Medical Columnist of the Year Dr Mick Molloy wants the Government to explain its contingency plans for the expected mass exit of consultants at the end of February 2012.
There’s an App for that
November 15, 2011 By 1 Comment
With its new ‘Time Tracker’ App, the IMO may finally have the large-scale evidence of non-compliance with working-time legislation, says Medical Columnist of the Year Dr Mick Molloy.
Drive ends in deep bunker
October 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Far from resolving our staffing crisis, Dr Mick Molloy believes the debacle over the HSE’s recent NCHD recruitment drive in India and Pakistan has created another one altogether.
Questioning our discretionary powers
August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With salaries accounting for more than 70 per cent of a hospital’s budget, Dr Mick Molloy believes solely targeting discretionary budgets would be merely tinkering at the health economic margins.
Sympathy for the ‘devil’
August 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dr Mick Molloy writes that although they are easy targets for criticism, hamstrung hospital managers have become the scapegoats of the health system.
Honesty is the best health policy
July 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
Dr Mick Molloy writes that we have to be honest about terms and conditions when recruiting doctors from abroad or we run the risk of damaging our future credibility.
Turn and face the changeover
July 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
While the looming NCHD changeover has put our manpower crisis in sharp relief, Dr Mick Molloy points out that the ‘emergency’ has been coming down the tracks for more than 20 years.
Next generation of IT vowels
May 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With the decades of ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘u’ already behind us, Dr Mick Molloy wonders which vowel will be chosen to sum up the next great leap forward in technology.
Lessons on some golden rules
April 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
While accepting we must cut our cloth according to our measure, Dr Mick Molloy says special-needs assistants should be exempt from the master tailors cutting our new economic clothing.
Many rivers to cross
March 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
New Minister for Health Dr James Reilly and his able Ministers of State will have to hit the ground running, even if the ground underfoot is economically unstable, writes Dr Mick Molloy.
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