The chief executive of the Higher Education Authority (HEA), Tom Boland, has said that the recent controversy about the HPAT (Health Professions Admissions Test) exam showed ‘a surprising unwillingness to contemplate any other form of assessment of achievement other than the Leaving Certificate’ and has suggested that similar tests be used to assess candidates for [...]
The Government has failed to honour a pledge to merge a number of bodies into the HSE, Fine Gael has claimed. These include the National Cancer Screening Service, the National Cancer Registry Board, the Crisis Pregnancy Agency and the Drug Treatment Centre. Fine Gael front-bench spokesperson Leo Varadkar also accused the Government of failing to [...]
Research funding of €20.7 million has been awarded for 22 world-class research projects under the Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator Programme. Making the announcement, Minister Conor Lenihan said, “This investment will enable crucial research to be carried out in Ireland over the next three to five years.” The successful 22 projects include medical research into [...]
A major international conference to be held in St Vincent’s University Hospital next month will focus on colorectal cancer, the costs of associated treatments and maximising funding. The event is the 16th annual meeting to be hosted by the hospital’s Centre for Colorectal Diseases. Pathologist Prof Kieran Sheahan, senior research scientist Dr Jacintha O’Sullivan and [...]
Diabetes was cured or significantly improved in more than 80 per cent of patients who underwent obesity surgery, an Irish/British study has found. Consultant laparoscopic and bariatric surgeon at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork, Dr Colm O’Boyle, led the research. “This shows bariatric surgery is very effective for the treatment of both insulin- and [...]
Appeals have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against planning permission granted for Owen O’Callaghan’s proposed €80 million private hospital at Lancaster Quay in Cork. Graham O’Reilly, an employee and shop steward at Cork’s Mercy University Hospital (MUH), said the proposed 100-bed, 140,000 sq ft private hospital ‘will lead to a two-tier health system in [...]
Alternative health practitioners should be enlisted in the fight to get children and healthcare workers vaccinated for swine flu, new research has argued. Parents and healthcare workers may refuse to get immunised or vaccinate their children against a pandemic virus if they believe the risks of a novel vaccine outweigh the benefits, and many people [...]
Approximately 80 representatives from Irish and international legal firms met in Dublin on Friday, August 14 in preparation for a major Health Service Executive tender for legal services. The ‘market sounding exercise’ in the Board Room of Dr Steevens’ Hospital took the form of a presentation by HSE Procurement. According to the HSE, some 91 [...]
Up to 16,000 people every week have been logging on to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s (HPSC’s) website – www.hpsc.ie — since the WHO declared swine flu a pandemic. The site has seen a 300 per cent increase in the number of weekly unique visitors since then, according to the HPSC. The HPSC website is [...]
Experts from around the globe gathered in Dublin last week for the 10th World Down’s Syndrome Congress. Consultant paediatrician and endocrinologist at the National Children’s Hospital Tallaght, Professor Hilary Hoey, said: “This is a huge achievement for Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI), who have worked extremely hard. They have done tremendous work and it is a [...]
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