By Gary Culliton. The HSE’s health capital allocation is to be maintained at €1,870 million. Of this figure, €1,670 million over the five-year period to 2016 — or €334 million a year — is to be allocated to building, equipping and furnishing of health facilities, the Minister for Health Dr James Reilly has said.
By Gary Culliton. The Minister for Health has requested Departmental officials and the HSE to meet with the Irish Osteoporosis Society, to discuss “issues and concerns that have arisen in relation to funding”.
By Aoife Connors. The Value for Money (VFM) and Policy Review of Disability Services will ensure the “very substantial funding of €1.5 billion” provided to the specialist disability health sector is used to maximum benefit for persons with disability, Minister for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch told the Dáil recently.
By Gary Culliton. The €700,000 funding package for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda is due to take effect before the end of the year. Measures planned include extending the opening of the Medical Assessment Unit and the opening of eight medical beds at the hospital.
By Gary Culliton. Funding worth more than €1.1 million has been approved for the Mater and Beaumont hospitals by the Special Delivery Unit (SDU), which will aim to alleviate the trolley problem in the hospitals’ emergency departments over winter.
By Gary Culliton. A new deal will see a major cash injection at eight hospitals across the country in return for seven-day ward rounds by consultants, Irish Medical Times has been informed.
By Gary Culliton. The Health Research Board (HRB) has said that it has invested €34 million towards the development of clinical research facilities in major teaching hospitals, which provides the physical space and the expertise to carry out clinical research in a safe and compliant environment.
By Lloyd Mudiwa. There were 900 elderly people awaiting approval for funding for long-term public and private residential care under the Nursing Home Support Scheme (NHSS), or Fair Deal, as at September 20, according to the HSE.
By Aoife Connors. The cross-party Oireachtas Group on mental health has called on the Government to ring-fence €35 million annually from within the health budget to develop community mental health teams and services, as outlined in A Vision for Change. It launched the first cross-party pre-budget submission on World Mental Health Day on October 10. [...]
By Gary Culliton. A total of 24 primary care centres are operating under leasing agreements and 16 are being funded by the Exchequer, the HSE has stated.
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