A cost-efficient test which could identify up to 50 different cancer mutations is being developed at St James’s Hospital in Dublin. St James’s is part of an international consortium involved in biomarking testing for mutant genes such as Her2 involved…
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Anger over reports of hospital budget cuts of 2% or more
Opposition politicians have reacted angrily to a report that a number of hospitals including St James’s, St Vincent’s and Dublin’s two children’s hospitals will experience budget cuts of 2 per cent or more this year. (Times) >
St James’s closes public beds in consultant deal
St James’s Hospital in Dublin confirmed it had to convert four public beds to private beds in order to provide more accommodation for people with health insurance who are under the care of a consultant. The change became necessary after…
St James’s hospital considers Mount Carmel takeover
THE STATE’S largest public hospital, St James’s in Dublin, is in talks that could see it taking over the private Mount Carmel hospital in the city. In a statement yesterday St James’s confirmed it had had “very preliminary discussions” with…
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St James’s €604m children’s hospital has ‘unparalleled array of services’
Publishing its plans for the national children’s hospital yesterday, St James’s said it had an unparalleled array of secondary, tertiary and quaternary services for children and adults. (Times) >
Top-up payments revealed at hospital
A NUMBER of senior managers at the country’s largest hospital, St James’s, receive extra earnings on top of their State-funded salaries, it has emerged. The hospital confirmed the extra payments for the first time yesterday, indicating that the practice is…
STI clinic in St James’s
‘WE’VE SEEN it all and we’ve heard it all, we’re not in for any surprises,” says Dr Fiona Lyons of her work at the sexually transmitted infections clinic at St James’s Hospital. As a consultant in genitourinary medicine at the…
St James’s A&E has the shortest patient wait time
DUBLIN’S St James’s Hospital has the shortest emergency room waiting time of any hospital in the country, a survey by the Irish Independent has found. Two-thirds of patients presenting at the hospital’s emergency department are discharged home or admitted to…
