By COLIN BARTLEY THE hospital overcrowding crisis at St Luke’s General Hospital eased significantly last month. Latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) reveal there was a 37% decrease in the number of patients treated on trolleys at our local hospital in May. According to data from the INMO’s trolley watch site, […]
ALL Kilkenny children under the age of 12 will be entitled to free GP care under a new €210 million deal with doctors announced this weekend. The free GP care will be phased in over the next three years. Free GP visits for under-eights will be in place by July next year. It will be […]