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In The News
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
The first motion called on the College to support the Government’s attempts to introduce legislation and regulation for abortion where there is a “real and substantial risk” to the life of the mother.
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In The News
ICGP AGM 2013 |
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
The ICGP AGM has adopted a new by-law which will speed up the removal of College membership to those who fall into arrears. The motion was passed despite opposition from former president Dr Michael Coughlan among others.
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In The News
David Lynch
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23 May 2013
The controversy over water fluoridation will soon be debated in the Dáil. The issue was the subject of a recent debate at the IMO AGM, where a motion calling for the cessation of public drinking water fluoridation was defeated.
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In The News
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
The Department of Health is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding
(MOU) for new cross-border cancer services at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry soon.
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In The News
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
The processes used to define and form primary care teams (PCTs) and
commission primary care centres (PCCs) are “fundamentally flawed, dysfunctional and discredited”, according to a motion passed at the ICGP AGM.
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In The News
Yvonne Tarleton
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23 May 2013
Genetic mutations linked to autism become higher with increasing paternal age at conception, new research has discovered.
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In The News
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
Almost half of the people who saw safefood’s ‘Stop the Spread’ television advert said it motivated them to start losing weight, Medical Independent (MI) has learned.
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In The News
Priscilla Lynch
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23 May 2013
The head of the HSE’s clinical care programmes is in favour of publishing individual hospital procedure and care outcomes, Medical Independent can reveal.
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In The News
Yvonne Tarleton
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23 May 2013
Doctors have warned that mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect could
act as a barrier to vulnerable groups accessing healthcare.
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In The News
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
The HSE is seeking a “sustainable solution” to the issue of increasing numbers of cultural paediatric circumcisions in Irish hospitals, Medical Independent (MI) has learned.
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In The News
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
The Office of the Ombudsman received 323 “examinable” complaints about the HSE last
year, Medical Independent (MI) can reveal.
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Breaking News
17 May 2013
The National Poisons Information Centre at Beaumont Hospital was amongst the winners at today’s Crystal Clear MSD Health Literacy Awards for their project, ‘Say NO To Poisons!’.