...at a time when the health service cannot recruit consultants, that hospitals are in breach of such a basic contractual term. “If you require consultants to come in and work...
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Unvaccinated staff putting patients at risk
...healthcare workers was 30.8 per cent and in long-term care facilities, for 81 out of 252 facilities that returned data, the overall uptake rate among healthcare professionals was 27.1 per...
United on Brexit impact
...we would view that positively, because from the point of view of Northern Ireland there are very significant collaborations in terms of medical research between universities in the North and...
Obesity is a chronic disease requiring treatment
...Yet, in Ireland, less than 0.1 per cent of patients for whom it would be effective over the longer term have access to obesity surgery. Treatments for obesity in general...
Gardaí to formalise GP work
...who are required to remain in the jurisdiction for the life-time of the contract, appointed for a term of four years. Once these panels are formed, each station will manage...
Sling procedures for stress urinary incontinence
...of sling procedures; tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) is accepted as the standard treatment for SUI based on copious evidence reporting long-term efficacy. Transobturator tape (TOT) was developed as a safer...
DPER told by IHCA of 4,800 bed shortfall
...the mid-term review of the 2016-2021 Capital Plan, which provides for just over €3 billion of investment in healthcare infrastructure. The review of the Plan was brought forward due to...
Is that really ecstasy?
...she stated. She added that they did not use the term “drug checking” as this carried an implication that what they did was simply reagent testing, and they had to...
Baby girls have genetic advantage against infection
...Newborn infant girls have better outcomes than their male counterparts due to an innate genetic advantage in responding to acute infections, according to new research from the RCSI. While...
NAGP calls for cuts reversal in line with public sector
...abroad in search of better terms and conditions. Newly qualified doctors have demonstrated their lack of faith in the viability of general practice. For the first time, 10 GP training...