The Minister for Health has decided to cut the over-70s capitation fee to GPs by a further 8 per cent, just months after the payment was reduced by more than a half. The fee is being reduced from €308.76 to €284.07, as part of a range of cuts in medical professional fees aimed at saving [...]
The Department of Health and Children has issued advice to avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico. It is considered “likely” that additional cases of swine ‘flu’ in humans will emerge in Europe and internationally over the coming days. Full travel advice from Department of Health and Children is available here (http://www.dohc.ie/issues/swine_influenza/travel_advisory.pdf?direct=1). The situation is under [...]
The IMO has settled a court action against the HSE in which it represented junior doctors. in relation to a €43m programe of proposed cost-saving measures. Following the institution of a High Court action by the Irish Medical Organisation, the HSE settled proceedings on foot of discussions between both parties’ legal teams in the High [...]
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland PSI has reported 13 complaints due to dispensing errrors (27 per cent of the total) against pharmacists in the last year. Complaints recorded included: Brand substitution 4 (9%) Poor clinical practice 3 (6%) Refusal to supply 6 (13%) Unprofessional attitude 3 (6%) Competency 2 (2%) breaches of pharmacy/ medicines law [...]
Labour Party candidate, Susan O’Keeffe (pictured), said it was a disgrace women in Donegal were being denied the service. “It seems that no matter what promises are made, what timelines are put in place the Government believe they can deceive the people of Donegal,” she said. The National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) confirmed yesterday that [...]
THE circumstances of the deaths of women during or after pregnancy will be reviewed and reported on under a scheme announced by Health Minister Mary Harney. CEMACH (Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health) Ireland is a collaboration between the HSE, the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. [...]
The HSE has issued guidelines for doctors in relation to management of persons with acute febrile respiratory illness who may have swine influenza A (H1N1). As soon as the patient mentions a febrile respiratory illness and travel in the last 7 days to an area of the world affected by A/H1N11, the following precautions should [...]
An Irish company was due to launch a novel newborn screening test for phenylketonuria (PKU) at a major international meeting in Prague this week. Based at the innovation and technology transfer centre NovaUCD, Enzolve Technologies was due to formally launch its diagnostic test at the 6th International Society for Neonatal Screening European Regional Meeting, which [...]
Galway University Hospitals reported the highest number of MRSA cases in 2008 at acute public hospitals. The University College Hospital, Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital together reported 47 cases of MRSA to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) in 2008. Provisional figures from the HPSC showed there were 45 cases in Beaumont Hospital, 34 [...]
A film about hazy memories of night’s drinking session has won four awards at the DARE2BDRINKAWARE Awards Ceremony. The competition for third-level students aims to highlight young people’s attitudes to alcohol. The winners were Gobias Productions, a group of students from Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. They are Evan Barry, Richard Boland, [...]
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