By Lloyd Mudiwa. Surgeons are understood to have been disappointed when they were not consulted over the development of the National Cancer Control Strategy, it has emerged.
Medicine students from RCSI and UCD dominate debating awards
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Medicine students from UCD and the RCSI combined to make it a rare all-medicine victory night in The Irish Times Debate 2012 final held in the O’Flanagan lecture theatre last month (Friday, February 17).
Former RCSI President dies
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Outstanding representative of Irish surgery and former President of the RCSI, Prof Gerry O’Sullivan, has passed away.
RCSI celebrations to mark its Charter Day for 2012
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The RCSI’s Charter Day 2012 celebrations will take place during the first weekend of February, beginning on Thursday, February 2, with the Charter Day 2012 celebrations.
Reforms may not be enough
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The RCSI has acknowledged that its governance changes may not have gone far enough, even before conducting a review of the reforms, Irish Medical Times reports.
RCSI expects Medical Council accreditation
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The RCSI has indicated that it is expecting to receive accreditation as the training body for surgery in Ireland from the Medical Council, following a positive review last year.
Elections in June for RCSI Council
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The President of the RCSI has encouraged the College’s Fellows to participate in the leadership of the training body for surgery by putting themselves up for election to its governing committee, the Council.
College opens its doors to the next generation
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Aoife Connors. The RCSI opened its doors to more than 5,000 secondary school students during its annual Open Day on January 4 last.
Nursing home figures a bad comparison — Ombudsman
December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. The Ombudsman has intervened in the debate on the future of HSE nursing homes, some of which face likely closure. Figures supplied by the HSE in regard to nursing homes costs “are not comparing like with like”, Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly said in her IMO Doolin Lecture at the RCSI last weekend.
Oireachtas seeks comments from RCSI & IMO
November 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Aoife Connors. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade is to write a letter to the RCSI asking the College to express its views on the testimonies of two Irish-trained doctors, Dr Ali Al Ekri, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Dr Ghassan Ahmed Ali Dhaif, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, who were arrested [...]
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