HSF Health Plan, a Co Clare-based not-for-profit health cash plan operator, has bought the Irish business of UK operator, HSA, for an undisclosed sum. HSF Health Plan currently has over 100,000 Irish customers and provides a cash sum for claims for everyday medical costs, including routine GP, dental and optical visits, hospital visits, complementary medicine [...]
There is still significant inconsistency in the level of educational facilities in medical schools, according to the Medical Council’s Review of Medical Schools in Ireland 2007. Additionally, medical schools should take advantage of different training environments to address a capacity shortage, while being cautious about using private facilities. “There has been some progress [since the [...]
St John’s Hospital, Limerick has become the first public hospital to be re-accredited under the Acute Care Accreditation Scheme granted by the Health Information and Quality Authority. St John’s was the first public hospital in the country to be accredited in 2003 under the Scheme and remains the only public hospital to be accredited under [...]
Seven medical consultation rooms are to be built on Ushers Quay in Dublin’s city centre, if a planning permission is granted. Mr Kajetan Baranowski has applied to Dublin City Council for permission to change the use of offices on the ground floor of blocks four and five in Ushers Court to construct a medical centre [...]
Dr Dominick McCabe, Consultant Neurologist, writes that severe under-resourcing and lack of organisation of TIA and stroke services leads to continued neglect and lack of prioritisation of patients with cerebrovascular disease. The facts about cerebrovascular disease are poorly publicised in the Irish general and medical media, and many headlines about potentially-fatal diseases terminate after reference [...]
The Dublin Cleft Centre Conference, entitled ‘Cleft lip and palate — the journey of care from birth to adulthood’ will take place in the Dublin Hilton Hotel on May 14. The aim of the conference is to provide an over-view of the journey of care over a lifetime of a baby born with cleft lip [...]
A bureau of alcohol regulation (BAR), similar to the Office of Tobacco Control, is needed to co-ordinate actions that are aimed at reducing excessive alcohol consumption, a prominent consultant psychiatrist has said. Dr Siobhán Barry made the suggestion to IMT before she and a colleague from the south Dublin Cuan Mhuire service, Dr Larkin Feeney, [...]
A Dail debate on acquired brain injury (ABI) organised by the Labour Party heard that people with the condition are waiting up to two years for a place in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire, the only hospital of its sort in the country. Labour Party leader Deputy Eamon Gilmore said about 10,000 people [...]
The President of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) Dr Martin Daly has warned GPs that if they do not become pro-active in developing general practice it could become similar to the NHS, where private companies like the Virgin group are becoming third-party service providers. Speaking at last weekend’s joint IMO/ICGP conference ‘General Practice — The [...]
The Department of Health’s new policy document on chronic disease management (CDM) has found that the current method of service delivery does not meet patient demand for services, and more CDM should take place in the primary care setting. According to Offaly GP Dr Velma Harkins, who consulted with the Department on the document, entitled [...]
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