By Dara Gantly. The Medical Council has proposed extending the current membership of its various committees and working groups until September 30 — four months after the term of office of the current Council expires — in order to ensure a smooth handover of responsibilities.
By Gary Culliton. A thorough audit of all surgical mortality — involving a comprehensive lookback at surgical cases — is underway, to gain a full understanding of the findings of a Lancet review and “validate it one way or the other”. The audit, by the HSE and the RCSI, is to verify whether recent data [...]
By Gary Culliton. Electronic GP referrals to hospital are “beginning to flow in” and patients can be assured that electronic referrals in the pilot areas are being handled efficiently and are traceable all the way through, Navan GP Dr Joe Clarke told a meeting on the future of IT at the European eHealth Week conference [...]
By Gary Culliton. A review of the Integrated Service Areas (ISAs) will shortly commence, to ensure “momentum is maintained” as primary care expands, the Secretary General at the Department of Health (DoH) has said.
By Lloyd Mudiwa. “I will be a strong advocate and policy leader for primary care,” the Minister for Primary Care Alex White has pledged.
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Medical Council has made a number of changes to its fee structures, which will see a 4 per cent increase on all existing fees and an administrative fee for those applying for retention on the Medical Register via time-consuming paper-based forms.
By Gary Culliton. The planned national children’s hospital, which has been likened to Johns Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic, will link with Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) as an academic partner and the North’s Health Minister will nominate members to the facility’s Development Board and also to the hospital’s Group Board.
By Pat Kelly and Lloyd Mudiwa. The ‘new kid on the block’ of representative bodies for GPs, the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP), has already commenced contacts with the HSE as it seeks to move the agenda for GPs forward.
By Lloyd Mudiwa. IMO doctors want the provision of flexibility in the proposed legislation governing abortion to facilitate abstention for clinicians who deem it immoral.
By Gary Culliton. The lack of adequate translation services has been highlighted as a factor in the deaths of 10 women who died giving birth here and who were not born in Ireland. A particular concern was the issue of engagement with the services by non-national patients in receipt of alternative medical advice from outside [...]
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