irish health system

Healthcare staff are being asked to ‘volunteer’ over the bank holiday weekend

Healthcare staff are being asked to ‘volunteer’ over the bank holiday weekend

HSE is asking for healthcare professionals to work over the June bank holiday weekend to bring services closer to weekday levels. HSE Chief, Bernard Gloster has written to healthcare staff asking them to take on extra shifts over long weekends. It’s to avoid the “dreadful position” hospitals are left in after a bank holiday weekend. […]

3 years ago

Irish mother on the health system that’s failing her child

Irish mother on the health system that’s failing her child

“She has been robbed of dignity and safety.” Louth native Katie Healy Nolan lives in Cork with her husband David and their children Penelope, 4; Teddy, 2; and Rupert who’s three-months-old. A full time carer for the daughter she affectionately nicknames P, Katie has been tasked with battle after battle to secure adequate support for […]

5 years ago