By Catherine Reilly The Irish Medical Organisation’s (IMO) case before the Equality Tribunal on the long-standing issue of area medical officers (AMOs) doing the same work as senior medical officers (SMOs) for less pay has not yet been allocated a date owing to a backlog, according to the doctors’ organisation.

By Gary Culliton.

By Gary Culliton.

By Catherine Reilly.

By Priscilla Lynch.

Teva Pharmaceuticals Ireland’s ‘Understanding Generics’ awareness campaign picked up the Best Patient Education Project — Pharmaceutical award at the recent Irish Healthcare Awards 2013, hosted by Irish Medical Times.

By Gary Culliton Following intense discussions, culminating in a referral to the Labour Court under the Croke Park Agreement, the Labour Court has issued a recommendation directing the National Ambulance Service (NAS) and trade unions representing paramedical staff to address a number of “overtime generating inefficiencies” within its rostering arrangements.

By Gary Culliton.

By Gary Culliton.

The resting pulse rate of UK pre-teens may have risen by up to two beats a minute during the past 30 years.