Dara Gantly examines whether the Department of Health’s new Statement of Strategy holds many surprises for the profession.
Just another day at the races
May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fresh from a not-too-successful day at the races in Newmarket, Dr Ruairi Hanley believes introducing mandatory vaccinations would be a surefire bet for the nation’s health.
Any more of this ‘medical apartheid’ of waiting lists should be unacceptable
May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, I contacted you last year (‘HSE tackles waiting lists by stealth’, Irish Medical Times, July 1, 2011, see http://bit.ly/Jpq2Az) when two of my patients were referred back to me by two different hospital administrations, having already spent several months on the waiting list to see a consultant, the justification being that “the patient [...]
The ‘Jigsaw’ puzzle of mental health
May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dr Muiris Houston says the results of the most comprehensive study of youth mental health ever undertaken in Ireland points to the need for us all to become an influencing ‘Good Adult’.
Woman lacked capacity to consent to sexual relations
May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which a judge explained why he made an order declaring that a woman lacked capacity to consent to sexual relations.
Some needed tonic from our patients
May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, I was recently diagnosed with cancer of the prostate, which as we all now know is very common in men of my age — 60 — PR examination essential. Not wanting the rumour mills to start turning, I put the diagnosis out there among the patients.
GP right about waiting lists for drug users
May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, I would like to commend Dr Austin O’Carroll for speaking out about the unacceptably long waiting lists for drug users, particularly in rural areas of the country (Irish Medical Times, May 4, 2012, http://bit.ly/IY5Cli).
Rent and bonuses important to note in Council’s fee move
May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, On reading your publication of May 4, 2012, I noted the article on page 4 (‘MC awards legal services contract’, Irish Medical Times, http://bit.ly/IAfowV) referring to the renewal of a legal services contract by the Medical Council.
Making the ‘new’ grade
May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dara Gantly marks the opening salvo in what may well develop into the first real industrial relations test for Minister for Health Dr James Reilly.
Are you being served?
May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dr Ruairi Hanley wonders if our attitude to politicians who are caught driving under the influence of alcohol can be diluted by the media’s political allegiance.
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