Over the past two issues of the Medical Independent, we have devoted significant coverage to the...

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In his time as Minister for Health, the former Taoiseach Brian Cowen once famously referred to...

Paul Mulholland  Has there ever been a construction healthcare project as mired in delay and controversy...

When healthcare workers threaten strike, opponents usually bring up the damage industrial action will have on...

Public health doctors were not a happy group towards the end of last year. The group...

As usual, the HSE published its service plan just when most people were turning their attention...

In a year dominated by women’s health issues, it is fitting that this last Medical Independent...

HIQA recently published the results of the second National Patient Experience Survey, the largest survey of...

It has been a tumultuous few weeks for our health service.