A bill to legislate for so called ”living wills” allowing patients to make decisions for themselves has been agreed in the Dáil. The bill will proceed to Committee Stage and will be referred to the Oireachtas Select Sub-committee on Health for further debate. Wexford Deputy Dr Liam Twomey, who introduced the bill, said (RTE) [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
“Free and comprehensive health care is set to end with the passage of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government’s Health and Social Care Bill 2011. The National Health Service (NHS), established in 1948 as the centrepiece of Britain’s post-war welfare state, is the world’s oldest and largest taxpayer-funded system. It faces rapid privatisation on the basis of [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
Medical card holders unable to pay a new 50c prescription charge are going without their medication. The charge for medical card holders came into force from early October, but elderly people in particular, who are on several medications, are having to shell out several euro at a time to the pharmacist. An elderly Dublin man, [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
11 thousand people took part in a march in Navan on Saturday in support of restoring acute services to Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan. Last September, the HSE removed emergency and acute surgery, this weekend the agency issued a press release denying that they planned to close the hospital. The HSE stated that concerns raised by [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
The Department of Health has instructed the Health Service Executive (HSE) to draw up plans for cutting spending by up to €800 million next year. “In a confidential letter to HSE senior management, the department’s secretary general, Michael Scanlan, said the executive should assess how services would be affected by reductions in expenditure ranging from [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
from: The Examiner, Monday, May 31st 2010. Health Minister Mary Harney has stated that the HSE will have to cut services in 2011. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan is planning another €3 billion in savings in December’s Budget. Harney has indicated that health services will be part of this process. "There will be cutbacks in [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
A Bill giving effect to the dissolution of St Luke’s Hospital Board and the transfer of its employees and assets to the HSE has passed all stages in the Oireachtas. On July 6th last, the The Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill was passed by the Seanad. The Bill transfers St Luke’s Hospital in Rathgar to the [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
Follow the link below which provides the names and emails of the members of the Health & Children committee. Contact them ask ask them to stop this piece of legislation which will facilitate the likely closure of St. Luke’s Cancer Hospital. http://www.indymedia.ie/article/96981 The bill itself can be downloaded at the following link: http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/bills28/bills/2010/2510/b2510d.pdf [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
Word Press Tags: HSE, Minister for Health, Mary Harney, St. Lukes’s Cancer Hospital A bill is being rushed through the Oireachtas, which will enable the abolition of the Board of St. Luke’s Cancer Hospital and its transfer to the HSE. St Luke’s and St Anne’s Hospital is the primary national centre for radiotherapy treatment [...]
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Written by Foras Teamhrach
1,500 people protested in Athlone today over plans to shut down a retirement hospital for the elderly. The HSE plans to close Loughloe House. Staff members and relatives of over 25 people who have been asked to leave the hospital also took part in the protest. The march left St Mary’s Place just after noon [...]
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