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An agreement on rural practice has been in the pipeline for some weeks, Gary Culliton reports.

The publication of monthly maternity safety and performance statistics may lead to a mispresentation of the data and compromise patient confidentiality, Niamh Mullen reports.

Fine Gael has proposed reshaping the HSE and the National Treatment Purchase Fund into a new Health Commission, Gary Culliton reports.

The transfer of tasks from NCHDs to nurses has been finalised at last.

On easing worries over the Zika virus, Niamh Mullen writes that although the figures from Brazil are alarming and a prudent approach is wise, some researchers are questioning the size of the apparent surge.

Lloyd Mudiwa examined some of the issues lobbied on by the main players in the Irish health service and found that not all that happens behind closed doors is dubious.

The Medical Council has issued a roadmap to guide the development over the next four years of its role in overseeing doctors’ education and training, from undergraduate level through to retirement, writes Lloyd Mudiwa.

Having established a baseline in 2014, the Medical Council’s ‘Your Training Counts’ report has again tracked and monitored progress on addressing issues raised by trainees on their education and training, writes Lloyd Mudiwa.

After almost 10 years in the planning, a €22 million state-of-the-art facility housing Ireland’s first Integrated Ambulatory Care Centre will facilitate GPs and St Luke’s Hospital to integrate for better patient outcomes, Niamh Mullen reports.

The best healthcare systems in the world are challenged by demographic change and changing expectations.