An internal HSE letter indicates that to reduce demand for hospital beds in the northeast, ‘access to casualty’ should be limited.

Gary Culliton explains the drugs payment system called ‘reference pricing’, which has been mooted by Minister Harney for introduction from next year {openx:269} Health Minister Mary Harney has said that the Government wants to move to a new drugs payment system called ‘reference pricing’ from next year.

A draft version of the Considine report into various HSE accounting practices recommends an overdraft freeze at voluntary hospitals, writes Dara Gantly {openx:269} A draft version of the review into various accounting practices at the HSE wanted a clear freeze of the overdraft levels at voluntary hospitals.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) wants to radically restructure how it funds the health service by examining a new patient level costing (PLC) system that can measure the resources consumed by individual patients.

The HSE has acknowledged that major problems exist at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, where 95 per cent of total inpatient activity is accounted for by emergency cases, new figures obtained by Irish Medical Times reveal.

Berna Cox discovers a new-found passion for DIY after a lifetime of ‘getting a man in’ to do all those jobs around the house When I was growing up, we were not a family who owned tools.

Dr John Ryan spends his birthday and his first day of cardiology fellowship getting lost and applying pressure to strangers’ groins — but it may well have been his best birthday ever {openx:269} My birthday is on July 1.

Terence Cosgrave writes that winning an Irish Healthcare Award proves a project’s merit and may secure funding {openx:269} In these days of unrelenting doom and gloom, it’s hard to find positives – especially in healthcare.

The HSE has achieved a 28-fold increase in the number of primary care teams (PCTs) in development, with a stroke of a pen.

The best and worst thing to ever happen in this office is the recent arrival of a very fancy coffee machine that makes both espresso and drip coffee.