HIQA has pointed out that there is no Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of the Ombudsman and HIQA that would allow complaints to be passed on to the Ombudsman by the Authority.

In the face of a rising global prevalence of diabetes and a younger age at diagnosis, a collaborative, proactive approach to diabetic macular oedema (DME) is required, the recent 2014 EURETINA congress was told.

The true level of financial abuse suffered by older people in Ireland is likely to be significantly higher than first thought, according to a new study by the National Centre for the Protection of Older People (NCPOP) in UCD.

About half of the population will have access to GP services without charges by the end of next year, Minister of State Kathleen Lynch has stated.

The Ombudsman is in favour of extending his remit to examine clinical diagnosis or clinical judgments in complaints made against the HSE.

Dear Editor, I wish to take some issue with my good colleague, Dr Ruairi Hanley, in his November 28 column (‘From majority pay issues to minor ailments’).

Dear Editor, The OECD has just released the 2014 version of its annual ‘Health at a Glance’ document, which compares health data from all the European countries

An examination of the effect of resident duty hour reforms in 2011 finds no significant change in mortality or readmission rates for hospitalised patients or outcomes for general surgery patients, according to two studies in the December 10 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical education.

A cohort study from New Zealand has suggested GPs should consider stocking their waiting rooms with old copies of The Economist and Time magazine in order to prevent the removal of magazines and thus reduce practice costs.

Killarney GP Dr Gary Stack pays his own tribute to the late Jackie Healy-Rae, and describes how health issues affecting the Kerry people have always been to the forefront of his, and his son’s, political priorities.