A glass of wine a day can apparently increase the risk of bowel cancer—alarming information, yes, but somehow it doesn’t surprise me. We’ve been told binge drinking is bad, that people don’t even understand what it means, and that drinking regularly pretty much buys you a one-way ticket to the graveyard…and now we know that [...]
The former Director of Industrial Relations at the Irish Medical Organisation, Mr Conal Devine, has been named by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as the Independent Chairman for the McElwee Review. Dr Niall McElwee resigned his post as a childcare lecturer from Athlone Institute of Technology earlier this month after it emerged he was convicted [...]
All co-located hospitals shall be contractually required to provide financial results to the Health Service Executive (HSE) upon request, Irish Medical Times has learned. Concern had recently been raised that, like other private hospitals in Ireland, providers could put co-located hospitals on an unlimited basis and therefore conceal financial results. A spokeswoman for the HSE [...]
The Health Management Institute (HMI)– which represents professionals involved in the management of healthcare in Ireland– has launched a new training DVD to help stem the spread of infection in healthcare settings. The DVD, produced in collaboration with management consultants shrc limited, will provide guidance on infection control to healthcare staff in the following four [...]
The Irish Kidney Association (IKA) has appointed a new Chairman, Mr Paul Donohoe. Mr Donohue, who replaces Ms Vera Frisby, said he will focus on improvements in respite care and an expansion of out-of-hospital dialysis services. “I would like to see the active progression of the Living Transplant Programme (LTP) which was put in place [...]
Dr Colm Quigley, the new President of the Medical Council– the last Council to operate under the existing Medical Practitioner’s Act– has told Irish Medical Times that he would aggressively push voluntary competence assurance in the months ahead. Dr Quigley said the Council met with the Minister for Health earlier this week to discuss the [...]
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has rejected the concept of performance incentives in the contract negotiations, calling them inappropriate, Irish Medical Times has been told. Mr Finbarr Fitzpatrick, Secretary General of the IHCA, said the proposal by the Minister for Health to introduce a bonus scheme for consultants was inappropriate. Productivity was not an [...]
There has been no contact between Vhi and developers of co-located hospitals, and there is no guarantee the hospitals will be approved by the insurer, the Chief Executive of Vhi has told Irish Medical Times. Mr Vincent Sheridan also suggested that the establishment of co-located hospitals would produce a net increase in private beds, which [...]
Sara Lind Eggertsdóttir was born at the National and University (State) Hospital in Reykjavík on 5 March 1998. Soon after her birth, it became clear that Sara was severely handicapped both physically and mentally; her disability was assessed at 100 per cent. In July of 1998, Sara’s parents complained to the Medical Director of Iceland, [...]
“I do not know a single thoughtful person who does not feel that the tragedy of illness is that it delivers you helplessly into the hands of a profession which you deeply mistrust”- George Bernard Shaw. While Shaw’s sentiments may not be shared by everyone, most people will value empathy when encountered in a doctor. [...]
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