Hospital Medicine

Resource allocation in the health service is dysfunctional, according the former director of the Adelaide Society and lecturer in public health at Trinity College.

Children with an egg allergy are being referred to hospital for the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine unnecessarily and are placing an extra burden on services, according to a study carried out in Cork.

Almost half of those waiting more than four weeks for urgent colonoscopies are on a waiting list at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown.

Consultant surgeon and new CEO of Tallaght Hospital, Prof Kevin Conlon, has been elected as the new president of the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (PSGBI).

The organisation representing medical practitioners involved in intensive care medicine has criticised the HSE’s use of the casemix system.

The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM) has strongly criticised the current system of hospital budgeting, describing it as being neither clear nor transparent.

The developer behind the proposed co-located hospital at St James’s Hospital finally submitted additional information sought by Dublin City Council (DCC) on 21 December, thus making sure it will be eligible for lucrative tax breaks for private hospitals.

Emergency departments (EDs) around the country have been busier than usual during the start of 2010, much of which can be attributed to the recent cold snap and the increased number of people presenting with sprains and fractures as a result of slips and falls on icy roads and footpaths.

St Vincent’s University Hospital has imposed visitor restrictions due to an outbreak of norovirus among patients and staff.

Elective surgeries are no longer at risk of cancellation after almost 1,000 people gave blood last weekend.