The Irish Medical Organisation has said it is pleased that the former chairman of the consultant contract talks, Mr Mark Connaughton, has become involved in ongoing attempts to resolve outstanding issues. Mr Fintan Hourihan, IMO Director of Industrial Relations, explained that a two-pronged process is under way to try to reach an agreement on a [...]
A pilot scheme to stop drug dealing in Blanchardstown, by the public providing information via phone, resulted in 100 reports being sent to the Gardaí, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has said. The details were revealed after the National Drugs Strategy Team, which falls under the remit of that Department, advertised for [...]
The Department of Health has refused to state for definite whether or not patients from the south of Ireland will be treated at the new satellite radiation oncology centre expected to be established in Altnagelvin in Derry by 2015. A spokesperson for the Department told Irish Medical Times that its officials and ‘relevant stakeholders’ met [...]
The Franciscan Order in Dublin’s city centre has appealed conditions attached to a decision that granted them planning permission for medical services. The Franciscan Social Justice Initiative applied to Dublin City Council in March this year for permission to change the use of offices at Riverbank Court on the Merchant’s Quay in Dublin 8, so [...]
BreastCheck, the National Breast Screening Programme, has established a new radiography training centre, BreastImaging. Established in association with the Diagnostic Imaging Programme in the School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD and located at the BreastCheck Eccles Unit, the centre will assist BreastCheck in its efforts in recruiting and training the large number of mammographers [...]
The IMO has welcomed the launch of the Report of the Government Advisory Group on Alcohol. “The recognition that public policy-making across Government departments will need to take account of the specific properties of alcohol is a landmark,” said Prof Joe Barry, Public Health Consultant, and former President of the IMO. “The recognition that alcohol [...]
Italy is leading a European Union drive to produce medical and security scanning waves that could be a better and safer alternative to X-rays, the BBC has reported. ‘’T-waves could take over some of the jobs currently done by X-rays, but could do them more safely and more effectively,’’ Prof. Aldo Di Carlo of Rome’s [...]
Latest numbers show the Spanish province of Alicante, one of the most popular areas for tourists, to be well short of the national average number of hospital beds, a news report has claimed. The province of Alicante needs 32 per cent more beds, or another 1,500 to meet current levels of demand, and to bring [...]
A new study reported by Associated Press (AP) has shown that medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm roughly one in 15 hospitalised children. “The data tells us that experiencing harm as a result of your healthcare is much more common than people believe. It’s very concerning,” Dr Charles Homer of the National [...]
NHS staff have reported improvements in infection control, support from managers and levels of job satisfaction and training opportunities, according to a survey released by the UK’s Healthcare Commission. The results showed 82 per cent believed their NHS Trust did enough to promote the importance of hand-washing to staff, up 17 per cent since 2005. [...]
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