The Check Up 9th October 2015
Fall in outpatient waiting lists, patients are waiting up to 15 months for heart bypass & HSE €325m over budget for first nine months of 2015.
DetailsDaily round up of Health news from Ireland and abroad.
Fall in outpatient waiting lists, patients are waiting up to 15 months for heart bypass & HSE €325m over budget for first nine months of 2015.
DetailsSurvey finds 60% of Irish people are overweight, one in five people with asthma unable to work & HSE aims for 440 extra hospital beds for winter.
DetailsCancer is costing sufferers up to €1,200 a month & at-risk groups urged to get flu vaccine.
DetailsCramped cancer unit puts patients at risk of infection & ban on smoking in cars brought in for England and Wales.
DetailsWraps as high in calories as some pizzas, surgeons to help pancreas transplants restart & Ireland’s Cancer Survival rates among worst in Western Europe
DetailsCalls to test newborns for mums’ drinking, only one-third of men take bowel cancer test & two months before new North Dublin ambulance service opens.
DetailsStop Out-Of-Control-Drinking campaign proposes twin-track strategy, tax on sugary drinks supported by 3 in 4 people & Web Summit to move to Lisbon.
DetailsHSE says retention of young doctors is a ‘critical issue’, Alzheimers breakthrough could hold ‘tremendous potential’ & million at risk from carbon monoxide.
DetailsIreland tightens rules for e-cigarettes and gambling advertising & Minister to launch Ask Consent Campaign.
DetailsIrish Cancer Society spends €320,000 on transporting patients to hospital, long waits for patients seeking scans & €450m allocated for nursing home upgrades.
DetailsFood and drink firms may have to cut sugar and fat content & smoking ban will not be extended to e-cigarettes .
DetailsBereaved parents slam HSE review of hospital, , new drugs treatment offers cancer hope & Daniel O’ Donnell backs search for Ireland’s hidden heroes.
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