Welcome relief after years of ‘austerity’
In a continuation from last week’s issue, Geraldine Corcoran, Tax Partner with HLB Ryan & Co, provides an overview of how Budget 2015 may affect healthcare workers and their patients. … [Read more]
Coverdine
Company: Servier Laboratories (Ireland) Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport prohibited. Active ingredient: Perindopril arginine/indapamide/amlodipine besilate 5mg/1.25mg/5mg, 5mg/1.25mg/10mg, 10mg/2.5mg/5mg, 10mg/2.5mg/10mg. Description: White, oblong, film-coated tablets marked with Servier logo on one side and three horizontal, … [Read more]
Ireland’s First EVER PANDAS Awareness Conference to take place in Dublin’s Convention Centre on Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Ireland’s First EVER PANDAS Awareness Conference to take place in Dublin August 2014: US medical experts will visit Dublin this October to speak at the inaugural PANDAS Conference which aims to raise awareness of PANDAS syndrome (Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections). The Conference will be … [Read more]
Cede to Chia’s art and wine
As well as giving this month’s selected offerings from Tuscany and Tesco, Giovanni Morelli’s highlight of the past few months was undoubtedly a trip to meet the famous artist and winemaker Sandro Chia. … [Read more]
News
Supreme Court reserves judgement
The Chief Justice has reserved judgement on the Medical Council’s priority appeal for the Supreme Court to clarify the meaning of poor professional performance (PPP) under the Medical Practitioners Act, in relation to the High Court’s decision overturning the regulatory body’s finding against paediatrician Prof Martin Corbally, and a sanction of admonishment.
DoH considers change on tests
The Department of Health is examining an amendment to the Medical Practitioners Act to provide for the testing of language competence after qualification and prior to registration.
Quality of HIPE data to be audited
The HSE is to assess the quality of the data of the main national system for recording information relating to inpatient and day case attendances at 38 acute public hospitals in Ireland operating the ‘Money Follows The Patient’ (MFTP) budget model.
Bank launches €300m healthcare fund
Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has set up a €300 million fund to support investment in the healthcare sector, and specifically in long-term care, saying the future is bright for nursing homes as a result of projected growing demand.
Real-time displays mooted
Lengthy queuing by outpatients to manually register could become a thing of the past in all six hospital Groups with the HSE planning to streamline the process with a new information system supplied by external contractors.
Rejigged GP lists planned
The HSE is “actively seeking to address” various issues for rural GPs with the IMO, including reorganising lists with existing doctors in local areas, the Minister for Primary Care has revealed.
Reforms, recession and recruitment causing stress in doctors
Apart from the fact that medicine is a challenging and complex profession, there are many other reasons that can be firmly placed at the foot of the health authorities, management and employers, why Irish doctors in general experience stress in their working lives, an RCPI report shows.
Mater Hospital carries out 100th lung transplant
The National Centre for Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Mater Hospital has carried out its 100th lung transplant.
NPHET prepped on Ebola
The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), which co-ordinates health sector responses during the planning and response phases of a public health emergency, held its weekly meeting last week (October 23) to consider the level of preparation in acute hospitals in the unlikely event of a case of Ebola in Ireland.
Irish Consultant Diabetologist Forum: Addressing the Challenges of Specialist Diabetes Care
Addressing the Unmet Need in ACS
Clinical Times
Going in the right direction: treating to target
Continuing our CPD initiative on hypertension, Valerie Ryan looks at the presentation from Dr Liam Glynn, Senior Lecturer in General Practice at NUI Galway, on the importance of treating to target and encouraging behavioural change.
Gut bacteria may hold key to schizophrenia
Researchers in the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre in UCC have put forward a radically novel view of the biology of schizophrenia and more specifically its genetic basis, and their work may have significant implications for the development of new treatment strategies for the disorder.
East German trials ‘questionable’
Clinical trials carried out in the former East Germany in the second half of the 20th Century were not always with the full knowledge or understanding of participants with some questionable practices taking place, according to a paper published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
OAB management in elderly must be tailored to patient
The management of overactive bladder (OAB) in the vulnerable elderly often poses significant management challenges.
Opinion
Policy-based evidence
Dara Gantly asks where the evidence-based policy is when it comes to health reform.
Sweeping problem under the carpet
Dear Editor, Dr Muiris Houston, writing in Irish Medical Times on October 17 last, draws attention to the implications of the recent close vote against a proper enquiry into the IMO CEO scandal and concludes that the fallout is far from over
High Court decides whether HSE owed duty of care to home owner
Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which a woman sued the HSE following a fire at her home caused by the reckless behaviour of a vulnerable young woman who was a client of the service provider.
Doctors everywhere are under the cosh
It’s not just Irish doctors becoming disillusioned with their lot, as a crop of new books on the US health system has revealed to Dr Muiris Houston.
Viscera blog
Knockin’ on the medical editor’s door
The times certainly are a-changin’ in the world of medical publishing. For some researchers the impact factor of the academic journal – reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal – is not always the most important element under consideration.
How to tackle Ireland’s growing obesity problem?
This week, in its first policy paper The Race We Don’t Want to Win, the RCPI called for the introduction of a 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in Budget 2015.
Why doctors make more motor claims than anyone else
Who’s the first person you call in case of an accident on the roads? The ambulance, most likely, or perhaps your insurance company. But who do you think is most likely to make a claim on their car insurance?
TCD Medical Class of 2013 Graduation Ceremony
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