By Lloyd Mudiwa. The matter of whether the new National Paediatrics Hospital in principle was necessary was not in dispute, the Senior Planning Inspector, who recommended to refuse it planning permission, has said.
Action plan due on retaining doctors
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. An ‘action plan’ will be finalised shortly to combat what has been termed this country’s “fragmented” approach to retaining and attracting medical graduates, Irish Medical Times has learned.
Medicine students from RCSI and UCD dominate debating awards
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Medicine students from UCD and the RCSI combined to make it a rare all-medicine victory night in The Irish Times Debate 2012 final held in the O’Flanagan lecture theatre last month (Friday, February 17).
Irish Army considers contracting doctors
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Medical Corps is examining the possibility of contracting doctors as part of a solution to address staff shortages, Irish Medical Times has learned.
State issued with an EU ‘Letter of Notice’
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. The European Commission has issued the State with a Letter of Formal Notice, following the European Court of Justice’s judgement against Ireland on September 29, which found that the State had failed to apply EU law relating to non-life insurance equally to all insurance undertakings.
VAT increase leaves IBTS with deficit
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) had a budget deficit for 2012 of approximately €1.7 million even before the year started, it has emerged.
Paediatric ED overcrowding levels branded ‘dangerous’
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. Doctors who work in emergency departments (EDs) have become increasingly alarmed at “dangerous levels of overcrowding” in our paediatric EDs, with the numbers of children awaiting admission but remaining on trolleys having increased by nearly 700 per cent in little over three years.
Hospitals facing into major financial challenges in 2012
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Three hospitals, in particular Galway, Limerick and Letterkenny, face major financial challenges in 2012 due to the carry-forward of significant overspends from the previous year, the HSE West has conceded.
Funding deficit affects PCT delivery — HSE West
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The challenging financial environment affects all aspects of primary care services, primary care team (PCT) delivery, and PCT and Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) development and should not be underestimated, the HSE West has warned.
Activity cut in Mid Leinster
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. A cut in overall activity levels of 3 per cent is expected in HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster (DML) this year.
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