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The Medical Council is planning to expand the requirements of doctors under professional competence, the Medical Independent (MI) can reveal.
The IHCA today said the new entrant hospital consultant contract proposals are “are doomed to fail” and do not address the consultant recruitment crisis.
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).
A HPRA investigation into a “quality defect” with a number of flu vaccination units is ongoing, this newspaper has learned.
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 public warning on “high-dose supplements” was considered by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) following concern over several high-dose vitamin D food supplements, the Medical Independent (MI) has established.
The IHCA today said the new entrant hospital consultant contract proposals are “are doomed to fail” and do not address the consultant recruitment crisis.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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).