Guest posts

In the first of a two-part series, Susan Delaney, Irish Hospice Foundation, offers some advice to GPs on how to deal sensitively with bereaved patients and help them through their loss

Six months after the tragic earthquake in Haiti, Dr Anna Datta and Justin Frewen examine the complexities of dealing with mental health problems following natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies

Bernadette Sullivan, Executive Director of Dignity4Patients, believes a full inquiry into the allegations of abuse by Michael Shine is long overdue

Ed Madden, BL, on a case in which the mother of a brain-damaged child appealed against the refusal of the Master of the High Court to order discovery of the transcript of Fitness to Practise Committee proceedings

Aisling Gannon, Beauchamps Solicitors, looks at the proposals for a Mental Capacity Bill in Ireland and what this would mean in terms of healthcare delivery

Continuing his series of in-depth articles, Dara Gantly is told that surgeons are likely to utilise national comparative audits as part of their professional competence schemes

Continuing our series on the Irish Healthcare Awards, Valerie Ryan discovers how the State could save €24.

With the number of prisoners in the State exceeding 5,000 for the first time, Dara Gantly looks back at an award-winning project aimed at keeping those with serious mental illness out of prison {openx:269} With an exploding population — up by two-thirds over the past 12 years, and exceeding 5,000 inmates for the first time — our prisons are experiencing

Dear Editor, I have long been of the opinion that the fundamental basis of the majority of problems that beset the Irish health service is a consequence of political corruption, public ignorance and individual greed.

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent English High Court case in which a doctor accused of making false allegations against a colleague appealed against a decision of the General Medical Council {openx:269} In March 2007, Dr Steven Bradshaw was appointed as a medical officer by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).