By Lloyd Mudiwa. A trainee doctor has told of how she at one time worked a 140-hour week, including a shift extending from Tuesday morning to Thursday evening equating to 60 hours, which she remembers as a “horrible experience”.
HSE contingency plans still not revealed to IMO
March 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. By last week’s deadline for the early retirement scheme in the public service, when several thousand staff left the health service, the IMO had not seen the HSE contingency plan, despite numerous requests.
SIPTU ‘has to respond’ to SKILL investigation
February 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. Two SIPTU officials “have to respond” to an investigation by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the HSE SKILL programme, the Chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Deputy John McGuinness has said.
Frontline resources vital to programmes
February 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Filling frontline vacancies is critical to the success of the new Clinical Care Programmes, which are giving rise to very positive outcomes based on their pilot implementation to date, the IHCA has said.
World News
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Gary Culliton brings you a round-up of the healthcare-related news making the headlines around the world.
Arbitrator a must on GPs’ pay — IMO
February 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. The HSE should agree to appoint an arbitrator without delay to resolve the issue of outstanding legitimate GP claims for services provided to patients out-of-hours, the IMO has urged.
Further delays are unacceptable – IMO
February 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Dara Gantly. The IMO has informed the HSE that there cannot be any further delays in implementing the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) for NCHDs.
CUH pays up for NCHDs’ overtime bills
February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Cork University Hospital is understood to have paid out something in the region of €2 million in unrostered overtime pay for NCHDs, as it resolved a dispute between the hospital and the IMO.
Budget 2011: Citizens’ health more important than banks
December 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The health of our citizens must have a higher priority than the health of our financial institutions, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association said in its response to Budget 2011. “There has been some small attempt to reduce the overburdened administrative side of the HSE,” the Association accepted. “Nevertheless, the recruitment embargo on front-line staff has [...]
IMO GPs seek talks on amending CA
June 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The IMO is seeking immediate engagement with the Government to ensure Section 4 of the Competition Act is amended, so as to ensure the IMO has full participation in the transformation programme following commitments made in the Croke Park public sector agreement. Dr Ronan Boland, Chair of the IMO GP Committee, told Irish Medical Times [...]
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