An internal HSE letter indicates that to reduce demand for hospital beds in the northeast, ‘access to casualty’ should be limited. Gary Culliton reports An internal HSE letter, seen by Irish Medical Times, indicates that the best way to reduce demand for hospital beds in the northeast is to limit access to them. The letter [...]
Gary Culliton explains the drugs payment system called ‘reference pricing’, which has been mooted by Minister Harney for introduction from next year Health Minister Mary Harney has said that the Government wants to move to a new drugs payment system called ‘reference pricing’ from next year. Under this, the State would specify the price it [...]
A draft version of the Considine report into various HSE accounting practices recommends an overdraft freeze at voluntary hospitals, writes Dara Gantly A draft version of the review into various accounting practices at the HSE wanted a clear freeze of the overdraft levels at voluntary hospitals. The recommendation to ‘freeze overdraft levels’ totalling more than [...]
Terence Cosgrave writes that winning an Irish Healthcare Award proves a project’s merit and may secure funding In these days of unrelenting doom and gloom, it’s hard to find positives – especially in healthcare. The state of the economy is such that every cent that can be cut from Government expenditure will be cut. This [...]
Dr John Ryan spends his birthday and his first day of cardiology fellowship getting lost and applying pressure to strangers’ groins — but it may well have been his best birthday ever My birthday is on July 1. I actually like having my birthday on this day, as ever since I graduated from medical school, [...]
The best and worst thing to ever happen in this office is the recent arrival of a very fancy coffee machine that makes both espresso and drip coffee. So now there is a constant pot of warm, semi-tasty coffee about ten feet away from me. I will probably be dead in about two weeks. There [...]
Dr Garrett FitzGerald offers some tips to help you avoid being struck down with swine flu. Whatever you do, avoid all people, things and places — especially Donegal Start by avoiding Mass of a Sunday, sin or no sin — peace be with you and H1N1 be with you too. If you are fit and [...]
Dr Mick Molloy wonders about the future of the unemployed, now that emigration is a less viable option and there seems to be no new industries ready to invest in Ireland It is a very unsettling time in Irish life at present – decent weather and bad economics. How many wish the positions were reversed? [...]
The European Commission has published its aims to deploy telemedicine more widely across member states and integrate it into health policies The European Commission has published a staff working paper on telemedicine, which identifies barriers to its wider deployment in member states. The new document adds further detail to a communication published late last year [...]
Dear Editor, The recent announcement by the Depart-ment of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, ‘Notice regarding non-EEA doctors’, reads that ‘as and from July 1, 2009, all non-EEA doctors who are on Trainee Specialist Registration (all the doctors who are in a trainee post will have to be registered under this category, according to the [...]
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