Doctors work fewer hours and make less money than 20 years ago, largely because of an increase in their numbers, a new American study has found. The study discovered that the average hours worked per week by doctors decreased by about 7 per cent between 1996 and 2008. The findings followed a review of data [...]
Older patients hospitalised for acute care or critical illnesses are more likely to experience cognitive decline compared to older adults who are not hospitalised, says a new study. Doctors analysed data from a previous study about cognitive testing on older adults, and examined administrative data from hospitalisations to determine whether hospitalisations for acute illness or [...]
The HSE has agreed to appoint GPs to four of the new management groups of the most common chronic diseases, ICGP Chairman Dr John Delap has informed IMT. Discussions between the HSE and ICGP are ongoing on providing chronic care in general practice, he said. “It has been agreed to put a GP on each [...]
A systematic assessment of clinical measures associated with end-of-life care identified opportunities to improve treatment for those dying in the hospital, says a new study. Doctors abstracted the medical records of 496 adults whose average age was 62 years and who were hospitalised for at least three days before dying at a university medical centre. [...]
The Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) is currently recruiting minors for research to measure national compliance with tobacco legislation. Minors between 14 and 17 years will be recruited to measure compliance by retail stores, while teens aged from 15 to 17 years will measure compliance with tobacco legislation by licensed premises. A spokesperson for the [...]
A community-based service to prevent falls among the elderly has reduced the rate of falls by 55 per cent, according to a new study. It also found that the service led to increased levels of activities of daily living and reduced fear of falling among the participants. A team of researchers in Nottingham set out [...]
Major difficulties for the health service are feared if the HSE bills patients directly in cases where a consultant has not signed an insurance claim-form within 30 days of a discharge. The HSE is also considering limitations on consultant admission rights if there is no improvement by doctors in the time it take them to [...]
The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has arranged treatment for just 7,894 inpatients and first-time consultations for 3,000 out-patients in the five months to the end of May. The Fund has claimed it will “facilitate approximately 31,000 patients in 2010” from its allocated budget. “The Fund is on schedule to meet this target,” an NTPF [...]
The members of the review team to investigate reported miscarriage misdiagnoses will be headed by the Vice President of the Royal College of Obstetrics in the UK, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed. Prof William Ledger will be joined by Prof Michael Turner, National Clinical Lead of the HSE’s Obstetrics Programme, and Sheila Sugrue, [...]
There are currently 246 Primary Care Teams (PCTs) in place across the country, supported by 3,400 staff and 890 GPs, the HSE has revealed. At the launch of its Annual Report for 2009 last week, the Executive announced that more than two million people can now avail of one-stop shop health and social care through [...]
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