The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM) Annual Scientific Meeting will take place in the Castleknock...

Our acute hospital and mental health services have suffered from decades of chronic under-investment. The health...

The Government plans to introduce an abortion service in Ireland from January, with legislation paving the...

  <div style="background: #e8edf0; padding: 10px 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> On 4 November 2015 Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba,...

The failure to invest in essential acute hospital services and the blatant breach of the 2008...

I am once again very happy to contribute to the <strong><em>Medical Independent</em></strong>’s IHCA Annual Conference Preview....

Every September, World Alzheimer Month raises awareness and challenges the stigma that surrounds dementia. Internationally, two...

When patients and healthcare professionals are talking about a medical issue — big or small —...

The transition from medical school to a hospital job can be difficult for a junior doctor...

Earlier this month, the Medical Protection Society (MPS) held a conference for general practitioners in the...

The issue of health inequality is integral to both ongoing talks regarding a new GP contract...

Sláintecare is a long-term plan to fix the health service.  It is the product of an...