Niamh Griffin
Health Correspondent at Irish Examiner
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Niamh Griffin
Construction at the new children’s hospital could finish this summer but questions are being raised over how this move will be managed and how children will fare. One business expert said while the cost is “excessive”, a bigger challenge is blending the cultures of Crumlin, Temple Street, and Tallaght hospitals neatly into one package.
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Niamh Griffin
A "troubling" new report has led to calls for urgent investment in emergency mental health services, including for children waiting up to a week in emergency departments in hospitals. Around 51,000 people first seek help for acute mental health needs through emergency departments or medical wards every year, the Mental Health Commission (MHC) report said. However, it warned of ‚Äúsubstantial variations‚ÄĚ in care between different hospitals or types of hospital.
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Niamh Griffin
There are fears that major high street pharmacists may not implement the Government's free HRT scheme for women when it is due to come into effect on June 1. Boots Ireland welcomed the plan as “an important step forward for women’s health”, saying it is “one we fully support in principle”.
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Niamh Griffin
A psychiatrist who saw a 250% increase in mental health patients at her hospital’s emergency department as a consequence of covid-19 has said cutting mental health funding is “immoral”. Dr Elizabeth Gethins was speaking during a discussion of the draft Mental Health Bill on Wednesday. She played a key role in creating a crisis resolution team which treats patients at home and out of hours. The HSE created a national model for this in 2023.
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1 week ago |
irishexaminer.com | Niamh Griffin
Free hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could now start from June 1, some five months after it was first expected, but concerns remain, with pharmacists saying the new deal is ‚Äúnot viable‚ÄĚ. Women have to sign up to the drug payment scheme before they can benefit from free HRT, with fees now also covered. It follows a Budget announcement in October last year to fund just the products starting from January.
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