Issue 43
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Health and care services
Critical care capacity
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, critical care capacity has come into sharp focus. However, for over a decade,…
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St James’s Hospital: Developing in and with the community
Mary Day was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of St James’s Hospital in June 2020. She speaks to eolas about…
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Analysing Ireland’s public health expenditure
Two 2020 reports by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) give us an insight into how Irish healthcare expenditure…
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The importance of research in addressing the challenges in our health service
While the role of research is readily understood in the context of medical practice, it also holds a crucial position…
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Health legislation priorities
The tri-party coalition Government has a series of legislative health priorities as outlined in the Programme for Government. The subsequent…
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The future of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service’s (IBTS) new Chief Executive, Orla O’Brien, and Medical and Scientific Director, Professor Stephen Field, speak…
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Health at a glance
An annual report on the state of healthcare in Europe and further afield has found that Ireland had the longest…
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Delivering responsive nursing and midwifery regulation during a pandemic
Sheila McClelland, the CEO of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) reflects on how far the organisation has…
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Our response to Covid-19 is breaking down walls: let’s build something better, together
Great healthcare services require swift collaboration among many stakeholders. The crisis, and the devastating pressure it has put our healthcare…
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Vaccine taskforce to strategise rollout
As news of various vaccines for Covid-19 breaks worldwide, Ireland has assembled a vaccine taskforce to provide information about any…
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