Dr Neasa Conneally
How we can all protect the health of the planet
The healthcare sector has an important role to play in combatting the climate crisis I can’t be the only one who is increasingly feeling the growing gnawing dread of environmental anxiety in recent times. Even ignoring the damp squib that was the outcome of the recent COP26 conference, the simultaneous news stories of floods and…
Read MoreIn praise of face-to-face meetings
Although Zoom is a great communication tool, I would hate to see it become the only way of delivering medical education So much has changed in our lives since March 2020 that at this point it is now almost impossible to remember how we once used to live. Things evolved so rapidly overnight that I…
Read MorePale, male, and stale – the need for more diversity on our airwaves
Discussions about the pandemic on TV and radio demonstrate we could do with more of the right experts at the right time This is not a column about Covid-19, I’m sure you’ll be glad to hear. I am personally well and truly sick of it by now and can’t wait until the day that we…
Read MorePlaying catch up with the fast-moving world of medical influencing
Dr Neasa Conneally Does the lack of regulation around doctors who are social media ‘influencers’ put trust in the medical profession at risk? A new phenomenon in recent years that many readers, depending on their generation and how much time they spend glued to their phone, may not be aware of is the increasing reach…
Read MoreThe not-so-lost art of innovation
The positive response to the pandemic has shown that the health service is more adaptive than I believed In my last column, written in the ‘before times’ of February 2020, I railed against the inertia of the Irish health service, how nothing ever changed or innovated because it never had to. In the background of…
Read MoreDoes your hospital have a case of TTWTADH?
hen you’re on the NCHD merry-go-round of changing hospitals every few months, you start to quickly notice the particular culture of a place and what characteristics make a hospital an easy place to settle into and work in and conversely, what characteristics lead to others having, shall we say, less-favourable reputations. Sure, most hospitals are…
Read MoreOpening the lines of communication
Interns need to receive greater exposure to general practice during their training recently saw an interesting discussion on Twitter, which I thought raised valuable points about the interactions between GPs and hospital doctors. Several GPs were commenting on how they were becoming increasingly frustrated by being sent demands from hospital junior doctors on discharge letters…
Read MoreHow to make the changeover a little easier
The NCHD changeover in July can be a time of significant emotional stress I’ve written before about the practical challenges that come with the annual mass changeover of NCHDs every July: The financial pain of emergency tax, the delays in getting contracts and call rotas, the vast expense and inconvenience of moving across the country.…
Read MoreYoung doctors are tired of being tired
HSE and hospital management should recognise the detrimental effects night shifts can have on healthcare workers and allow staff working outside 9-to-5 to get adequate rest, according to Dr Neasa Conneally As doctors in training, conversation among my friends and I always inevitably turns towards the long hours we’re working and the particular pains of…
Read MoreMeeting our patients eye-to-eye
Dr Neasa Conneally recounts a patient interaction from medical school that still sticks with her One of the great benefits of the GP training scheme is that the weekly teaching time is very protected in a way that teaching in other schemes often is not. As well as clinical cases and research, at least half…
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