Dara Gantly examines the latest research on the great exodus of Irish doctors.

Dear Editor, I have never felt that my gender has impacted on my ability to practise medicine over the course of my 25 years as a doctor (to date).

Dear Editor, I would like to express my support to all GPs who are trying to give proper services to their patients.

The need to clarify the terminology and update 15-year-old guidance on completing the Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCD) to facilitate better recording of Body Mass Index (BMI) as a possible cause of death has been highlighted by a leading consultant.

Dear Editor, Your columnist Dr Ruairi Hanley (IMT, May 16, 2014) referred to articles linking childhood leukaemia to electric pylons as “pretty much baseless”.

A Professor of Health Systems at DCU and member of an expert group that compiled a report for the Government in 2007 on the ‘Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs)’ has urged the authorities to take into account epidemiological evidence for an increased occurrence of childhood leukaemia near to high-voltage overhead lines.

The HSE’s national model of care for paediatrics and neonatology is due to be concluded later this year, following work under Prof Alf Nicholson, National Lead for Paediatrics, and Dr John Murphy, National Lead for Neonatology.

Ireland’s largest medical school is drafting its own definition of professionalism to progress training and will bring in leading international experts on the subject for a workshop in Dublin next Wednesday to help construct the new meaning, IMT reports.

Wexford GP Dr Reggie Spelman pens a short story about one Dublin company’s nefarious plans to cut costs by imposing new, draconian contracts on its outsourced, self-employed service providers (SPs) that could result in early retirements, forced emigration and insolvencies.

The Department of Health has revised arrangements for sick leave pay in the health service, reducing it by half, in line with the Public Service Management (Sick Leave) Regulations 2014 (S.