The NAGP has reiterated its call on GPs to refuse to sign up to the proposed under-sixes scheme “on ethical grounds”. Its statement follows media reports that GPs would be paid €100 a year per child under the scheme.

The IMO has said that negotiations with the HSE and Department of Health are ongoing in respect of the provision of GP services for children under the age of six.

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar and Northern Ireland Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Jim Wells MLA have announced that Dr Len O’Hagan of the RCPI, will take a leading role in a new all-island initiative to treat congenital heart disease.

The NAGP has reiterated its call on GPs to refuse to sign up to the proposed under-sixes scheme “on ethical grounds”. Its statement follows media reports that GPs would be paid €100 a year per child under the scheme.

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar and Northern Ireland Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Jim Wells MLA have announced that Dr Len O’Hagan of the RCPI, will take a leading role in a new all-island initiative to treat congenital heart disease.

The HSE has announced the launch of a major survey of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ireland.

The HSE has announced the launch of a major survey of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ireland.

The Chair of the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) Council on Cardiovascular Disease (CDV) Prevention has called for a greater ‘prevention focus’ on medical school curricula.

The Chair of the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) Council on Cardiovascular Disease (CDV) Prevention has called for a greater ‘prevention focus’ on medical school curricula.

Ireland’s hosting of the Vasco da Gama Movement (VdGM) Forum, a prestigious two-day conference for new and future European GPs, will leave an “imprint” on Irish general practice, the VdGM President has told the Medical Independent (MI).

The ICGP warned today that the exclusive use of telemedicine for first time consultations with patients, while convenient “is something patients should only consider with full appreciation of the inherent risks involved”.

Ireland’s hosting of the Vasco da Gama Movement (VdGM) Forum, a prestigious two-day conference for new and future European GPs, will leave an “imprint” on Irish general practice, the VdGM President has told the Medical Independent (MI).