Dara Gantly looks as what we have learned from Prof Brendan Drumm’s recent media interviews
Waking from make-believe to reality
July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Messers Cowen, Lenihan, Harney and Drumm have tried to sell us a load of old cobblers on the State’s finances and the health service — and we’ve bought it, says Dr Garrett FitzGerald As the country goes down the tubes to keep German pensioners happy in their dotage, and the IMF waits in the wings [...]
In search of a well, fair system
July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dr Ruairi Hanley believes that it is time to abolish the entire GP-signed certificate system for social welfare payments A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of reading an interesting editorial in the excellent English magazine, The Spectator. The article in question described attempts in the UK to tackle the number of people claiming [...]
A simple, cutting quip to silence the most inquisitive hairdresser
July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, I am an avid reader of Dr Ruairi Hanley’s column and have always admired his ability to speak his mind, even when not politically correct to do so. However, I cannot help feeling that his column of July 16, ‘Recognising one’s right to privacy’ (See www.imt.ie/opinion/2010/07/recognising_ones_right_to_priv.html) was perhaps not of his usual standard.
The public hearing into Dr Patrick Lee
July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, As a doctor, I am disappointed by the public humiliation of a colleague in the media. There is no disputing that the case of Dr Patrick Lee (Kilumney, Cork) resulted in patient harm, and a complaint to the Medical Council with a formal FTP hearing was entirely appropriate. In addition, I found the [...]
On ‘tender’ hooks
July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Competition Authority’s report into the GMS suggests an unstoppable force towards corporatisation, writes Dara Gantly
Nutrient therapy for mental illness
July 23, 2010 By 4 Comments
The science of epigenetics may hold the key to our understanding of mental illness and behavioural disorders, Dr Bill Walsh tells Aoife Connors
Mentoring model of medicine
July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Pioneering US medic Dr Lynn Holden tells Aoife Connors about her novel project to open up entry to medicine to the socially disadvantaged
New scheme will impose ‘significant’ cost
July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Professional competence (PC) will impose a significant administrative cost on the ICGP, College Chairman Dr John Delap has told Irish Medical Times. “If you consider the issue of logging and auditing the competence assurance process for 3,500 doctors, then there is obviously going to be a significant administrative expense in dealing with that,” he said.
Close to perfect competition report
July 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Competition Authority’s final report into general practice and the GMS scheme exceeded the wildest hopes and expectations of even Dr Ruairi Hanley
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