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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
Minister must intervene to ensure blister pack service for vulnerable people this winter
Gross inefficiency in the lack of state support for blister packs. Significant burden on vulnerable older people and people with disabilities because of the failure of state support. New funding in the Community Pharmacy Agreement must be …
Groundhog Day: Urgent intervention needed to reverse poor flu vaccination rates
Urgent need to turn the tide on child influenza hospitalisations which are now 40% of total flu hospitalisations. Healthcare staff must be incentivised to take up vaccines. Inefficiency of going it alone on vaccine and medicine …
Time to deliver trans healthcare reform now
Labour’s Health spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD said the Government must act immediately to reform trans healthcare in Ireland, warning that today’s indication it will not vote against Labour’s motion is meaningless without a concrete …
Shocking HSE failures in safeguarding. HSE must immediately intervene to ensure quality of care of existing Good People Homecare services.
Immediate pause needed to all Good People Homecare existing services supplied on behalf of the HSE and HSE must directly intervene to ensure quality of care. HSE must account for shocking internal failures. Serious concerns about failure …
Heartless refusal of Government to consider new long covid scheme
159 healthcare workers with long-covid will be abandoned as workers lose full pay due to winding down of special scheme on the 31st of December. Ireland among small number of EU countries to have not recognised Covid-19 as an occupational …
Poor Forecasting and No Plan on Agency Staff Glaringly Obvious in Dept of Health Supplementary Budget
Poor forecasting and budgeting record of Department across elder care in the community, nursing homes and primary care. Home care support budget was one million home care support hours off budget. Department has no real plan to …
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