We bring you a round-up of the latest medical news across the globe, including the results confirming industrial action in the NHS next month

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Priscilla Lynch New medical guidelines for determining fitness to drive have been finalised and sent to the Road Safety Authority for approval, Irish Medical Times can reveal.

By Lloyd Mudiwa Ireland is in the midst of an outward migration of Irish and foreign doctors similar to the situation in some third-world countries, the Sudanese Medical Association (SMA-UK and Ireland) has suggested.

By Lloyd Mudiwa We will continue to see patients in hospital corridors because of the bed closures over the past number of years and the improved curative capacity of doctors, the IMO President has warned, despite the findings of HIQA’s report on Tallaght.

By Lloyd Mudiwa A number of researchers interested in conducting an All-Ireland knowledge, attitudes and beliefs survey on the public health issues of alcohol and obesity on behalf of the Government, details of which are to be kept secret from the drinks industry, have queried whether their identities as researchers could be kept confidential.

By Gary Culliton By 2020, the number of adults aged over 45 years with hypertension is expected to rise to more than 1,220,000 (63.

The lifestyle benefits of patient education for newly-diagnosed patients with Type 2 diabetes may not be sustained in the long term, new research suggests.

Two new papers published in the British Journal of Psychiatry are calling for specialist assessment and care for older people who self-harm, as they say they are a high risk group for suicide.

A Better Sexual Health for Ireland Policy Statement from the RCPI has recommended a ‘hub and spoke’ model for STI services, reports Gary Culliton.