By Gary Culliton. The Minister for Primary Care Róisín Shortall has requested a report from the HSE on its policy in relation to compensating those whose medical card renewals are delayed.
€10m savings possible from patient transport schemes
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. The HSE is developing standard national eligibility criteria to ensure more uniform provision of patient transport schemes. In addition, the procurement process for non-emergency transport provision, which has produced significant savings to date in the East, is now underway elsewhere.
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.
GPs ‘reluctant to engage’ with PCTs
February 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Gary Culliton takes a national snapshot of some of the reasons behind GPs’ lack of engagement with the primary care team process.
Magee prioritises governance
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The CEO of the HSE is personally prioritising the development of governance arrangements for the new National Paediatric Hospital (NPH).
HSE approves a new updated ICT strategy
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The HSE has finally approved an updated version of its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Strategy, Irish Medical Times reports.
Recruits advised to ‘go home’
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Asian doctors who failed December’s clinical examinations for registration to the Supervised Division should return to their home countries, the HSE has advised.
Can you tell me how to get to 2013
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dara Gantly looks at the likelihood the HSE will achieve the ambitious targets outlined in its Service Plan for 2012.
Health delivery model ‘requires further work’
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The HSE has indicated that a proposal by St James’s Hospital, Dublin, to deliver a new health model based on the recognition that purely increasing capacity was not the ‘best-fit’ solution to growing demand for services required further work.
HSE reports balanced 2011 Vote
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The HSE is reporting a balanced vote at year-end to December 30, having received a Supplementary Estimate in December of €148 million.
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