More than just a creative medical conference, co-founder Dr Ronan Kavanagh says the dotMED annual meeting will rekindle the eagerness and inquisitiveness of doctors lost along the career path.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which a woman sued the Health Service Executive arising from complications surrounding the birth of her second child.

This week, in its first policy paper The Race We Don’t Want to Win, the RCPI called for the introduction of a 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in Budget 2015.

Dara Gantly examines the latest consultant pay proposal to emerge from the Labour Relations Commission (LRC), and wonders how damaging of a torpedo advertising for a new consultant post under a disputed contract might prove.

COPD is an increasing problem that is not optimally managed in this country.

Dear Editor, I believe Health Minister Dr Leo Varadkar’s suggestion of a possible co-payment to see a GP under universal primary care is an excellent idea.

Recent months have seen calls for an enquiry into the history of Ireland’s psychiatric hospitals.

COPD is not in decline, unlike some other chronic diseases, but is becoming increasingly common.

Dr Ruairi Hanley is in praise of the views of Dr Dermot Ward and the ICGP on electroconvulsive therapy and the latest Gaza conflict, respectively.

IMO members affected by new Labour Relations Commission (LRC) consultants pay scale proposals are expected to ballot on the plan shortly, despite concerns remaining that the length of the pay scale may still be a barrier to filling some posts.