Dara Gantly on the latest ambitious targets to cut CVD rates.
Real democracy in action
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
While Dr Ruairi Hanley was pleased to be quoted in the recent Dáil debate on opening up the GMS, he was less enamoured by remarks warning of a rush towards general practice’s more leafy suburbs.
The sharp end of health cuts
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dr Muiris Houston examines how, as usual, it is the most vulnerable in our society who are bearing the brunt of the cut backs in health.
Primary colours — who is now painting the new CME fence?
November 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
Dear Editor, Plato’s famous allegory of the cave was written over 2,000 years ago, yet its relevance in the context of Irish medicine is at times dizzying. Nietzsche asserted that “God is dead”, however he also insisted that it is we who have killed him.
Registrar appeals finding of CV dishonesty
November 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which a Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery appealed against a finding by the General Medical Council that she was guilty of misleading conduct and dishonesty.
GPs are not root cause of benzodiazepine abuse
November 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, I was somewhat dismayed at the article entitled ‘GPs need awareness about benzodiazepines’ (Irish Medical Times, November 4, 2011, http://bit.ly/s9LP3h), quoting the Professor of General Practice Colin Bradley.
Beware of predatory publishers bearing articles this Christmas
November 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, The Internet (1) has a list of predatory publishers. These are defined as organisations which operate from a garage or back room, where articles are circulated by email and for which extortionate fees are demanded.
Surrogacy in Ireland — a legal quagmire
November 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sharon O’Connor, Beauchamps Solicitors, looks at the complex legal situation in Ireland for parents who have borne a child through surrogacy
Health’s lucky numbers?
November 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dara Gantly wonders if the Government is playing the lottery with our health infrastructure needs
The needle is not the point for the IMO
November 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Instead of going ‘GUBU’ over pharmacists taking on the flu vaccination, Dr Ruairi Hanley suggests the IMO needs to tackle our unprecedented and bizarre hospital overcrowding
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