Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which a doctor accused of making false allegations against a colleague appealed against a decision of the General Medical Council In March 2007, Dr Steven Bradshaw was appointed as a medical officer by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). On June 13, 2008 he [...]
The ESRI has responded to criticism from the IHCA of how consultants’ private practice is measured, reports Gary Culliton The measurement of private work under the consultant contract was agreed by both the IMO and the IHCA in advance, Prof Miriam Wiley of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has told Irish Medical Times. [...]
Mary Anne Kenny speaks to Prof Don Nutbeam about how investing in patient education can help to address spiralling healthcare costs The practice of medicine is becoming more reliant on patient engagement, especially when it comes to managing chronic illnesses. The patient’s role is crucial if lifestyle and prescribed medication regimes are to be effective. [...]
Continuing his series of in-depth articles, Dara Gantly hears from the RCSI that professional competence will be the ‘norm for the many, rather than a sanction for the few’ It has been the RCSI’s stated policy for more than a decade that all surgical staff, other than those in training, should participate in continuing medical [...]
Giovanni Morelli had some excellent wines during an even more exceptional meal in a must-visit restaurant in Barcelona Have you taken a Dublin taxi recently? With a few exceptions, most of my taxis have been filthy Toyotas with very smelly drivers. I thought this was unique to Dublin, but not so. I was in Barcelona [...]
Irish consultant gastroenterologists from across the country met in Kilkenny recently to discuss the latest international evidence and advice on the management of inflammatory bowel disease In April, Ireland took part for the first time in an annual exchange on the advances in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), sponsored by Abbott, and known as the IBD [...]
Our mental health services are far from divine, and anything but a comedy, says Dara Gantly Two of world literature’s greats came to my attention on June 16 last. Naturally, James Joyce was one. Indeed, how could you miss him between all the fried mutton kidneys, Gorgonzola sambos, and dapper David Norris look-alikes (sorry, one [...]
The Government believes that reference pricing will introduce competition in the off-patent drugs market, reports Gary Culliton Potential savings of up to €22.3 million under the Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) and €55.4 million under the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme are possible, a new report suggests. The Government plans to introduce reference pricing for medications [...]
‘Abandon hope all ye who enter’ is unfortunately over too many of our mental health inpatient facilities, reports Gary Culliton Some 700 staff left the mental health services in 2009 – 10 per cent of the entire workforce, according to the latest Annual Report of the Mental Health Commission (MHC). “We had hoped that when [...]
Dr Ruairi Hanley argues that doctors are more likely to get a right answer than the notion of ‘patient instinct’ promoted in the recent coverage of misdiagnosed miscarriages I was driving to work when news broke of the latest misdiagnosis crisis on national radio. As I listened to the initial reports, my immediate reaction was [...]
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