Eighty-six per cent of trainees appointed to basic specialist training (BST) programmes in 2018/2019 were from...

The policy whereby limited categories of international doctors holding ‘stamp 4’ residency are deemed equivalent to...

Challenges in maintaining the transplantation programme and timing of access to Covid-19 vaccination for end-stage kidney...

New grades such as physician associate (PA) will be considered in the context of “innovation” under...

The Medical Independent has closely tracked the introduction of physician associates into Irish healthcare since 2015....

Ireland’s rate of organ donation could be increased by 25 per cent — translating to an...

A 435 per cent volume increase in the number of patients waiting over 12 months for...

Elevated levels of formaldehyde were detected in Beaumont Hospital’s operating theatre department and the post-mortem room,...

There was a “significant backlog” in processing safeguarding concerns received by the safeguarding and protection team...

Catherine Reilly delves through national and international guidance on when healthcare workers should wear respirator masks...

Doctors from non-EU countries have renewed their call for access to training programmes. A number of...

Much remains to be done to address unsafe NCHD working hours, with the integrity of the...