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New plan approved to cut waiting times for children’s orthopaedic surgery

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has announced a new plan to reduce waiting times for children with scoliosis and spina bifida. Mr Donnelly said on Thursday that he had approved plans from Children’s Health Ireland and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital ...

18 Feb 2022 at 12:33

National News

'It is profoundly wrong' - Ombudsman for Children intervenes for children waiting on scoliosis treatment

The Ombudsman for Children has intervened on the issue of children subjected to long waiting lists for scoliosis treatment. Speaking on Today with Claire Byrne, Dr. Niall Muldoon announced that a staff member has been assigned to deal with the ...

18 Oct 2021 at 15:56

National News

Harris defends ‘very significant’ progress since 2017 spinal surgery pledge

There has been “very significant progress” on reducing waiting lists for scoliosis-related surgeries, Simon Harris has said. As health minister at the time, Mr Harris set a target in 2017 that no child would be waiting longer than four months ...

28 Feb 2024 at 12:49

National News

Simon Harris says ‘proper communication essential’ in child spinal surgery cases

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that the decision to take an eight-year-old boy off a waiting list for spinal surgery was a “clinical matter”, but added that proper communication with parents was “essential”. Mr Harris said he was happy to ...

18 Sept 2024 at 16:41

National News

Budget fails to mention children with scoliosis – Mary Lou McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald has accused the Taoiseach of failing to mention children with scoliosis in the Budget. The Sinn Fein leader said that despite the “hype” around Tuesday’s budget, children with scoliosis will continue to wait in “pain, to ...

02 Oct 2024 at 15:27

Local News

WATCH: Naas mum posts heartbreaking video as daughter waits for scoliosis surgery

Naas mum Tina O'Kelly has shared a heartbreaking video of her daughter Colleen in pain from her severe scoliosis. Tina posted the video to Facebook on Saturday. Colleeen, 21, has Joubert Syndrome, a genetic disorder, uses a wheelchair ...

19 Feb 2017 at 01:30

National News

Sinn Fein criticises Donnelly’s ‘list of incompetencies’

It was not possible to audit the use of millions of euros for child scoliosis services in the immediate weeks after it was allocated, the Tanaiste has said. In 2022, the Minister of Health Stephen Donnelly allocated an additional 19 ...

04 Jul 2024 at 14:12

National News

FactCheck: How many children waited four months for scoliosis surgery in 2020?

A pledge made by Simon Harris when he was the minister for health in 2017 has come back into the spotlight after a recent interview on Virgin Media Television. The promise, made not long after Mr Harris became health minister, was ...

21 Nov 2024 at 14:33

National News

Report finds use of springs in child surgeries ‘wrong’

A surgeon told a review team that the use of non-medical grade springs in child spine surgeries was “bespoke and experimental”, according to a report by the health watchdog that determined their use was “wrong”. The Health ...

08 Apr 2025 at 15:18

National News

Children’s Health Ireland chairman steps down after spring implants report

The chairman of the board of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has stepped down following the publication of a “devastating” report into the use of springs in child spinal surgery. It comes after the Health Information and ...

08 Apr 2025 at 14:13

National News

State ‘completely failed’ boy who died after waiting for scoliosis surgery

The state has “completely failed” a nine-year-old-boy who died in July, Mary Lou McDonald has said. Harvey Morrison, who suffered from scoliosis, died on July 29. His parents Gillian Sherratt and Stephen Morrison ...

12 Aug 2025 at 13:56

National News

Harris ‘did all he could’ on child scoliosis case, Donohoe says

The Tanaiste “did all he could” in engaging with health officials about a child with scoliosis who later died, a senior minister has said. Simon Harris has faced calls to resign over unmet pledges around child ...

13 Aug 2025 at 16:01

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