The Attorney General, Máire Whelan SC, has advised that to make a change regarding the Statute of Limitations as it relates to women who underwent symphysiotomies, “would have all types of ramifications and unforeseen and foreseen consequences,” Minister for Health Dr James Reilly has said.

The European Cancer Bill of Rights, which aims to provide better access to optimal cancer care for Europe’s citizens, has been dedicated to the memory of Prof Donal Hollywood, a highly regarded oncologist and cancer research leader who sadly passed away due to cancer last year.

 A HSE warning has been sounded about the dangers of using services offering suicide and mental health counselling services “which are not vetted and may be unsafe”.

Rostering changes have removed reliance on overtime to fill rostered shifts in the former North East Area, the HSE has said, as the National Ambulance Service (NAS) and trade unions concluded discussions in relation to roster changes at all ambulance stations in the region.

The fourth drug prevalence survey of households in Ireland and Northern Ireland, by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol (NACDA),  is set to examine the prevalence of gambling in Ireland for the first time.

The State health watchdog HIQA has fully granted just two out of 20 requests received last year under Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation last year.

Dear Editor, According to a recent survey, people perceive that doctors tell the truth 89 per cent of the time, TDs 23 per cent and Ministers 20 per cent.

Ed Madden, BL, examines a recent Northern Ireland Court of Appeal case in which a Speech and Language Therapist was dismissed by her employer when she refused to return to work following a long period of sick leave.

The Department of Health’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has called for a “collective vision for clinical leadership” to address the health system’s challenges.

Around one in four people prescribed drugs to lower long-standing blood pressure either does not take them at all, or only takes them part of the time, a study of a simple technique designed to find out why drug treatment might not be working in these patients suggests.