Sligo Councillor claims that Ireland’s ‘ticking bomb’ health care is putting lives at risk
A Sligo Councillor is warning that the situation where many people cant’s get access to, or are unable to afford GP visit costs is placing the health of many and indeed several lives at risk in this region and throughout the Country. Solidarity people Before Profit Gino O…
New figures show disparity between private and public healthcare costs
New figures published by the HSE have shown that the disparity between public and private healthcare costs across the North West has increased within the last year. In Donegal, the average fee payable on behalf of an individual HSE nursing home resident is now €831 more than those in private…
Doctor says some rural GP services will be forced to close
A Donegal GP says the government’s ten year plan for healthcare in Ireland will do nothing to deal with the what he claims is fast becoming a crisis in the sector. At the end of last month, the report on the ‘Future of Healthcare’ was published and it proposes free…
New CAMHS appointments not enough, says protest group
Local parents campaigning for the improvement of mental health services for young people in the Sligo/Leitrim area say that the HSE’s decision to add two new full-time consultant psychiatrists is not enough. A new full-time consultant psychiatrist for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Sligo/Leitrim started their new post…
Concern about trees at site of Ballymote healthcare centre
With work due to start today on the site of a new primary care centre in Ballymote in South Sligo, concern is now being expressed about interference with trees on the site. Local resident Korina O Hara says there are 11 trees on the site, some of which are 200…