Dear Editor, I note the report by Gary Culliton in Irish Medical Times in the issue dated 19 November, 2010 of backbencher Charlie O’Connor’s upset at having to wait 13 weeks for a foot x-ray for a problematic spur on his heel, following a request for same from his GP. (see www.imt.ie/news/latest- news/2010/11/fianna-fail-td-waits-13-weeks-for-scan.html) I would [...]
On her way to becoming an elder lemon, Spin Doctor is becoming a go-to figure for young Irish doctors looking to ensure their US experiences are all juice and no pips I was recently contacted by a number of Irish residents seeking advice on the specialty, and the career prospects both in Ireland and internationally. [...]
Dear Editor, I was very interested to read the interview with Prof Richard Firth (IMT, 19 November, see www.imt.ie/features-opinion/2010/11/tackling-the-diabetes-time-bomb.html) on the topic of diabetes. I agree with much of this article. The problem of diabetes, especially type II disease, is truly a massive one that will take intense effort and a truly innovative approach to [...]
Dr Ruairi Hanley believes that indentured ED service is the only way to engender a sense of vocation in today’s crop of young doctors If you drive into the town of Youghal, Co Cork, you will pass a small residential area known as ‘Dr Kennedy Place’. This is named in honour of a dispensary doctor [...]
Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent Labour Court case in which the Court ordered the reinstatement of a consultant surgeon whose employment was terminated by the HSE in 2006 In July 2001, Comhairle na nOspideal approved the appointment of a temporary Consultant General Surgeon at Kerry General Hospital, pending the submission by the hospital [...]
With a €1 billion black hole in the health finances, the Government has been given a diagnosis by doctors and told to take its medicines The price of medicines here in Ireland hit the headlines and the national airwaves again last week, as it emerged that the wholesale price of hydrocortisone tablets had sky-rocketed 2,200 [...]
Dr Ruairi Hanley recounts his bitter experiences in the Connemara wilderness, where it seems the rules do not always apply when it comes to healthcare It has taken me a long time to write about my adventures in Connemara during the summer of 2009. This may have been part of an attempt to suppress bad [...]
Dear Editor, I write to congratulate my friend and colleague Dr Seamus O’Beirn on his recent article on health reform in Irish Medical Times (‘A prescription for change’, September 17th, 2010, see www.imt.ie/opinion/2010/09/a-prescription-for-change.html). It should be prescribed reading for all hospital doctors, GPs, medical students and, in particular, HSE management personnel. Unfortunately, the voice of [...]
Will the HSE’s redundancies make or break the grade, asks Dara Gantly Better late than never, I guess. Nearly six years after the establishment of the HSE, the Government has finally announced plans to cut the numbers employed by the Executive. The voluntary early retirement (VER) scheme and a voluntary redundancy (VR) scheme, announced by [...]
Ms Mary Rochford, HSE Primary Care Unit, Swords, Co Dublin. Dear Mary, Many thanks for your letter and your reiteration of my continued exclusion from the GMS. As you are aware, in March of this year, I opened a clinic on the Main Street in Rush. In adherence to planning regulations for a medical clinic, [...]
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