HEADING to A&E? You may need to plan ahead, as waiting times in emergency departments around the country have reached an average of 11 hours, so before they load you into that ambulance you may need to pack up some of the following: 1) A deck of cards Unlike a phone, tablet, laptop, Nintendo Switch… Read more »
THE truth about how close the Irish health system came to total collapse has been revealed in a stunning new book titled ‘The Almost-Shat Togs’, which gives a behind the scenes look at the weeks following the initial 2020 lockdown and how we were ‘one hospital porter with a hangover’ from total chaos, as is… Read more »
TO CELEBRATE the Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green party coalition government securing* the land for the National Maternity Hospital site at St Vincent’s Hospital, WWN has been treated to an exclusive look at the interiors of the proposed design for the State owned** hospital which comes with no catches***. The state of the art… Read more »
THE HSE were quick to put on record their immense debt of gratitude for its nurses on International Nurses Day, WWN can reveal. “On this International Nurses Day it would be wrong of us not to point out Skyscanner probably has decent prices for flights to the UK, Australia and beyond if you don’t want… Read more »
THE FUNERAL of Carmel Hanratty took place today as the HSE mourned the passing of one of its most dedicated and admittedly overworked employees who they lost to exhaustion, WWN can report. Hanratty had been chief compensation check writer for the Irish health service for the last 15 hours but the constant stream of cases… Read more »
THE DEPARTMENT of health secured an easy PR win yesterday by confirming that when Tony Holohan steps down in his role as CMO he won’t technically be standing down and will have his full salary paid for by the department, who will also foot the bill for the replacement CMO. A solid use of taxpayer… Read more »
HAVE you grown tired of waiting for the evening’s news round up to find out what unfathomable dysfunction is eating away at the Irish health service like a parasite? Would you like to take a stab at coming up with your own HSE headline which is depressingly predictable and hugely damaging to patients? Now you… Read more »
A NEW ‘wartime economy’ report has warned of surging prices in pasta, bread and beer over the next number of years, but has added that healthier options such as salads, lentils and tap water should remain vexingly low. With Ukraine and Russia both ranking among the world’s biggest suppliers of wheat and fertiliser, fears are… Read more »
A NEW ‘appetite jab’ is set to revolutionise the battle against obesity, thanks to a self-administered weekly injection which decimates the user’s appetite and can result in up to 4st in weight loss in less than a year but as always, there’s a catch. Before you sign yourself up to this life-changing treatment that may… Read more »
IN THE aftermath of The Business Post obtaining secret recordings of Department of Health officials discussing how they little trust there is in the financial reporting of the HSE, which speaks to widespread dysfunction across the board at senior management level, the public has confirmed ‘no shit Sherlock’. “We’re shocked I tell you, shocked,” said… Read more »