Today’s Top Stories
Up to half of youth with diabetes skip their clinics – Irish Independent
The current care model for young adults with diabetes is “broken”, with up to 50pc of young patients not attending clinics, according to a specialist in the field.
Health managers set to keep controversial salary top-ups – Newstalk
Health managers who received controversial salary top-ups are set to keep them.
Home nurse who stole from 97-year-old guilty of misconduct – The Irish Times
A home-help nurse who regularly stole money from a 97-year-old, wheelchair-bound woman has been found guilty on two counts of professional misconduct at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.
WHO ‘inaction’ played key role in Ebola spread – RTE News
A report by an independent panel of medical experts has blamed inaction by the World Health Organisation for playing a key role in the Ebola epidemic last year.
Hospitals ‘losing millions of euro due to chart omissions’ – Irish Independent
The head of one of the country’s largest hospital groups has warned that millions of euro are being lost to hospitals each year due to out-of-date recording practices.