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Breaking News
24 May 2013
According to surveys launched by Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare (ISQSH) 65 per cent of patients are unaware of the complaints procedure in hospitals; 18 per cent wanted to make a complaint but over a third did not do so. The main reason provided by patients for not discussing their complaint was that they did not feel they had the opportunity to bring it up, the surveys found.
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Breaking News
23 May 2013
The implementation of EWTD for NCHDs in this year could result in a range of savings, according to the Haddington Road Agreement, the proposed successor to the Croke Park Deal.
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In The News
23 May 2013
The implementation of EWTD for NCHDs in this year could result in a range of savings, according to the Haddington Road Agreement, the proposed successor to the Croke Park Deal.
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Breaking News
Breaking News |
22 May 2013
Patients can expect lower medicine prices following the passage of a bill today, according to the government.
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Breaking News
22 May 2013
Young people who undergo CT scans are 24 per cent more likely to develop cancer compared with those who do not, a study published by the British Medical Journal suggests. However the absolute excess for all cancers combined was low, at 9.38 for every 100,000 person years of follow-up, the article added.
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Breaking News
Breaking News |
22 May 2013
The IMO Council meets tomorrow to consider proposals arising from the union’s recent talks at the Labour Relations Commission.
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In The News
ICGP AGM 2013 |
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
Dr Diarmuid Quinlan and Dr Paul Ryan from the Glanmire Medical Centre, Cork came first in this year’s ICGP Quality in Practice (QIP) Awards, which were sponsored by Medisec. They won for their interdisciplinary, safety initiative – a patient held alert card which improved methotrexate use through the use of education and IT. ICGP Medical Director Dr Margaret O’Riordan, announced the winners and said that all entrants had demonstrated “concrete outcomes for their patients”.
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In The News
ICGP AGM 2013 |
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
The expansion of the Irish Primary Care Research Network (IPCRN) will allow for further reports examining service delivery, ICGP Medical Director Dr Margaret O’Riordan has said. Dr O’Riordan made the comments at the launch of the ICGP’s report on the contrasting access to diagnostics for both public and private patients.
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In The News
ICGP AGM 2013 |
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
ICGP guidelines and protocols need to take into account what is practical in the current financial environment, the ICGP AGM heard. Speaking on behalf of the Kildare faculty, Dr Brendan O’Shea asked members to support a motion whereby traffic light classification would be used to indicate how implementable College guidelines and protocols are in clinical practice. This would then be updated annually.
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In The News
ICGP AGM 2013 |
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
The future of general practice was discussed at the ICGP AGM, and included a lecture on developments in Scottish general practice. Among the issues discussed was the need to inform not just the public, but other doctors about the role of general practice.
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In The News
ICGP AGM 2013 |
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
A newly published guide on lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) patients will allow GPs to understand and treat the specific health concerns of that community. The guide was jointly written by the ICGP and GLEN (Gay and Lesbian Equality Network).
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In The News
ICGP AGM 2013 |
James Fogarty
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23 May 2013
The ICGP is investigating moving premises in order to cope with increased demand on its educational services, the CEO of the College said. However, he confirmed that the ICGP is not planning to reduce the subscription fees to its members despite calls to do so.