Dara Gantly looks as what we have learned from Prof Brendan Drumm’s recent media interviews
Ensuring a balanced approach to reforms
July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
You wait for years for any significant reports to come along about how to bring about reform of the health service, and then two come along together, says Dara Gantly
Vhi is Ireland’s future
July 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dara Gantly caught a shocking glimpse of Ireland in 2025 last week while digesting the latest annual returns of Vhi
The first cut is not always the deepest
July 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Further cuts in GP fees will be bad news for doctors and patients alike, says Dara Gantly News coverage can come about for many reasons. An event happens, is reported on, or generates reactions that are themselves turned into news. Equally, hard news often involves reporting on events about to happen. This all seems simple [...]
Let us not abandon hope
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Let us not abandon hope
June 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
HSE jobs for life
June 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dara Gantly explores the implications of Mary Harney’s remark that heads would roll in the HSE if it were a private company The Minister for Health has stated that if the HSE was a private company, people would have lost their jobs over the most recent scandals in the health service. Last weekend, Mary Harney [...]
A flotilla of protest
June 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dara Gantly believes unimpeded access into the Gaza Strip of life-saving medical supplies is long overdue The return home earlier this week of the Irish crew of the MV Rachel Corrie — and the tragic killing by Israeli commandos of nine activists in the aid flotilla attempting to break the blockade on Gaza – has [...]
Rate my community
June 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dara Gantly wonders whether the planned privatisation of the Vhi is merely a policy ‘sticking-plaster’ on health insurance reform You may be familiar with such ranking tools as ‘rate my teacher’ or ‘rate my hospital’, but what you won’t find is a tool to rate your community. Yet, the Government’s actions of late could indicate [...]