The Check Up 24th July 2015
Today’s Top Stories
Free healthcare for all doable in term of ‘new Government’ – The Irish Times
Delivering free primary care to all adults to refund medical expenses such as GP visits, prescriptions and dental fees could be done in the term of a new government through a reformed PRSI/Universal Social Charge system, Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said.
More than 90pc of GPs have signed up to free visits for under-sixes after crunch negotiations -Irish Independent
More than nine in ten of the country’s GPs have now signed up to provide free visits to children under six, new figures have revealed.
Health committee hears fresh procurement claims – RTE.ie
A number of fresh allegations about procurement practices in the Health Service Executive have been made at an Oireachtas Health Committee meeting.
€500,000 bed system bought by Mater without going to tender – Irish Independent
The Mater public hospital in Dublin has confirmed that it bought a bed-management system for €500,000 without putting the purchase out to tender – but said doing so was not necessary because private funding was involved.
€500m needed for HSE nursing home refurbishment – Varadkar
The State needs to spend up to €500m to replace or refurbish very old Health Service Executive-run nursing homes, according to Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar.