Having put forward his nomination for the National University of Ireland Seanad elections, Dr Mick Molloy says it’s vital a strong, independent expert voice for medicine is heard in the Upper House.
The devil’s in the detail for patients
March 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As the dust settles on the General Election, Dr Mick Molloy casts his eye over the proposed changes in health and wonders if patients will be better or worse off than they are now. Health seems to have been one of the central planks of this election, with claim and counter-claim dominating much of the [...]
Free to make your mind up
February 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
While the Opposition’s plans for ‘free’ primary and secondary care are progressive, Dr Mick Molloy is unclear whether we will have the medical staff to cope with the resulting explosion in health activity.
The public/private mix-up
February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With 50 per cent holding private health insurance, enforcing the 80:20 public/private mix in our hospitals will just make matters worse, says Dr Mick Molloy.
We must be off our trolleys
February 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Returning to the issue of ED overcrowding, Dr Mick Molloy laments the lack of progress since the publication of the Tribal Secta A&E mapping review in October 2005.
A capacity crowd
January 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
With years of experience in Emergency Departments under his belt, Dr Mick Molloy believes our ‘trolley problem’ can only be solved by increasing bed capacity.
Never had it so bad
January 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In terms of electioneering, all the political parties have ‘done’ a lot but have a lot more to do, according to Dr Mick Molloy.
Pain? Bank on it
December 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dr Mick Molloy takes a forensic look at some of the things Ireland can look forward to over the next 20 years post the IMF/EU bailout – including an emerging ‘pain drain’ Twenty years of debt, or more. That is what we and our children face after the €85 billion loan, recapitalisation, handout — or [...]
All hands to the parish pump
December 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dr Mick Molloy believes more than a few hospital campaigners will be dusting off their election badges and booking their pitches outside Sunday mass in the run-up to the impending general election They say one should keep one’s views on politics to one’s self, that it’s a topic where it’s better to remain silent and [...]
Mac the scalpel is back in town
November 10, 2010 By 8 Comments
With massive cuts in the health budget looming to rival those of the 1980s, Dr Mick Molloy wonders if inviting in the EU or IMF would really be such a bad move It seems a €15 billion budgetary adjustment is planned over the next four years with front loading to guarantee the future of the [...]
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