Interview

Emergency department crowding and the number of admitted patients on trolleys requires priority ‘system wide’ measures, the Joint Chair of the Emergency Department Taskforce Liam Doran tells Gary Culiton

Everyone knows that drinking is bad for your health but much of the public appears to be unaware or in denial about the link between alcohol and cancer risk.

Founding President of the NAGP Dr Conor McGee outlines his vision of the future for the GP representative body and general practice in Ireland to Lloyd Mudiwa.

The NAGP trusts that at least half of its 1,482-strong membership will sign up by the end of this year to its new Irish telemedicine service, which will enable GPs to provide direct online consultations to their own patients.

Among the biggest regrets of his two-year Presidency is having to write letters of reference to newly qualified and expensively trained Irish GPs looking to leave the country, the outgoing NAGP leader has said.

The Health Research Board’s €250 million five-year strategy is set to embed research at the core of the Irish health system by 2020, CEO Dr Graham Love tells Lloyd Mudiwa.

Relations with the Minister for Health might have thawed, but the National Association of General Practitioners is yet to take its rightful place at the negotiating table for a new GP contract, CEO Chris Goodey tells Lloyd Mudiwa.

Making whole hospitals take responsibility for the problems at emergency departments is a good principle.

The RCPI has welcomed the Government’s Public Health (Alcohol) Bill as a huge step forward in tackling the country’s drink problem.

After a few attempts, primary care reform is well under way Down Under.