Fergal Bowers is a Health Correspondent for RTE, focusing on local health issues in Ireland. With a keen interest in healthcare policies, medical advancements, and public health initiatives, Fergal provides insightful coverage on a wide range of health-related topics, keeping the public informed and engaged.
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By: Fergal Bowers
Health is the second biggest spending area of Government, with a budget for next year of €25.8 billion.
How it started ... It took a while to get going, with no count possible on Saturday, the first count day. But five seats for Kildare North were filled after three long days.
The Health Information and Quality Authority has opened a public consultation to inform its independent statutory review into urgent and emergency care in the midwest region.
There has been a rise in cases of influenza and high levels are expected between Christmas and the New Year, according to interim Chief Medical Officer Professor Mary Horgan.
A majority of patients have rated their hospital care positively, according to the latest National Inpatient Experience Survey.
The HSE has published an internal audit into how over €19 million allocated for spinal surgery was spent by the children's hospital group, Children's Health Ireland (CHI).
One of the main psychiatrists at the National Gender Service has said that, at the moment, there are no services here for children with gender dysphoria, other than getting help from the local community mental health teams
An internal HSE audit of the National Ambulance fleet has found that the budget allocation for last year was 50% deficient in terms of the funding needs of the service.
Around 520 spinal surgeries will have been performed this year, the Children's Health Ireland Spinal Surgery Unit has said.
Health is the second biggest spending department of the Government and next year will have a total budget of over €25 billion.
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