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Cardiology innovation goes West 27 Aug 2013 | 10:33 am
Pictured at the launch of five Croí bursaries for the new MSc in Preventive Cardiology at NUIG were (left to right): Dr Ger Flaherty, MSc Programme Director, NUI Galway; Mairead McCaul, MSD Ireland (s...
Six with eye disease ‘not under care’ 26 Aug 2013 | 10:32 am
Photo by Garo / Phanie / Rex Features Gary Culliton examines a new report on diabetes retinopathy screening in Cork and looks ahead to the roll out of the National Diabetic Retinal Screening Programm...
A decade of ‘pervisity’ 25 Aug 2013 | 10:29 am
Dara Gantly Dara Gantly wonders if the Minister for Health’s promise of yet another review of NCHD employment and training can bring doctors back from the edge of industrial action. These are the br...
Putting the patient before cuts 23 Aug 2013 | 10:30 am
Dr Andy Jordan: ‘People covered by the GMS must be made aware of what our great leaders have in store for them’ Catherine Reilly speaks with both the Chairman and President of the National Associatio...
A new way of reducing alcohol-related health harm 23 Aug 2013 | 10:29 am
Prof Wim van den Brink, Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands An innovative intervention offers an effective option to help those living with alcohol d...
The great CA showdown 23 Aug 2013 | 10:25 am
If the IMO does win this vital case, it must learn from its mistakes Everything is not always black and white when it comes to medico-politics, according Dr Ruairi Hanley to Dr Ruairi Hanley, who w...
Scheme may ‘curb open disclosure’ 23 Aug 2013 | 10:23 am
Dr Philip Crowley By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Medical Protection Society’s ‘points system’ — whereby doctors who have more complaints and claims against them were supposedly penalised — might inadvertently...
My parents the doctors 23 Aug 2013 | 10:20 am
Because of their insane schedules, parents didn’t know what a weekend was Pic: Burger/Phanie/Rex Dr Muiris Houston In a light-hearted mood, Dr Muiris Houston retells some humorous and acute ob...
Majority of Integrated Service Areas may go 23 Aug 2013 | 10:07 am
By Gary Culliton. HSE Social Care Director Pat Healy has set up a working group, from which a greatly reduced number of primary care clusters — perhaps as few as six or seven — may emerge. A specific...
Government moves on PCC PPP projects 23 Aug 2013 | 10:06 am
Photo by Voisin/Phanie / Rex Features By Dara Gantly. The controversial Primary Care Centre (PCC) public-private partnership (PPP) programme received a boost following the decision last week by the ...
