By Lloyd Mudiwa. Beaumont Hospital has estimated the construction of a Day Unit for Older Adults at its St Joseph’s Hospital, Raheny will take 10 months.
New joint body to advise on fluoride
May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Department of Health and the HSE have agreed to conjointly establish an Advisory Board for a National Study of Total Fluoride Intake, Irish Medical Times reports.
Breaking news: Minister apologises to Tallaght Hospital patient’s family
May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Minister for Health has offered his condolences to the family of a patient who died in a corridor in Tallaght Hospital in March last year while awaiting admission, instigating an inquiry into the services provided to patients in the hospital’s Emergency Department.
Population study was the first to use mobile numbers
May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Valerie Ryan. The 2010 Irish Contraception and Crisis Pregnancy study was the first Irish general population survey to recruit respondents using mobile telephone numbers.
Intern posts ‘sufficient’ for this July — Executive
May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. The HSE has indicated that the number of applicants for the July 2012 intake of intern posts is substantially less than that originally expected and that the existing number of intern posts is sufficient to cater for the EU applicants remaining in the recruitment process and some non-EU applicants. The number of [...]
IBTS meets Minister over extra €7m in savings
May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) has made submissions to the Minister for Health on how it plans to achieve savings of up to 10 per cent in operational costs.
Nursing home lacked an outbreak alert system
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By Lloyd Mudiwa. A Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) report into a Donegal nursing home where nine residents died in the space of 17 days, seven of them from flu symptoms, has found there was no established procedure to enable early detection of influenza.
‘First do no harm’ with HAIs, doctors are reminded
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By Lloyd Mudiwa. The IMO President has advised doctors to avoid causing their patients harm and to protect themselves by practising hand hygiene.
Cost of Department of Health sick leave is disclosed
May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. Two Higher Executive Officers at the Department of Health in Hawkins House were in receipt of full salary while unable to attend work for at least three of the past 12 months, at a cost of €45,012.
Mater ED trolleys up by 66% after St Mary’s move
May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. The number of patients waiting on trolleys in the Mater Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) in the first three months of this year grew by almost two-thirds compared to 2011’s first quarter, following the reconfiguration of St Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park, figures seen by Irish Medical Times reveal.
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