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Medical card. A medical card (Irish: cárta leighis) is a personal document issued by the Republic of Ireland in the form of a plastic card issued to residents of Ireland who are entitled to free or reduced-rate medical treatment. Those eligible fall below a certain income tax threshold or have costly ongoing medical requirements.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) (Irish: Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is the publicly funded healthcare system in the Republic of Ireland, responsible for the provision of health and personal social services. It came into operation on 1 January 2005. The current director-general is Bernard Gloster, who took up the new role on 6 ...
In addition to the public-sector, there is also a large private healthcare market. In 2019 Ireland spent €3,513 per capita on health, close to the European Union average, [2][3] of this spending approximately 79% was government expenditure. [4] In 2017 spending was the seventh highest in the OECD: $5,500 per head.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) issues a vaccine record card to those receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Ireland that provides reminders for a follow-up appointment. The card contains the recipient's name, the dates on which the two doses were administered, the name of the vaccine, and its batch number. [80]
In 2005: [ 4][ 5] 47.6% of Ireland's population were covered by private health insurance, and 31.9% of the population were covered by Medical Cards. 23.8% of the population over 16 had a "chronic illness or health problem". 19.6% of the population over 16 had "limited activity", of which 6.6% were "strongly limited" and 13.0% were "limited".
Health Service Executive ransomware attack. On 14 May 2021, the Health Service Executive (HSE) of Ireland suffered a major ransomware cyberattack which caused all of its IT systems nationwide to be shut down. [1][2][3][4] It was the most significant cybercrime attack on an Irish state agency and the largest known attack against a health service ...
Healthcare in Ireland may refer to either of two healthcare systems in Ireland : The Health Service Executive, responsible for Healthcare in the Republic of Ireland. Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom National Health Service) The existence of the two different systems is seen as a major obstacle to Irish ...
The health board system of Ireland was created by the 1970 Health Act. [1] This system was initially created with eight health boards, each of which were prescribed a functional area in which they operated. The system was reformed in 1999 from eight to eleven regional bodies. On 1 January 2005, the health boards were replaced by the Health ...