The Medical Council’s new guide on professional conduct and ethics will make it easier for the public to get information about the availability and price of medical services in their area. That’s according to the chair of the Competition Authority, which has welcomed the publication of the new Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef have launched a seven-point plan to cut the number of child deaths from diarrhoea. Launching a new report on the disease in New York and Geneva recently (October 14), Unicef Executive Director Ann M. Veneman said it was a tragedy that diarrhoea, which is little more than an [...]
A researcher from the University of Limerick has been awarded first prize in a competition for innovation in medical imaging techniques. Dr Barry Doyle’s paper won out over 53 other submissions from 15 countries. In the paper, Dr Doyle outlines novel methods to identify the risk of aneurysm rupture that are more accurate than those [...]
The Medical Council’s new Ethical Guide has significantly eased restrictions on advertising by doctors, following lobbying by the Competition Authority. The new guidelines have removed restrictions on the size, content and means of advertising, and specifies that the provision of information through the media, internet or other means can be considered in the public interest [...]
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has decided to proceed with contracting out its legal services in a bid to slash its multi-million euro legal bill. In a departure for current practice, the proposed contract will be based on a so-called ‘concessionary type approach’ where the successful service provider will be paid by the HSE an [...]
The RCPI’s Faculty of Paediatrics has strongly backed swine flu vaccination for all children over six months of age and for people in household contact with children aged less than six months. Immunisation may be obtained through HSE Clinics and family doctors (for those in the at-risk groups). The frequency of H1N1 infection in Ireland [...]
The prospect of a new NCHD contract has been cast into doubt due to an overworked Labour Court swamped with industrial disputes. The Labour Court missed last Friday’s deadline (November 20) for completion of talks in the ongoing NCHD contract negotiations between the HSE and the IMO. Under the terms of the High Court agreement [...]
A year after its publication, The National Action Plan on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has still not been adopted by any Government agency, and legislation outlawing it has not been implemented. Director of Akidwa, the national network for African and migrant women, Salome Mbugua, said there was no explicit legal protection against FGM in Ireland, [...]
The HSE has accused GPs of making out-of-hours claims for consultations during or overflowing from scheduled surgery hours, rather than for urgent consultations. In a letter, the Executive told GPs normal surgery hours may need to be reviewed to meet patient needs. From December 1, a new ‘special type consultation’ (STC) form must be used [...]
The number of medical card holders has reached almost 1.5 million, ahead of the result of a review of medical card eligibility due shortly. From January to September 30 this year, 96,621 medical cards were issued. On September 30 there were 1,448,741 medical card holders, an increase of more than 300,000 since the end of [...]
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