By Gary Culliton. The IHCA Secretary General has backed the need for consultants to advocate for appropriate healthcare resources and facilities for their patients based on Medical Council guidelines.
Five Type C contracts have not been approved
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. Five consultant appointments approved by the Consultant Applications Advisory Committee (CAAC) were not accepted as Type C positions at last week’s meeting of another committee tasked with deciding whether hospital consultants can work privately off-campus.
An ‘absolute duty’ to speak out for patients
February 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. Consultants must not allow themselves to be “intimidated” by anybody — political or otherwise — from advocating on behalf of their patients, a leading consultant in the Mid West has said.
Associates will be consultants in five years
January 25, 2012 By 2 Comments
By Gary Culliton. Doctors who are appointed to the new Associate Specialist grade will be “guaranteed to become consultants in a four- to five-year period”, the Minister for Health has pledged.
Private ratio ‘exceptions’
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. Public-private practice ratio limits set out in the consultant contract “should not apply” in situations where there is genuine and verifiable equity of access in a clinician’s practice, the IHCA has suggested.
Cuts in consultant fees are on the way — Reilly
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. Fee negotiations with hospital consultants in mid-2012 will yield “huge savings”, the Minister for Health Dr James Reilly has said, but the IMO’s Prof Pat Plunkett, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at St James’s Hospital, does not believe that major savings will result from cuts in consultants’ fee income.
Exit stage left and right
December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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.
Remittance to go ahead
December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. Fines paid by consultants who are in breach of contracted private practice ratios into study funds will be ”remitted appropriately”, the HSE has insisted.
Private claims plan may yield €50m by December
October 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. The HSE has launched an initiative targeting consultants with the largest backlog of private-patient claims awaiting clinician sign-offs, as part of a drive to collect more cash from health insurers. The move aims to bring in an extra €50 million by December, a plan seen by IMT shows.
Reilly reluctance on pay cuts welcomed
October 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. The Minister for Health’s proposals for workforce flexibility and his signal that he is not seeking salary reductions for consultants have been welcomed by IHCA Secretary General Martin Varley.
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