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Opposition parties call on Donnelly to return from NY amid spinal surgery review

Opposition parties have called on the Minister for Health to return from New York due to ongoing concerns over orthopaedic surgeries at a children’s hospital. It comes after an external review into spinal surgery at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) ...

20 Sept 2023 at 17:36

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HSE orders review into spinal surgery at Temple Street after child’s death

An external review into spinal surgery at an Irish children’s hospital has been ordered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) following a number of poor outcomes including the death of a child. It follows the publication of a Children’s Health ...

18 Sept 2023 at 15:11

National News

Minister meets with CHI board in wake of child spine surgeries controversy

Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has met with the board of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) in the wake of the child spine surgeries controversy. The health watchdog’s report into the experimental use of non-medical grade springs in ...

14 Apr 2025 at 18:15

National News

Report finds use of springs in child surgeries ‘wrong’

A surgeon told a review team that the use of non-medical grade springs in child spine surgeries was “bespoke and experimental”, according to a report by the health watchdog that determined their use was “wrong”. The Health Information and ...

08 Apr 2025 at 15:18

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Children’s Health Ireland chairman steps down after spring implants report

The chairman of the board of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has stepped down following the publication of a “devastating” report into the use of springs in child spinal surgery. It comes after the Health Information and Quality ...

08 Apr 2025 at 14:13

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Subsuming CHI into HSE will be one of options considered, says Bernard Gloster

The potential for Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) to be fully subsumed into the HSE will be one option considered amid concerns around clinical care and governance, HSE chief Bernard Gloster has said. Mr Gloster was commenting ...

25 May 2025 at 16:55

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Three board members of Children’s Health Ireland resign

Three board members of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) have resigned, Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said. Ms Carroll MacNeill confirmed the resignations during an interview on RTE Radio. It comes after several ...

27 May 2025 at 15:11

National News

Labour TD calls for ‘full audit’ of National Treatment Purchase Fund

The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) should be “closed down” and subjected to an extensive audit, a Labour TD has said. Alan Kelly said many people in the healthcare sector believed there were issues with how ...

05 Jun 2025 at 16:14

National News

State ‘completely failed’ boy who died after waiting for scoliosis surgery

The state has “completely failed” a nine-year-old-boy who died in July, Mary Lou McDonald has said. Harvey Morrison, who suffered from scoliosis, died on July 29. His parents Gillian Sherratt and Stephen Morrison ...

12 Aug 2025 at 13:56

National News

Parents of children with undescended testes not told of cancer risks

Parents of children who were placed at a “real and known risk for cancer” due to delayed treatment for undescended testicles were not told about a report into the concerns, the health committee has been told. ...

19 Jun 2025 at 15:02

National News

Sinn Fein says Government ‘facilitating’ failures at CHI amid data probe

The Government “facilitates” failures at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), Sinn Fein has said, as the State data watchdog launched a probe into its handling of child health records. The Data Protection ...

14 Aug 2025 at 19:39

National News

Review of child hip surgery cases to begin in January, HSE confirms

A review of the individual cases of children who may have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries will not take place until January, the HSE has confirmed. It comes after a clinical audit of surgeries ...

19 Aug 2025 at 17:26

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