Tag Archives: prescribing

Dr Ruairi Hanley laments the lack of outrage over the attack on locum doctors’ pay

Nationwide trial will assist GPs in prescribing to older patients

The HSE Medicines Management Programme (MMP) Preferred Drug Initiative has launched two new preferred drugs in the beta blockers (bisoprolol) and calcium channel blockers (amplodipine) categories.

An informative Antibiotic Awareness Day was held in Cavan General Hospital recently to promote the annual European Antibiotic Awareness Day (November 18).

By Gary Culliton.

Fewer patients would use delayed antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) if GPs issuing the prescription accompanied them with an appropriate information sheet, a study of patients in a GP training practice has indicated.

GPs in the Mid West believe antibiotics are overused, with about 40 per cent of them using antibiotics once a week and 33 per cent using them once per day.

By Dara Gantly.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

Dr Ruairi Hanley was saddened to see another journalist engage in a ‘sting’ operation on under-pressure GPs and their prescribing practices, despite his previous warnings.