HSE considering weight-loss drugs for reimbursement process
A number of applications have been made to the HSE to cover several weight-loss drugs, known as GLP-1s. The HSE is considering putting popular weight-loss drugs on their reimbursement process. The HSE Drugs Group met to consider the drug Mounjaro, but no recommendation has been yet made to the HSE Senior Leadership Team. The drug, […]
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Cork hospital strike: four unions picket CUH as surgeries cancelled
Essential care to continue during Cork hospital strike Thousands of patients are facing cancelled appointments and delays at Cork University Hospital after four trade unions began strike action on Wednesday in a dispute over pay and working conditions. Members of SIPTU, INMO, Fórsa and IMO began picketing the hospital at 8am. The walkout is among […]
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Opioid prescriptions in Ireland rise 18% between 2018 and 2025
The drug behind a major US epidemic. The number of opioid prescriptions under Ireland’s public drug schemes increased by 18% between 2018 and 2025, according to an RTÉ Investigates analysis of HSE data. Across the seven years, 17 million opioid prescriptions were recorded under the General Medical Services (GMS), Long Term Illness and Drugs Payment […]
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Laughing gas: Kids as young as 12 presenting with medical issues
A total of 209 addiction treatment cases involving nitrous oxide use were recorded during four-year period. More than half of people treated for abuse of “laughing gas” nitrous oxide were under 18, but there is no treatment facility geared towards adolescents and the purchase is still legal in Ireland. Nitrous oxide has a number of […]
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Norovirus outbreak closes four-star Westmeath hotel
Novovirus outbreak in Ballykeeran Glasson Lakehouse, a four-star hotel in Ballykeeran, voluntarily closed on Monday to facilitate the outbreak of a norovirus to control measures. Now working to contact those affected, the HSE has confirmed that a “significant number” of people have been affected by a Norovirus outbreak at a luxury hotel in Co Westmeath. […]
1 month ago
Skyclarys approved: HSE to fund Friedreich’s ataxia drug for Irish patients
Decision confirmed ending long-running campaign The HSE’s senior management team said it will reimburse the treatment, which is manufactured by US biotechnology company Biogen and costs €288,000 per patient per year. This comes after the HSE approved funding for Skyclarys, the drug used to treat Friedreich’s ataxia. The decision was confirmed on Tuesday, ending a […]
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