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In a special preview opinion piece ahead of the 24th IHCA Annual Conference, IHCA President Mr Denis Evoy believes a 30% pay cut for new consultants is short-sighted, damaging and unacceptable.

Dr Illona Duffy believes GPs cannot continue to allow either the HSE or their medical colleagues to use them as their trash bin, otherwise general practice is in danger of imploding.

A perusal through the latest MPS Casebook prompts Dr Illona Duffy to examine how best she can protect both herself and her patients from any potential medico-legal pitfalls.

Medical Columnist of the Year Dr Mick Molloy wants the Government to explain its contingency plans for the expected mass exit of consultants at the end of February 2012.

As a researcher in pulmonary hypertension, Dr John Ryan was able to attend both pulmonary and cardiology international conferences and noticed the distinct differences between them.

With its new ‘Time Tracker’ App, the IMO may finally have the large-scale evidence of non-compliance with working-time legislation, says Medical Columnist of the Year Dr Mick Molloy.

Following on from last week’s disclosures on Bahrain, Dr Simon Mills believes the RCSI has decided to pull up the drawbridge on the controversy.

Dr Simon Mills, who unearthed the material that brought about the recent statement from the RCSI on Bahrain, believes the College still has questions to answer.

Far from resolving our staffing crisis, Dr Mick Molloy believes the debacle over the HSE’s recent NCHD recruitment drive in India and Pakistan has created another one altogether.

Dr Simon Mills responds to a recent letter in IMT from a senior lecturer at the RCSI Medical University of Bahrain and examines the recent sentencing of a group of Bahraini doctors.