By Gary Culliton An initiative to probe prescribing patterns is being finalised by the Government. In addition, the HSE is implementing a range of initiatives to minimise inappropriate prescribing of medicines.
Cuts will affect practice numbers and GPs’ hours
December 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Aoife Connors aoife.connors@imt.ie GP out-of-hours fees will be cut to €15 for surgery visits from 8am to 9am and from 5pm to 6pm, under Budget 2011 cutbacks. These cuts are combined with a reduced fee of €45 for surgery visits between 6pm and 8am from Monday to Friday, weekends and public holidays, as a [...]
GP fees to be cut by 10 per cent
December 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton gary.culliton@imt.ie The latest cuts in GP fees will total €48 million over the course of 2011, it has emerged. The reduction amounts to 10 per cent of the fees and allowances paid to GPs in 2008 — the latest year for which figures are available. The cuts were decided this week, following [...]
Standards come at a price
December 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton gary.culliton@imt.ie Provision of additional resources for GPs will be necessary for implementation of any new quality standards imposed by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), the ICGP has stated. The proposed National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare – where they related to physical assets and IT – have serious resource implications [...]
Move to add 250 GMS GPs
December 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton gary.culliton@imt.ie A new scheme to allow 250 doctors to take on GMS posts has been proposed by the HSE, through the upskilling of long-term locums or assistants currently ineligible for contracts. An alternative model of training is being discussed between the HSE and the ICGP to allow these doctors to access the [...]
GP visit fees need ‘consideration’ — IMO
December 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa lloyd.mudiwa@imt.ie It is a continuous source of concern to doctors that more than 60 per cent of their patients have to meet the full cost of GP visits as out-of-pocket expense, as this could prevent chronically-ill patients from seeking appropriate and timely care, the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has said. The IMO [...]
Budget 2011: GP fees to be cut by 10%
December 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
The latest cuts in GP fees will total €48 million over the course of 2011, it has emerged. The reduction amounts to 10 per cent of the fees and allowances paid to GPs in 2008 — the latest year for which figures are available. The cuts were decided this week, following a formal consultation process [...]
New online ‘buddy’ for GPs launched in Dublin
December 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Dara Gantly dara.gantly@imt.ie A new online directory of medical professionals and services in Ireland, GPBuddy.ie, was launched earlier this week in Dublin. GPBuddy.ie – which lists qualified medical professionals working in Ireland — was established by two young GPs, Dr Shane McKeogh and Dr Darach O’Ciardha, to address what they saw as a gap [...]
HSE defends co-op review
December 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Aoife Connors aoife.connors@imt.ie Opposition TDs have raised concerns at a recent joint Oireachtas Committee meeting about the potential cuts and threat of ‘standardising’ the various GP out-of-hours services across the country. A presentation was made at the meeting last month (November 16) to update the Committee on the need for cuts to “meet targets [...]
Flu vaccine recommended for pregnant women
October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Aoife Connors aoife.connors@imt.ie The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (IOG) is recommending that all pregnant women receive the seasonal flu vaccine as the influenza season begins. It has been shown that vaccination is the best way to prevent influenza and its potential complications in pregnant women, according to the RCPI IOG. The vaccine confers [...]
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