By Lloyd Mudiwa. The ‘fighting fund’ the IMO is contemplating establishing in order to finance legal action to enforce its right as a registered trade union to represent its GP members in contract and fee negotiations with the HSE would be on the basis of voluntary donations, Irish Medical Times reports.
By Dara Gantly. The Government could possibly face a bill of in excess of €160 million if the IMO demands a refund of payments GPs would have received if a change to the capitation rate for the over-70s had not been implemented in January 2009.
By Gary Culliton. A GP out-of-hours service was to be established in Bray. Co Wicklow, this year, the HSE has pledged.
IMO AGM 2012: By Gary Culliton. The IMO has been made aware of ‘hard cases’, on average once per fortnight, where practices are in pressurised talks with banks and accountants, Irish Medical Times has been told.
By Dara Gantly. The level of prescribing of benzodiazepines in this country reflects the deficiency or absence of other services, in particular counselling, the Chair of the IMO GP Committee has stated.
Prof Veronica O’Keane of TCD and Derek McDonnell of the Dodder Valley Partnership spoke to Pat Kelly about initiatives to help men at risk of suicide and the role GPs can play, ahead of the IMT GP Seminar.
Despite a high level of GP contact with older people, particularly with those who have been exposed to elder abuse, a consensus exists that there is under-reporting of such cases, writes Gary Culliton.
Gary Culliton spoke with GPIT expert Dr Brian Meade ahead of IMT’s annual GP Practice Management Seminar to be held next month.
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.
By Gary Culliton. GPs are getting email offers on a regular basis to exit the country and work abroad, according to the IMO, which signalled that the appetite to avail of deregulated GMS contracts would not be large.
Loading ...
