE'

There have been warnings of severe disruption to public services.

The Minister said there was a need to move to a seven-day-a-week service

Prof. O’Neill said the Department of Health ignored the issue “for a long time”

In a pre-budget submission, the Department of Health said a balance need to be struck to discourage young people from vaping, while also supporting smokers who wish to quit

A row between two ministers over the health budget will be a "threat to patient safety", a Sinn Féin TD has claimed

In both sets of proceedings, the women allege the Helsinn and Ergha defendants acted negligently and/or in breach of duty in or about the manufacture of Aulin/Nimesulide.

No health minister is in place in Northern Ireland while the powersharing institutions remain suspended.