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

As winter sets in, so does cold and flu season, but the colder temperatures can also exaggerate many existing health ...

What is juvenile idiopathic arthritis? Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a form of arthritis in children. Arthritis causes joint swelling (inflammation) and joint stiffness. JIA is arthritis that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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