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Here you can find some of the major issues I’ve been working on in national politics and in my role as Labour Spokesperson on Health
Where is the Government plan for the crisis in step down care? 500 patients stuck in hospital with nowhere to go
Over 500 delayed transfers of care in acute hospital for 23 days across March and April, and again for the last eight days Huge impact on patients themselves and a knock-on impact on admissions waiting times Lack of urgency in Minister’s …
Sirens silent, as is the Minister – Minister must intervene in ambulance service strike
Outrageous that the HSE and Minister have allowed it to come to this — the HSE must come to the table with an offer. Minister must intervene to ensure continuity of services and engage with unions on their legitimate grievances. HSE must …
State negotiates three year multi-billion-euro drugs agreements but has zero reference to vaccines?
Huge missed opportunity to include life-protecting vaccines in the most recent three-year framework agreement, signed at the end of March with both Medicines for Ireland and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association. Cost of shingles …
The promise of “new funding model” for HSE falls apart after just three months with top-down controls now put in place
Minister for Health and new HSE CEO must set out precisely the service impact and ensure that frontline roles will not be on the firing line. HSE has 136,606 WTE funded posts for 2026 while almost 4,000 HSE staff posts were unfilled at the …
Where is Government response to record April trolley numbers?
INMO records a 29% annual increase in patients on trolleys from April 2025 to April 2026, with the highest April figure on record 18 days in April saw delayed transfers of care exceed 500 patients, severely impacting hospital admissions …
Lack of national radiation equipment replacement programme beggars belief
Ireland has the oldest radiation fleet in Europe and no national plan for replacement Business case for St. Luke’s LINAC replacement submitted in 2020 and still not actioned Government commitment to improving productivity rings hollow …
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