Fergal Bowers

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.

The HSE has launched a campaign to explain advances in HIV treatment and to highlight how late diagnosis is often related to fear of diagnosis and stigma.

The HSE has said it plans to deliver an extra 297 acute hospital beds this year, under its 2025 National Service Plan, published today.

The new draft Programme for Government says the government will open the new National Children's Hospital, and will build the new National Maternity Hospital, however no dates are set out.

There is a popular myth that the ministerial health portfolio is a poisoned chalice, which can be a career-ending post.

Portiuncula University Hospital in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, delivered 1,300 babies last year. It serves east Galway, Westmeath, north Tipperary, Roscommon and Offaly.

A new €5m digital hybrid operating theatre has been officially opened at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.