Welcome to to the Irish Medical Times website
This site is aimed at healthcare professionals.
Are you a healthcare professional?
Yes
No
This site contains information, news and advice for healthcare professionals.
You have informed us that you are not a healthcare professional and therefore we are unable to provide you with access to this site.

May 23, 2012

You are here: Home / Opinion / Editorial

A word to the wise

December 2, 2011 By Dara Gantly Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly on the kites and clues ahead of the budget that indicate which way the wind might blow for our health service.

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: Budget 2011, charge, Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting, home care packages, medical card, prescription charge

Buttering up the EU

November 25, 2011 By Dara Gantly Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly on the latest ambitious targets to cut CVD rates.

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: cardiovascular disease, CVD, Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Europe’, public health, report, ‘Diet

Health’s lucky numbers?

November 22, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly wonders if the Government is playing the lottery with our health infrastructure needs

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: Capital investment, Children's Hospital, lottery

Performance anxiety

November 11, 2011 By Dara Gantly Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly analyses the latest focus on doctors’ performance and the complications and potential pitfalls ahead.

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: Fitness to Practise (FTP), Medical Council, medical regulation, Part 11 of the Medical Practitioners Act, professional competence (PC)

Benchmark to bedside

November 4, 2011 By Dara Gantly Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly examines what the latest NCHD survey says about the state of our health service.

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: IMO benchmark survey, NCHDs, training requirements

The coronation of the consumer

October 28, 2011 By Dara Gantly Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly analyses our mid-term report cards from the troika and its scrutiny of the ‘difficult students’ who must try harder.

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: bailout, ECB, EU, IMF, Ireland

Taking the clinical lead

October 21, 2011 By Dara Gantly Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly examines if we are doing enough to secure the consultants of the future, or whether we are about to open up a new Pandora’s box.

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: Hanly report, manpower, NCHDs, staffing

Blitzkrieg from Brussels II

October 14, 2011 By Dara Gantly Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly continues his analysis of our two recent health battles against Brussels.

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: doctors working hours, EU, EWTD, working hours

Blitzkrieg from Brussels

October 7, 2011 By Dara Gantly Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly examines last week’s battles against Brussels on two fronts of the Irish health service and the potential collateral damage.

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: Brussels, ECJ, european court of justice, EWTD, Vhi Healthcare

Of primary importance

September 30, 2011 By Dara Gantly Leave a Comment
Bookmark and Share

Dara Gantly exclusively reveals the details of a worrying diagnosis for our primary care teams.

Filed Under: Editorial, Opinion Tagged With: Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), HSE, PCTs, primary care teams
« Previous Page
Next Page »