The HSE has denied accusations that the Mater Hospital is placing trolleys in wards to show improvements in its ED. In a reply to Independent TD Finian McGrath, HSE Hospital Network Manager Angela Fitzgerald said that the Mater utilises ‘holding areas’ for patients who are deemed suitable for admission to an inpatient bed from the [...]
The IMO should enter discussion with the HSE to develop a contract with a mobile operator to provide every NCHD with a mobile phone, a delegate at the IMO AGM has suggested. Mater NCHD Dr Mark Murphy said the move would just ‘cost pennies’ to implement and benefit everyone. “As we could block outside calls, [...]
A former IMO President wants the HSE to explain where more than E10 million in travel and subsistence funding for NCHDs has ‘disappeared’. NCHD Committee member Dr Mick Molloy said an additional £1 million per year in the form of an annual travel and subsistence fund was attached to the training grant fund in 2000. [...]
The death of Clare man in an ambulance on the way to Limerick Regional Hospital has ‘reflected the worst fears of the people of the mid-west’ about the reconfiguration of acute services. Fine Gael spokesperson on health, Dr James Reilly, said an independent inquiry should be carried out. “It’s saddening that the worst fears of [...]
The HSE is conducting a clinical review of circumstances surrounding Mr Dan McDonnell’s care and death with specific reference to the impact the closure of the 24 hour Emergency Department at Ennis General Hospital had on his care. A formal investigation, if any, in the first instance will be conducted by the coroner. The HSE [...]
A good quote from the PeerView Institute: “If physicians would read two articles per day out of the six million medical articles published annually, in one year, they would fall 82 centuries behind in their reading.” (italics ours) And some more about the Institute, if you’re interested: About the Institute “The PeerView Institute is an [...]
Minister for Health, Mary Harney has opened a new professional dental chain, Redmond Molloy, in Dublin City Centre. From the press release: “The Redmond Molloy dental chain aims to provide a new vision for oral health in Ireland, tackling the negative perceptions linked to the industry such as fear and mistrust and educating the public [...]
PSYCHOLOGIST Dr Frank Dolphin has been appointed chairman of the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street. Dr Dolphin was formerly a clinical research psychologist at the hospital. He is currently chairman of Rigney Dolphin Ltd, which provides customer, technical and sales support to clients in the telecoms, retail and semi-State sectors. He established the company in [...]
During the 1980s, following the riots in Brixton and elsewhere over mass unemployment, the Conservative politician, Employment Secretary and confidant of Margaret Thatcher, Norman Tebbit, was quoted as saying the unemployed should get on their bikes to look for a job. In this current recession, the bicycle is also being recommended to the unemployed, but [...]
The HSE will shortly launch a major new initiative to cut levels of delayed patient discharges from hospitals which will require major changes in the way hospitals operate. New figures show the extent to which beds are blocked by patients who should not be in hospital. Patient discharge planning will now be a top priority, [...]
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