Remember January 2015? That month, the annual emergency department (ED) crisis hit hospitals harder than usual....

It is hard to imagine the role of the HSE being highlighted in such a way...

Clinical audit is needed for health services to measure errors in care to help ensure they...

In healthcare, there will always be internal tensions and competing interests. Often, these are at a...

This has sometimes been a source of frustration for those working in healthcare, who feel the...

An important finding in the report is that Dr Gabriel Scally did not see evidence that...

The report of the Commission was eagerly awaited by stakeholders and was finally published last week....

Of the five reports released by HIQA, two hospitals — Kilcreene Regional Orthopaedic Hospital and Midland...

Trainees left unsupervised when a consultant was absent for a week. Trainees taking consent when unqualified/untrained....

The increase in consultant numbers never materialised.  The contract was signed at the onset of another...

As revealed in this issue of the <strong><em>Medical Independent</em></strong>, the International Peer Review Group (IPRG) questioned...