Dear Editor, Mr Mohammed A Al-Muharraqi has once again had an attack of garrulous self-righteousness (IMT, 02.03.2012, http://bit.ly/y2kFul), which needs to be interpreted in the context that he is an employee of the two institutions that have come in for the most severe censure in Bahrain.
Dear Editor, I am writing to invite readers of Irish Medical Times to participate in a national survey of GPs. I am a GP myself from Dublin 14 and, as part of a Masters in Healthcare Informatics in UCD, I am investigating GPs’ attitudes to data sharing.
Dear Editor, In response to Dr PJ Henry’s recent comments on electroconvulsive therapy (‘ECT gave patient her life back’, IMT, March 9, 2012, http://bit.ly/GDpuFY), my reply would have to be ‘N-of-1’!
Dear Editor, I recently came across the interesting views of your columnist Dr Ruairi Hanley on the moves to pardon the Irish army deserters who went to fight for the British in World War II (Irish Medical Times, ‘Defenders of the State’, February 10, 2012, http://bit.ly/GCACFD).
Open Letter to Mr Patrick Burke, Primary Care Reimbursement Service Dear Mr Burke, I wish to acknowledge the publication of the 2010 PCRS annual accounts on December 23, 2011, and thank the PCRS for correction of two of the errors that were reoccurring in the previous reports, but there is only a partial correction of [...]
Dear Editor, A series of letters in Irish Medical Times over recent weeks has demonstrated the healthy state of dialogue about evolving models of mental healthcare in Ireland, touching on the appropriate roles of therapies ranging from mindfulness-based psychological approaches (IMT, Feb 24 and March 9, 2012, http://bit.ly/GCXCry) to electro-convulsive therapy (IMT, March 9, 2012, [...]
Dear Editor, The dogs, the lampposts and the stuff between them are well aware that the site of the new Children’s Hospital at the Mater is utterly impractical for Joe Public. It is, however, perfectly practical for the investors and consultants who have divied-up the €36 million spent so far on this enormous health-herring.
Dear Editor, On behalf of many others, I wish to thank Dr Ruairi Hanley for bringing out in the open the plight of non-EU GPs who are not vocationally trained but have been working in Irish general practice for several years, as per the rules of ICGP, and continue to be denied GMS entry (‘Torture [...]
Dear Editor, In view of the controversy often associated with the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the following account should be of interest.
Dear Editor, I very much welcome Dr Richard Gavin’s questioning of the use of mindfulness as a stress reduction method (IMT, Feb 24, 2012, http://bit.ly/xqd43c), but there are some clear misunderstandings in his opinion that may well prevail and or/raise concern, which are important to clarify.
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