The High Court is due to consider in October the Government’s reluctance to reinstate the living-out allowance for NCHDs, a situation the IMO has labelled “not acceptable”.

Hospital consultants dealing with complex surgical cases requiring emergency surgical intervention are often left in the position whereby they have to make a choice between two patients competing for inadequate resources, owing to almost a decade of under-investment in the Irish health service, the IHCA stated last week.

The Mater and UCD’s Lean Academy is spearheading a major drive to get sustainable healthcare embraced by everyone in the health services, reports Gary Culliton

Much of the rise in asthma may be due to the increased prevalence of obesity, Gary Culliton reports in his latest Clinical Update.

Ten potentially modifiable risk factors account for 90 per cent of strokes worldwide, but regional variation should be considered, according to a new study published in The Lancet.

Dr Ruairi Hanley welcomes moves to inform the public of the world-class obstetric care provided in Irish hospitals, to counter what he sees as the unfair blanket criticism of the specialty in the national media

Dr Muiris Houston on how abandoning his regular Nicoise haunts would seem like treachery and how his eyes have been opened to Galway city’s near perfection

There has been no shortage of Brexit hypothesis in the press, but its impact remains uncertain, reports Dara Gantly

Dear Editor, It is one of the few aspects of Irish society that many of us regret — our casual tendency to make negative comments in a thoughtless manner, which collectively chip away at morale, use up energy and extract a compounding cost.

Gary Culliton delves into the mechanics of the new four-year framework agreement between the Government and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association on drugs pricing and the considerations made in arriving at a deal