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The IHCA has warned the “exponential” increase in clinical indemnity costs is forcing consultants out of the private sector to look for work elsewhere.
The IHCA has warned the “exponential” increase in clinical indemnity costs is forcing consultants out of the private sector to look for work elsewhere.
Michael Knowles was today appointed General Manager at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise.
Michael Knowles was today appointed General Manager at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise.
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) did not ensure that all doctors engaged in methadone provision had the necessary certification, “placing these doctors in a difficult position”, according to correspondence from the IMO to the Prison Service.
Calls to Console’s free suicide helpline rose by almost a third over the recent Christmas period, the suicide prevention and bereavement charity have stated.
A paper on a new doctors’ dress code was submitted at the May 2014 meeting of the UL Hospitals Group Board, according to minutes seen by this newspaper under a Freedom of Information request.
The Medical Council paid over €59,000 to a PR company in 2012 for “external support for communications activities,” according to information obtained by the Medical Independent (MI).
The IHCA today said the new entrant hospital consultant contract proposals are “are doomed to fail” and do not address the consultant recruitment crisis.
A survey of blood donors has found that they are “generally satisfied to continue using” the blood donation clinic on D’Olier Street in central Dublin, an IBTS spokesperson has informed the Medical Independent (MI).
Calls to Console’s free suicide helpline rose by almost a third over the recent Christmas period, the suicide prevention and bereavement charity have stated.
Staff at Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, will be taking on dedicated roles in the domestic violence and sexual violence (DVSV) services in 2015, this newspaper has been told.