The IHCA is to meet the HSE at the end of the month to discuss the implications of a planned 900 drop in NCHD posts across the health service this July, which the Association has described as a ‘new and unnecessary crisis in the Irish health system’. The consultants believe the Executive is going to [...]
The Department of Finance has put the brakes on an urgent risk assessment of Beaumont Hospital’s information system (BHIS), the failure of which could pose a risk to patient safety. The hardware and software underlying the BHIS has been deemed ‘obsolete’ by the hospital and is based on technology that is more than 20 years [...]
A €48 million facility for research into the healthcare of older people was opened this week. The Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing, located at St James’s Hospital, was launched by the Minister for Health, Mary Harney. The Centre will combine prevention and clinical care, research and teaching. It will also provide innovative early diagnostic [...]
The Guardian is reporting that researchers at Liverpool university are exploring whether genetic factors make some animals – particularly Newfoundland dogs – more likely to suffer cruciate ligament damage. This may have practical relevance in the treatment of sports stars with knee injuries. One researcher said: “The disease in humans tends to occur when stress [...]
New Scientist has unveiled a new column devoted to the science of pregnancy, written by a reporter ‘whose bump is getting bigger every day’. Expecting mothers and fathers will find a lot of the most common questions – such as, Does an active baby in the womb mean an active child? – dealt with scientifically. [...]
Galway University Hospitals (GUH) is hosting Ireland’s second International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) bone densitometry course this weekend. Following the success of last year’s event, GUH is running the programme for clinicians and technologists on May 14 and 15 at the G Hotel, Wellpark, Galway. Some 58 people participated in the 2009 course, including [...]
Objections made to the introduction of a system of reference pricing, combined with generic substitution under the GMS and community drugs schemes, by the Irish Osteoporosis Society (IOS) will be taken into account during the implementation phase of the initiative, the Minister for Health has confirmed. The IOS recently sent out a letter to all [...]
More than eight out of ten Irish people report that they were always asked for their written consent for surgery, a new European survey shows. In Germany, however, the figure is 90 per cent when it comes to being asked to provide written consent. These figures come from the EU Commission Eurobarometer Special Survey on [...]
There were 307,138 clinical incidents/’near misses’ logged by the Clinical Indemnity Scheme (CIS) last year, Dr Ailis Quinlan, Head of the CIS, told a conference in Dublin last week. The ‘Clinical Negligence & Access to Justice Conference’ was organised by a British-based patient charity called Action Against Medical Accidents. In all, 3,754 of these events [...]
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