Kealan Flynn writes that pharmacies can provide clinical services as part of a drive to put the focus on prevention and push services into the community. The issue of a new community pharmacy contract, which has fallen below the radar recently, is likely to resurface in the near future as the process for setting a [...]
I sailed my fourth Lambay Regatta two weeks ago – the annual cannonball run of the moderately rich and their hangers-on around Lambay Island. I race on a J109 – one of about eight crew – out of Dun Laoghaire. People are surprised when they hear that I sail, because they know what low esteem [...]
Dr Mick Molloy welcomes the RCPI’s audit of SHO and registrar posts but finds that it throws up challenges regarding the provision of medical training. The Royal College of Physicians has recently published the most detailed audit of SHO and registrar posts ever attempted in Ireland. Intern posts are regulated by the Medical Council, co-ordinated [...]
Last week, the New York Times published an article in praise of the television show Lost for ‘dismissing the notion of easy resolutions’ through ‘narrative uncertainty’. I’m not really qualified to write a review article about Lost. I should say this straight away. After four seasons – the season-four finale was last week – I’ve [...]
Dear Editor, The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and the British Association of Cosmetic Doctors (BACD) have jointly condemned the proposal to deregulate the use of lasers in ‘non-healthcare’ treatment and have launched a petition calling on the UK Prime Minister to reject the proposals. Under the present Care Standards Act, clinics and beauty [...]
Dear Editor, The Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s latest figures, contained in the Sexually Transmitted Infections 2006 report has noted an increase in the number of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) in half of the country’s health regions. This rise in STIs is of major concern and reinforces the fact that reinvestment in education and prevention programmes, in [...]
Terence Cosgrave suggests that regardless of the vote on the Lisbon Treaty, Ireland needs to engage with the reality of the wider world and adapt to the changing global realities — while maintaining local mores and standards. Travel broadens the mind’ is the common saw and it is certainly true of the mind that is [...]
Dr Mark Hannon believes that an economic downturn might teach us some valuable lessons about the things that are really important in life. Despite the fact that the summer is upon us, there seems to be an air of gloom settling over the country for the last few weeks. For as long as I can [...]
A document has just been launched and sent to all schools in Ireland and to their guidance counsellors in relation to the new selection criteria with respect to undergraduate entry to medicine for EU applicants from 2009 onwards. This follows on from the recommendations of the Fottrell Report and also announcements in recent years in [...]
Mary Anne Kenny on the need to retain women GPs and how the issue of manpower relates to women, too, A general practitioner I know had her second baby recently – and will not be returning to work. Based in a rural practice, with her husband trying to get a foothold on the consultants’ ladder [...]
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