The medical manpower workforce brain drain is official, at least in the specialty of general practice, according to results published on Monday (September 1) of the ICGP’s national survey of GP trainees and recent alumni, detailing emigration patterns and expectations.

A new survey of more than 450 Irish GPs has revealed that a staggering 95 per cent of respondents had experienced work-related stress over the previous 12 months, largely owing to increased patient expectations, an increasing risk of litigation and heavy workloads, IMT reports.

Lloyd Mudiwa outlines the abridged version of the new clinical framework for the diagnosis and treatment of non-neurogenic overactive bladder (OAB) in adult patients.

The heads of seven prominent Bahraini human rights organisations have expressed their doubts that the Irish Medical Council (IMC) has the capacity to consider the accreditation of the RCSI-Bahrain campus and RCSI-affiliated hospitals in the “repressive” environment of the small Persian Gulf state, despite assurances to the contrary by the IMC.

The HSE has reportedly said it cannot afford the €30,000 it would cost to help provide viable GP out-of-hours cover for the approximately 10,000 population on the Cooley peninsula in Co Louth.

HPV cervical cancer vaccine uptake has exceeded targets with coverage extended to 42,000 girls, latest figures reveal.

The HSE has issued an instruction to relevant managers to correct the pay scales issued in November 2013 to trainee clinical psychologists, with the new salaries now based on a three-point as opposed to the initially stated five-point scale, IMT has learned.

The health service may be one of the biggest letter generators in Ireland, dispatching a remarkable estimated 900,000 letters per annum, totalling approximately 3.

The statutory body responsible for the regulation of nursing and midwifery in Ireland is currently revising its Practice Standards for Midwives of 2010, which will be informed by its review of the findings of the investigation into the death of Savita Halappanavar from septic shock in Galway University Hospitals two years ago.

The Medical Council has extended Perdana University — RCSI’s accreditation, but with two conditions attached.