A new study by the RCSI has defined an international register of clinical prediction rules (CPRs) for use in a primary care setting.

There is now an agreement and substantive plans in place that will allow the HSE to commence the delivery of a scanning services at Cavan General Hospital in the first quarter of 2015.

The roll-out of a national clinical study by the Irish Cancer Society’s (ICS) first Collaborative Cancer Research Centre has been announced, aimed at understanding how aspirin may improve outcomes in breast cancer patients.

The Healthcare Pricing Office (HPO) is compliant with the advice given to it by the Office of the Data Commissioner regarding its procedures governing data, the Department of Health has insisted.

The Mater Private Healthcare Group has confirmed it will create 150 jobs at its new private hospital in Cork over the next two years.

The Irish Cancer Biobank Network is under threat without promised Government investment, experts warned at the launch of the Irish Biobank Cancer Database during a symposium held last week at St James’s Hospital to mark 10 years of biobanking in Ireland.

It is a challenge to maintain the critical mass of consultants to deliver the Waterford cardiology service “in a high quality and safe manner”, the HSE has accepted.

The HSE has provided details of a number of temporary appointments made at management and administrative level to address short-term staff requirements.

The development of the first alpha-emitting radionuclide is set to usher in a new era in prostate cancer treatment.

Despite significant progress in reducing the numbers of children admitted to adult acute psychiatric inpatient facilities, the Department of Health says it is still not acceptable nor is it in line with the Mental Health Commission (MHC) regulations, which require that all children under 18 years of age should be admitted to age-appropriate services, except in “exceptional circumstances”.