The IMO has reached agreement with the Department of Health and the HSE in respect of the Rural Practice Allowance (RPA) and amendments to the Special Items of Service under the GMS contract.

A new leading-edge CT scanner has been installed at University Hospital Kerry, providing a much-improved service to patients requiring such scans.

The HSE Alcohol Priority Programme will seek an evaluation of recent UK initiatives so as to consider their effectiveness.

The National Maternity Hospital (NMH), Holles Street, has said it has already addressed a number of issues within HIQA’s hygiene report.

Fine Gael in government will increase primary care funding by a ‘ring-fenced’ €149 million extra annually.

There are no plans to close beds in St Joseph’s Residential Care Unit in Bantry General Hospital in the long term, the HSE has said.

A study funded by the Health Research Board (HRB), and co-authored by researchers in University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin, has revealed that prescription charges on the medical card scheme led to reductions in the use of medicines by Irish patients, with some types of medicines being affected more than others.

Richard Corbridge, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the HSE and Chief Executive Officer for eHealth Ireland, is the latest addition to the speaker line-up for the upcoming Social Media Summit.

Fine Gael has proposed reshaping the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund into a new Health Commission, Gary Culliton reports.

Dear Editor, A 7 per cent lead for Fine Gael over Fianna Fáil equates to one minister, so that means eight Fine Gael and seven Fianna Fáil ministers.