It seems that every day one reads newspapers or watches television there is some new health food, health fad or magic tablet being marketed: the promise of eternal youth in a bottle. The market in over-the-counter medications in Ireland is worth millions and this figure is growing rapidly each year. It seems that the richer [...]
Glenn Taylor says let’s face it: co-location is here to stay. However, the Government has done little so far to endear it to the Irish people by making the whole process seem as clear as mud Co-location is here to stay, so we had all better get used to the idea. It was Government policy; [...]
Dear Editor, Through your columns, may we thank the many GPs who have responded by letter and telephone to our National Pensions Forum. To illustrate our problem– recently after waiting four years we received an increase in GP (GMS) pensions. This amounted to 0.1 per cent of an increase. This would give the average GP [...]
Dear Editor, I recently got a letter from the HSE in Tullamore signed by a person with a title of ‘specialist in primary care’. I am very interested in becoming a ‘specialist’ in primary care myself and I was wondering how he managed to obtain his title. While musing over this, I have commenced negotiations [...]
Dear Editor, There is genuine concern among many doctors and other healthcare workers that co-located hospitals, rather than benefiting the population they serve, could leave us with a significant worsening of our current health system. While the operating policy of the new co-located hospitals is still to be finalised, one of the proposals is for [...]
In recent weeks Ireland has seen its fair share of emergencies; a bus crash in Cork, the plane and helicopter crashes in Galway, the staircase collapse in the Natural History Museum in Dublin and the incident in Dun Laoghaire harbour where a number of children fell from boats into the water. I am sure these [...]
Colin Kerr says a national strategy for women’s health should be implemented along with a review group comprising of hospital management and HSE and doctors’ representatives The proposal that one of Dublin’s maternity hospitals be re-located to the Mater Hospital site is a controversial one. The Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Department of Health [...]
Dear Editor, I refer to the report (Irish Medical Times, 6 July 2007) that a group of GPs working in Ireland’s most deprived area have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to help them establish a new primary care team in a purpose-built building to service 9,000 GMS patients in Dublin’s north inner city. The [...]
Dear Editor, Jervis Street Hospital was founded in the seventeenth century– 1654 I believe– and treated the sick of Dublin for over 300 years. In November this year the anniversary of the closure of Jervis Street Hospital falls. A party was held in the out-patients’ department of the hospital on the final weekend– most, but [...]
Dear Editor, There is deep disappointment on Dublin’s northside at the so-called “deal” announced in Dáil Éireann by Independent Deputy Finian McGrath. There is nothing new for the northside in the items listed by Deputy McGrath. For many years I have been involved in the support of the Stardust Relatives campaign. Just before the general [...]
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