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'Using sunbeds moderately or according to regulations' will not make them safer

Considerable progress in opening up the medical labour market has been made and more than 360 GPs have obtained a full GMS contract in the past four years, under the provisions of a new Act, the Department of Health has said.

Ireland’s ‘report card’ from the European Commission has highlighted critical challenges ahead for our health service, reports Dara Gantly.

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has proposed Vytenis Andriukaitis, former Health Minister of Lithuania, as the new European Commissioner for the Health Policy and Food Safety portfolio.

A provision in the EU cross-border healthcare Directive requiring mandatory liability insurance for health professionals has yet to be transposed into Irish law and has prompted the European Commission to take action against Ireland.

A new report from the European Commission has urged reform of the financial management systems of the HSE, “to streamline systems across all providers and to support better claims management”.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

Dara Gantly looks at how the EU could assist our health reform agenda.

By Dara Gantly.

By Dara Gantly.