Dara Gantly exclusively reveals the details of a worrying diagnosis for our primary care teams.
Time to bury the hatchet
September 30, 2011 By 3 Comments
Now that Cabinet has approved the drafting of a Bill to remove restrictions on doctors from treating all medical card patients, Dr Ruairi Hanley says it’s time GPs put their differences aside.
New frontiers in palliative care
September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Due to chair a public symposium on palliative care next month, Dr Muiris Houston wonders if it’s time for access to palliative care to become an international human right.
Desperate plight of new NCHD recruits
September 30, 2011 By 7 Comments
Dear Editor, I want to draw attention to what I see as the autocracy of the HSE. The story for me and others like me started in May but is still ongoing. The HSE came to India and Pakistan for doctor recruitment. In all, around 400 doctors were interviewed in Mumbai and in Pakistan.
Bahrain intervention unhelpful to healing of society
September 29, 2011 By 8 Comments
Dear Editor, I would like to reply to Prof Damian McCormack’s letter, which appeared on September 16, 2011 entitled ‘Unjust treatment of Bahraini medics’ (http://bit.ly/puYpqn), in which he commented on the September 1 statement issued by the Ministry of Human Rights and Social Development of the Kingdom of Bahrain, entitled ‘Bahrain Ministry responds to IMT [...]
More time needed to investigate Bahrain
September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, The letter from Temple Street’s Prof Damian McCormack on events in Bahrain, published on September 16 last (‘Unjust treatment of Bahraini medics’, Irish Medical Times, http://bit.ly/puYpqn), appears to be the product of a mind made up rather than an evidence-based assessment.
Mental health: capacity and treatment
September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
David Quinn of Beauchamps Solicitors looks at the balance that must be struck when administering treatment weighed against a person’s capacity to consent.
Doctor’s application for a training post was dishonest
September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which a doctor who cut-and-pasted another doctor’s career history when applying for specialty training appealed against a GMC decision.
Just don’t rock the sinking boat
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
North Dublin GP Dr Marcus de Brun believes the State, the training colleges, patients and their GPs are all contributing to the significant problems facing our health service.
Making the hospital grade
September 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
Is the Minister for Health about to call in the SAS to solve our health service woes, wonders Dara Gantly.
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