A Dublin-based GP has published his first book of poetry. Dr Lewis Regan, who practises in Lucan, has had his collection, Poems To Goodbye Meadows, published recently. He told Irish Medical Times that he has been writing poetry for over 30 years and used to get some of his work published in this newspaper. He [...]
The latest cross-border GP co-op to be launched is a year late. The Minister for Health, Mary Harney, welcomed the launch of the South Armagh–Monaghan out-of-hours service, which begins this week. This is the first time people living north of the border will be able to access such out-of-hours services in the Republic– in this [...]
A new scheme to assess the technical performance of trainee doctors, underway at Cork University Hospital (CUH), has been welcomed by the President of the Medical Council. Dr Colm Quigley said co-operation between the training bodies and the Council was “the way of the future”, and that the CUH programme, which involves training principles never [...]
A prominent GP has said that GP co-ops on Dublin’s south side “need to be brought together in a more formal structure”. Killarney GP, Dr Gary Stack, was speaking after the Annual General Meeting of the National Association of GP Co-ops, which was held last week in the K Club in Co Kildare. He said: [...]
Crumlin Hospital has been granted planning permission for an extension to its Emergency Department, which is expected to be finished by the end of next year. Dublin City Council granted the hospital the right to proceed with the development earlier this month. A spokesperson for Crumlin said a new extension will be built to the [...]
Right now in Britain, work on one of the world’s most ambitious and expensive research projects is underway to finally determine what exactly causes cancer. Called the UK Biobank, it is studying half a million people’s DNA, and the results could be the scientific equivalent of gold dust. The project, which has cost £61 million [...]
The Health Service Executive Employers Agency has not rejected proposals on reduced working hours for pregnant NCHDs, it has said. Mr John Delamere, Senior Industrial Relations/Human Resources Executive with the Agency, was replying to statements made by the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO). Referring to a recent meeting between the two groups, Mr Delamere said: “The [...]
The Government has failed to highlight the importance of the flu jab in the advertising campaign for free shots for the over 70s. Prof Des O’Neill, consultant geriatrician at Tallaght Hospital, recently told the Irish College of General Practitioners that the flu jab could have other health benefits. He said: “There’s really good evidence from [...]
The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has lost a case taken to the Labour Court over anomalies in pay received by anaesthetic specialist registrars. The row between it and the Health Service Executive Employers Agency (HSE EA) dates back to 1999. In that year an agreement was made between the IMO and the Department of Health [...]
Tens of thousands of children will not have access to the medical care they need, unless there are significant policy changes by the centenary of Poblacht na hÉireann, the Chief Executive of Barnardos will tell the Doolin Lecture’s audience this week. Mr Fergus Finlay will tell the annual Irish Medical Organisation’s lecture that these children [...]
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