Pregnancies can be ended by way of a live birth delivery after 25 weeks to protect the life of the mother, the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has confirmed.

By the end of 2014, Diabetic RetinaScreen will have invited more than 145,000 people with diabetes to attend free screening, using specialised digital photography, at a local screening centre.

RCPI units are to be established on each training site across the country as part of a broader vision to improve medical training, according to new plans revealed by the College as it announced the appointment of RCPI trainee representatives to 19 sites across Ireland.

The appointment of a new Secretary General in the Department of Health is to be handled by the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC), the Department of Health has confirmed.

The €11 million Linn Dara 12-bed inpatient unit on the Cherry Orchard Hospital Campus is due for completion by September 2016, the HSE has said.

Tallaght and St Vincent’s were among the top hospital car park earners last year, according to latest figures.

The opening of the Ashlin Centre at Beaumont hospital now provides “significant efficiencies in the overall management of bed capacity”, the HSE has insisted.

Irish researchers have discovered that women who had been prescribed aspirin regularly before being diagnosed with breast cancer are less likely to have cancer that spreads to the lymph nodes than women who were not on prescription aspirin.

The cost of construction work for building the national children’s hospital at the Mater site has been put at €39.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has amended Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of TB in Ireland, 2010-July 2014 in relation to the recommendation for BCG vaccination in healthcare workers, in line with updated advice issued by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee in June.