By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Department of Health has declined to respond to a charge by the IMO that the Government’s claims that the union has frustrated efforts to implement the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) for NCHDs were off the mark.
New Director of Industrial Relations recruited by IMO
February 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Dara Gantly. The IMO has appointed Steve Tweed as its new Director of Industrial Relations.
Time for Operation Condemnation
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dr Ruairi Hanley once again implores the IMO to unequivocally condemn a regime responsible for the abduction and torture of Irish-trained doctors.
Law change abandoned due to EU
January 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
It has emerged that the promised competition law exemption proposed for the IMO cannot now proceed because of European rules, reports Gary Culliton.
IMO ‘uneasy’ over fee talks
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Aoife Connors. The IMO has said it is “uneasy” about a possible interpretation of competition law, which would allow the Organisation to discuss terms and conditions with Government on behalf of its GP members without the Competition Act being amended.
GMS scheme severely underfunded — IMO
January 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Aoife Connors. The GMS Scheme is now severely underfunded with the combination of increased demand and reduced resources severely impacting on patient care and services, the IMO has warned the Department of Health in a written submission to a review process as part of the reduction in professional fees to general practitioners under the [...]
CUH NCHDs favour industrial action
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Ninety-eight per cent of NCHDs in Cork University Hospital (CUH) have voted in favour of industrial action over the non-payment of unrostered overtime they worked, according to the IMO.
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.
IMO calls for retired doctors to be retained on Register
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The IMO has called on the Minister for Health and the Medical Council to review a subsection of the Medical Practitioners Act to allow the retainment of retired doctors on the Medical Register, Irish Medical Times has learned.
Performance assessments potentially ‘ruinous’
December 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The referral of a doctor by the Medical Council for performance assessment may have “far-reaching consequences” for the medical practitioner in terms of financial cost, damage to reputation and loss of morale, the IMO has warned, with one GP warning the process could be “ruinous”.
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