The British government’s plan to reform cancer services and to increase the survival rates of UK patients with cancer– still below the European average– was unveiled last week. Health Secretary Alan Johnson has pledged to invest £370 million in cancer care by 2010 by speeding up drug approval systems, increasing spending on radiotherapy, and possibly [...]
What has been dubbed the world’s only airborne ‘flying eye hospital’, an ophthalmic surgical and training facility housed inside a converted DC-10 aircraft, is to visit Cambodia for the first time at the invitation of the Ministry of Health, a news report by the agency Xinhua has suggested. The staff at the flying hospital will [...]
Helix Health has announced that it will become the first Irish company to provide a range of robotic solutions to Irish pharmacies — having signed a deal to market and distribute a range of automated dispensing machines for community and hospital pharmacies. The distribution agreement and strategic alliance is with German company, Willach+Heise, the European [...]
According to Dr David Stables, a Director of QResearch in the UK, accurate and up-to-date electronic health records are the cornerstone of the modern GP practice there – supporting the highest quality of care for the individual patient. But these vital records also have a far bigger role to play– offering the potential to improve [...]
It’s that time of year again, when it becomes impossible to ignore that Christmas is on our doorstep and the annual question of the financing of the staff Christmas party has been raised as a discussion topic over coffee. The more generous among us, might also be budgeting for the cost of providing wine, chocolates, [...]
Bridget Devlin and her husband Terence brought a case in the Supreme Court in which they appealed against a decision of the High Court issued on 1 July, 2004. The High Court dismissed their claim for damages arising from the negligence, breach of duty and breach of contract on the part of the National Maternity [...]
China’s government has pledged to tackle healthcare-associated infections by officially joining the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) programme, the Global Patient Safety Challenge. China’s Vice Minister of Health, Huang Jiefu, said the Ministry would establish and implement the technical standards for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections, intensify control and management of hand hygiene, blood [...]
The proportion of private sector investment in the health service has dropped significantly since the mid-1990s, according to the Minister for Health, Mary Harney. “The proportion of public spending has been increasing rapidly in recent years,” she said, speaking at the launch of the Department of Health’s 2008 Budget. About 80 per cent of spending [...]
A senior medical officer’s post for asylum seekers in Co Galway has lain idle for nine months, it has been claimed. Councillor Michael Mullins made the claim at the recent Health Service Executive (HSE) West’s Regional Health Forum recently. He said the post, which involves screening for asylum seekers, is empty even though there is [...]
The GPs in the North Sligo primary care team do not want to move to a single location because their patients would have to travel further and the practices could lose some of their “customer base,” the Health Service Executive (HSE) has claimed. The HSE made the statement in an answer to Councillor Patsy Barry [...]
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