The number of Primary Care Teams that are holding clinical team meetings in the Louth Local Health Office area was zero, according to the Health Service Executive’s Performance Report for December.

The IMO President has signed the European Road Safety Charter on behalf of the union, giving a three-year commitment to continue promoting road safety.

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has accepted the Croke Park proposals on public sector pay and reform, following meetings of its four craft groups last week.

The HSE’s decision to dismantle the Medical Card Dental Scheme is ‘unsafe, unworkable and unethical’, according to the Irish Dental Association (IDA).

Clinical update: Parkinson’s disease – There are multiple problems, which are not related to dopamine, at the end stages of Parkinson’s disease (PD) for which there are no effective treatments.

Clinical update: Parkinson’s disease – A landmark paper from the UK Parkinson’s Brain Bank over 25 years ago looked at patients who had died with a condition that was thought at the time to be Parkinson’s disease (PD).

Clinical update: Parkinson’s disease – Until around 15 years ago, Parkinson’s disease (PD) was not thought to be a genetic disease.

Mary Anne Kenny writes that it is time to review the interpretation of the in-camera rule in Irish courts, so as to effect more protection for children in the care of the State {openx:269} The murder of teenager Daniel McAnaspie, while he was in State care, is a sad first in the history of the 20 children known to have

Gary Culliton writes that a HIQA job specification had to be changed after it was found that the advertised criteria limited the pool of applicants {openx:269} A job specification for a position in HIQA had to be abandoned mid-way through the appointment process because the Government’s Public Appointments Service (PAS) intervened, saying overly specific qualifications requirements limited the pool of

Top HSE officials were due to gather at Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park this week for the second in a series of strategic health-planning workshops.