The Medical Council’s Fitness to Practise (FTP) hearing into a GP from Cork facing charges of professional misconduct has been adjourned until November. The hearing against Polish-born Dr Iwona Kulczyk-Repec, for allegedly prescribing large doses of opiate-based drugs to patients without a medical need, continued yesterday (September 29) at the Silversprings Hotel, Cork, where the [...]
GPs believe there has been a massive reduction in the number of smear tests being carried out since CervicalCheck moved to a call/re-call system on September 1. A practice manager told Irish Medical Times they had only seen four women with invitation letters for a smear test since the beginning of the month. Previously the [...]
GPs in Northern Ireland have agreed a payment of Stg£5.25 (E5.90) for administering each dose of swine flu vaccine, under a new UK-wide deal negotiated last week (September 14). The additional payment will come from the UK’s Department of Health budget and will help surgeries to contact patients, administer the vaccine and, if necessary, take [...]
Young women have almost caught up with their male peers when it comes to how often they drink alcohol, according to research from the Women’s Health Council (WHC). Although more men than women abuse drugs and alcohol, the WHC said the gender gap seemed to be closing. Girls are now more likely to binge drink [...]
Vice President of the IHCA Dr John O’Dea tells Dara Gantly that he remains to be convinced of the benefit of the Medical Council’s professional competence scheme If you are a consultant, you’ll probably recall receiving a letter some time ago — it was around August 12 — from the Medical Council asking you to [...]
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Amritsar massacre, which contributed to the independence of India and Pakistan. Prof Pierce Grace traces the history of the British Raj and the events that led to the killings Until 1857, the British East India Company ruled great swathes of the Indian subcontinent expanding outwards from its [...]
The Medical Council is looking to recruit a public affairs consultant to advise on all media reports and public campaigns and to minimize any negative coverage of the organisation in the press. Kingram House wants to hire either an individual or firm to help direct all matters relating to public affairs and media communications for [...]
A European Union (EU) initiative to change children’s eating habits for the better was launched this week. The campaign called ‘Eat it, Drink it, Move it: the EU’s Tasty Bunch’ is financed by the EU agriculture budget. Over eight weeks, Tasty Bunch characters will travel through Belgium, northern France, the UK, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and [...]
The HSE has resigned itself to recording a budget deficit in the West/ North West hospital network at the end of year. The Executive recorded an overall deficit of E123 million as of July 31, with a budgetary overrun of E47.3 million in acute hospital service and pre-hospital emergency care. Nearly half of this overrun [...]
An ‘office endoscopy’ clinic, said to be the first of its kind in the country, is due to open in Cork next month. The clinic is the brainchild of consultant gynaecologist Dr Cyril Thornton and will offer endoscopy, hysteroscopes, cystoscopy, ultrasound and cryosurgery services. The difference between it and other clinics offering imaging services is [...]
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