Research prizes awarded at the recent meeting of the Irish Gerontological Society in Kilkenny demonstrated the range and quality of the research being carried out into ageing in Ireland. First prize for platform presentation was awarded to Dr Roman Romero-Ortun of the Technology Research for Independent Living (TRIL) centre, for a project on whether older [...]
There are some 1,900 people currently awaiting assessment for orthodontic healthcare in the Southern area HSE, with a waiting list stretching for 42-48 months. Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South, Colm Burke raised the issue in the European Parliament in Strasbourg last week. “The Southern area HSE has the longest waiting list for assessment for [...]
The Irish charity Fighting Blindness has reported that net income rose by nearly 50 per cent for the year ending March 2008 from €1,022,000 to €1,528,000, resulting in ‘record investment’ in research. Fighting Blindness is funding nine research projects in Ireland and one in the UK. These include: * The establishment of the Fighting Blindness [...]
The Governing Body of University College Cork yesterday backed the recommendation of the University’s Academic Council allowing embryonic stem cell research at UCC “under strict guidelines drawn up by the University Research Ethics Board (UREB)”. A code of practice for research using embryonic stem cell line was approved by the Academic Council recently and referred [...]
A number of patients have been surprised by refusals to be treated at GP co-ops around the country because their GPs have told the co-ops not to treat any of their patients. Irish Medical Times received an email from an unhappy patient who was told by D-Doc, the co-op that serves north Dublin, that he [...]
A number of doctors have criticised Marie Stopes International’s new telephone abortion consultation and counselling service, which the organisation said is the first one for Irish women. MSI said the service is staffed by professionals and will allow women to discuss their circumstances before they travel to England to access abortion services. However, Dr Berry [...]
The Irish Heart Foundation has said it is very disappointed with the ‘token’ budget tax increase on tobacco. Dr Brian Maurer, Medical Director Irish Heart Foundation said: “It is well proven that price is the most effective deterrent to young people taking up smoking and to encourage existing smokers to quit. As the national charity [...]
Hundreds of NCHDs contacted a national radio show last week to criticise the amount of hours they are forced to work each week as a result of the HSE’s decreasing reliance on locums, and the likelihood of doctors making mistakes without sufficient sleep. Speaking on the ‘The Inbox with Joan Lea and Paul Connolly’ on [...]
The Health Service Executive has refused to make a statement on whether or not its CEO, Prof Brendan Drumm, and other high-ranking HSE officials will take a ten per cent pay-cut. In last week’s Budget speech, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan confirmed that Government Ministers would take a pay cut of ten per cent. He said [...]
The HSE has expressed its confidence in Ulster Bank, describing its banking arrangements with the financial institution as ‘secure’ following the Government’s decision to extend its multi-billion State guarantee scheme to a number of foreign-owned banks with a major presence in Ireland. The Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008 had initially guaranteed €440 billion in [...]
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