Plans for dialysis unit in Clare Technology Park lodged with Council
*Clare Technology Park. LONG-AWAITED plans for a dialysis unit in Clare have been lodged.
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HSE’s plans to appoint Dr Holohan as cancer consultant causes outrage
*Dr Tony Holohan. Photograph: Joe Buckley A LEADING health activist and patient advocate has said he is “outraged” by the HSE’s plans to appoint Dr Tony Holohan as a cancer consultant with a salary of €257,000.
Dáil’s COVID-19 committee was shut down for asking too many questions – McNamara
*Deputy Michael McNamara (IND). MOVES WERE MADE within the Department of Health to ‘shut down’ the Dáil’s COVID-19 committee for asking too many questions, its Chairman has claimed.
‘Tighter oversight needed for private companies offering IVF treatment’
PUBLICLY FUNDED access to IVF treatment is to be rolled out from next September while representatives in Clare have shared their concern with the lack of regulation for private clinics in the area.
Clare politicians critical that Dr Holohan’s €187k salary will still be paid when he leaves Dept for Trinity College
CLARE politicians have criticised the Government for the manner in which the Chief Medical Officer’s secondment to Trinity College Dublin has been handled and the financial impact it will have.
Commitment & timeline needed for free provision of HPV vaccine
*Photograph: Eamon Ward BOTH a commitment and timeline to provide the free HPV vaccine to younger people is required by the Department of Health, a Clare Senator has stressed.
More services for Ennis Hospital or bigger staff numbers at UHL the decision for Donnelly
*Stephen Donnelly speaking to members of the media including Páraic McMahon (The Clare Echo) and Dan Danaher (The Clare Champion). IN ORDER to tackle ongoing overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), a decision on whether to equip hospitals such as Ennis or Nenagh with more services or hire more staff to UHL will have to …
Sixmilebridge rep urges Dept of Health to fund defibrillators for all Clare community groups
Funding for communities groups throughout Clare has been sought for defibrillators and training from the Department of Health.
Importing blood from UK avoiding creation of ‘national alert’
The national blood supply is now up over a worrying threshold, following concerns after a consignment of negative blood groups was imported from the UK due to the impact of COVID-19 in the last fortnight.
83 terminations of pregnancies in Clare last year
A total of 83 terminations of pregnancy took place within the State last year by women registered as living in Clare, a Department of Health annual report has revealed.
