Tag: HSE

The lack of a Neurologist or a Neurology Department in Portlaoise Hospital is causing to people having a "stressful and exhausting experience" when receiving...

The Health Service Executive (HSE) have been granted planning permission to construct a new Ophthalmology Unit in Portlaoise. The development will be at Portlaoise Family...

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticised as "unacceptable" the 20-month delay, and €40 million budget increase, for a crucial integrated financial management project...

A Laois County Councillor has said the Irish State is not 'getting value for money from private agencies'. According to Independent Cllr Aisling Moran, Ireland...

The HSE have confirmed that Laois are among the counties with the largest waiting list for speech and language therapy. This was revealed to Independent...

The HSE have announced that progress is underway in the form of funding for a significant development in Laois. The funding has been allocated for...

A Laois TD has revealed that appointment cancellations reached 571 in Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise last year, according to new data from the HSE. Sinn...

ESB Networks have provided Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan with an update on the ongoing works at the site of the new Kolbe Special...

The HSE is urging all pregnant women to get the flu, COVID-19 and whooping cough vaccines to offer themselves and their babies the best...

International Infection Prevention Week takes place in October around the world to highlight how we can protect our health through reducing infection. This year’s theme...

Continuing its partnership with the Electric Picnic, HSE’s Safer Nightlife Programme is expanding its service to include Drugs.ie tents and outreach teams at three locations...

Latest figures show a worrying trend for Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, with numbers awaiting outpatient appointments increasing by almost 50%. There are currently 5,514 people...

Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, has expressed her frustration and disappointment at the decision by Government to exclude midland counties from the delivery...

The HSE have confirmed that the current arrangement involving the MIDOC service is set to continue. So says Fine Gael Councillor Thomasina Connell following a...

The HSE has provided another update on the status of the out of hours GP service - MIDOC - in Laois. At the end of...

The HSE is urging everyone to check they are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccine boosters. They are speaking especially to healthcare workers, people...

The HSE came under fire at a meeting in Laois County Council today over the way it configures the National Ambulance Service. The issue was...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says he has received figures showing there is a huge waiting list for Child Disability Network Teams CDNT’s...

Older people and at-risk groups have been urged to protect themselves against both flu and COVID-19 this winter by getting their vaccines. That is the...

A local TD has called on the Minister for Health and the National Ambulance Service to place a renewed focus on supporting schemes that...

Three Day Care Centres currently not in use are expected to re-open in the coming weeks - though there is considerable frustration at the...

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called on the HSE and the Department of Health to reverse its plans to close Erkina House in...

Independent TD for Laois and Offaly, Carol Nolan, has called on the HSE to provide a more flexible and humane response to people who...

A completion date for renovation works at two day care service facilities in Laois have been confirmed by the HSE. This were given to Independent...

The Midlands Public Health group, which includes members from Laois, has been awarded the HSE Excellence Award. The team were presented with the accolade recently...

The HSE has confirmed that a recruitment process to hire a senior dietitian for diabetic services in Portlaoise Hospital is underway. So says Sinn Fein...

The HSE will operate a walk-in Covid-19 vaccination booster centre in Laois this Sunday. The centre in Laois will by on the St Fintan’s Hospital...

A Laois County Councillor has demanded that action be taken to carry out remedial works on a HSE owned building before 'someone is seriously...

The HSE have clarified the booster Covid-19 vaccine schedule after a number of people were turned away in Laois at the weekend. In a press...

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has said that the situation where Portlaoise Hospital is being blocked from providing full services to Type 1 Diabetics...