Doctors have just over a one-in-60 chance of having a complaint made against them to the Medical Council in a given year, new figures reveal. In 2009, 295 complaints were received by Council and considered by its Preliminary Proceedings Committee (PPC). More than two-thirds of these cases related to either the professional standards of doctors [...]
The Minister for Health, Mary Harney, today (April 22) announced the publication of the Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010. The Bill provides for a modern statutory framework for the regulation of the nursing and midwifery professions. The Minister said, “I am very pleased to publish this draft Bill which follows on the regulatory changes introduced [...]
Minister Mary Harney gave a commitment during a Seanad debate yesterday, April 21, to ban female genital mutilation (FGM). Amnesty International has welcomed the Minister’s commitment to publish legislation on FGM. Over three million women and girls are subjected to FGM every year. The European Parliament estimates 500,000 women living in Europe are suffering with [...]
IMO delegates have backed a call for a ‘credible parity of standards’ of specialist certification across the EU. Dr Neil Brennan of the IMO’s International Affairs Committee explained that there was no single list of all recognised medical specialties within Europe. In some countries, for example, medical oncology was not a recognised specialty, he stated. [...]
The European Commission has requested the views of workers’ and employers’ representatives on the options for reviewing EU rules on working time. The first stage consultation, revealed last week (March 24), will ask the European social partners whether action is needed on the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) and what scope it should take. A [...]
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published its guidance for the HSE on the review of serious incidents including the deaths of children in care. The guidance is produced in response to the Department of Health’s implementation plan to the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. The guidance makes a [...]
Patient consultation areas will be required in all new pharmacies for private consultation and patient counselling. Under the Retail Pharmacy Businesses Regulations published in November 2008, a transition period was granted until 1 November, 2010 for pharmacies already in existence. The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) has published draft guidelines detailing the need for a [...]
The developers of a four-storey, 60-bed nursing home on the site of the Star Bingo Hall in Crumlin have been requested to submit a statement indicating that the proposed development is set out in accordance with the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) standards for nursing home developments. Seven items of additional information in total [...]
The Garda Vetting Liaison Office (GVLO) in Manorhamilton is to maintain a national database of professional registers of HSE staff, which will include details of any sanctions imposed on doctors by the Medical Council. A new HSE policy also compels employers to undertake professional register checks for new employees and on promotion of existing staff. [...]
The Department of Health wanted the Medical Council to consider strengthening the requirements on doctors to treat public and private patients equally. In a submission to the Council, made during the consultation process on the new Ethical Guide, the Department suggested creating new mechanisms that could allow doctors to demonstrate an ‘adherence’ to this principle [...]
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