Children with scoliosis or spina bifida were not prioritised for funding of around €19m allocated nearly three years ago to ...

The Spina Bifida Hydrocephalous Paediatric Advocacy Group said: 'It shows the lack of urgency in addressing the suffering of ...

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly insisted yesterday that children with scoliosis and spina bifida were not fully prioritised ...

AN advocacy group has blasted Children’s Health Ireland after an audit of how they spent cash meant to fix kid spinal surgery ...

The HSE audit also revealed that targets for reducing waiting lists for children for spinal surgery are not being met ...

Scoliosis is one of the most commonly encountered pediatric spinal deformities. Knowledge of comorbid disorders associated with scoliosis is required in order to rule out other serious conditions.

The audit was commissioned after Health Minister Stephen Donnelly raised concerns in July a tranche of €19m was spent 'more ...

The HSE did not spend over €14 million in funding that it had been allocated to provide high volumes of surgery for patients ...

Minister told the Seanad in July that funding for spinal services had been allocated ‘far more broadly’ across the Children’s ...

The HSE has published an internal audit into how over €19 million allocated for spinal surgery was spent by the children's ...

A €21 MILLION fund that was supposed to end the waiting list nightmare for children in need of spinal surgery failed because Children’s Health Ireland struggled to recruit new staff, a damning HSE ...

It was like he was trapped inside himself. He couldn’t communicate what he was feeling, and it came out in anger. It broke my heart to see him like that.” ...