The modern world is one of organisation and planning, and facts and figures. The age of drifting in late for an appointment, a flight or any other scheduled, routine event is long gone. The advent of Ryanair has seen to that. Never before have so many people owned electronic organisers, diaries, filofaxes, palmtops, desktops, laptops [...]
At this delicate time of the year, when people are balancing accounts in the post-Christmas period, it was at best unfortunate and at worst poorly timed to release the results of the second benchmarking body report. Hundreds of thousands were relying on the results to show them that they were at least as valued in [...]
We have been getting three key messages from the Health Service Executive (HSE) over the last 12 months or more regarding the state of the health service. The first is that waiting lists, through local efforts and large initiatives like the National Treatment Purchase Fund, are coming down dramatically. The second is that the number [...]
Terence Cosgrave says that it is essential that principles of equity be applied to the training of NCHDs The double standard that applies with regard to the training of EU and non-EU doctors- as revealed on page 34 of this week’s Irish Medical Times- is wrong on several levels. There is no doubt that this [...]
Dear Editor, A recent independent report revealed that a third of all children in foster care in the north east do not have a dedicated social worker. This report raises concerns on a number of fronts, including: * the failure of the HSE to put in place proper structures to monitor foster placements; * the [...]
One of the most prominent but least-reported elements in Finance Minister Brian Cowen’s Budget speech is his stated determination to insist on better value for money through improved delivery in the public services. The value for money issue rarely gets more than a passing mention in the media. Most journalists don’t have the time or [...]
Dear Editor, In view of the present negotiations on review of the Consultant Common Contract, on behalf of the Local Authority Medical Specialists (LAMS), I would like to express our full support for the Irish Medical Organisation and for the IHCA for their professionalism and efficiency in representing us. This support was expressed at the [...]
Dear Editor, I would like to comment on Dr Adam Smith’s letter to the Irish Medical Times, dated 2 November, 2007, when he stated “hopefully the new specialist registrar will also prevent non-specialists from running consultants’ clinics”. I am assuming Dr Smith is referring to the fact that I, as a general practitioner, see other [...]
The debacle that was modernising medical careers in the UK, and the application process, runs on. Prepare for a flood of applicants for SHO posts here from disillusioned personnel in the UK who were unable to secure a training post in their respective specialities. Estimates of 10,000 being left without positions are still being thrown [...]
Terence Cosgrave invites doctors to contribute to the Irish Medical Times and to the medical community The Irish Medical Times has been in existence now for over 40 years- longer than the professional life of many people. Since becoming editor last year, I have had many views expressed to me on the reasons for that [...]
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