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James Reilly: difficulty in achieving best practice
Dr James Reilly By Gary Culliton. The Minister for Health has questioned why the health service has nine nurses per healthcare assistant in some Model 4 university-type hospitals and 2.8 nurses per...
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Fighting a gall to the spirits
Thomas Paine Looking back on his year as IMO President, Dr Matthew Sadlier reveals how a personal medical emergency reaffirmed his view that patients deserve a health service matching the excellence of...
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Union blasts 30 years of political failure in health
Dr Matthew Sadlier speaking at the IMO AGM The IMO has described the inability to address waiting lists, overcrowding, NCHD working hours, and resource issues in health over the past 30 years as a...
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Reflections on the revolution in Irish health
Prof Pierce Grace says Ireland has gone through 100 years of never-ending health service ‘transformation’ and is wary of more change, which has so far failed to revolutionise patients’ experiences for...
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How much help for the ‘squeezed middle’?
Tax specialist Geraldine Corcoran provides an outline and some detailed insight into several of the measures in Budget 2015 and how they may impact on health professionals and patients, in a two-part...
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Preparations are laid to combat virus threat
Minister for Health Dr Leo Varadkar Additional actions in relation to clinical guidance, communications and transport have been put forward by the Minister for Health as the prime responses so far to...
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Net reduction in critical care beds
Image: Getty Based on the 2014 national census of critical care beds, there are currently 233 adult critical care beds in public hospitals — well short of the 579 target for 2020 and even below the 289...
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Policy-based evidence
Dara Gantly asks where the evidence-based policy is when it comes to health reform. It is the department’s view that this would be an unworkable construct.” It would be hard to find a more succinct...
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Occupying the no-man’s land of health
Most people waiting for a hospital bed do not have cancer or heart disease The true test for the latest injection of funding in our health service will be whether it improves the lot of those...
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HSE pilot to improve patient flow
The HSE is seeking a technical partner to help conduct a proof of concept scientific management project designed to achieve true whole system patient flow improvement in the Irish health service. This...
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Foolish to presume no sexual harrassment in HSE
Dr John Donnellan It would be foolish for the HSE to presume that sexual harassment of NCHDs is not an issue, the IMO has cautioned the health service employer. NCHD Committee member Dr John Donnellan...
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Independents are good for democracy and health
Dear Editor, An editorial in a recent local newspaper here in the West, stating that another election was the only solution to this ‘awful mess’ of a political stalemate, and urging the electorate to...
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Health ‘not a priority’ in talks
Outgoing IPU President Kathy Maher with Minister for Health Leo Varadkar at the IPU conference in Santry The acting Minister for Health has admitted that health is not receiving the attention it...
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Profession has an interest in keeping dysfunctional system
Pic: Getty Images Dear Editor, In order for a dysfunctional system to continue vested interests must benefit. We only hear about dysfunction in the public health system when we hear of waiting times in...
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10-year health plan is ‘real progress’
The health service is constantly evolving and will never be “fixed”, but the mooted 10-year consensus plan is real progress that can help improve it, according to the CEO of the RCPI. Speaking at the...
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Florrie my eye! The reality of modern nursing
The conditions of the Irish health service have meant nurses said goodbye to the days of Florence Nightingales many moons ago, and find themselves instead battling against the lure of foreign but...
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HSE wants to adopt ‘person-centred practice’
The HSE is looking to appoint an expert to design a three-year transformational practice development programme to help develop a culture of “person-centred practice” throughout the health service where...
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Doctor to run key HSE division after shake-up
Three new key posts, including a National Medical Director which is expected to be a doctor, are being created at the top of the HSE. The National Medical Director, which will be advertised externally...
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Rebuilding lost confidence in our health service
Responding to the Minister for Health’s call to ‘snap out’ of the negativity prevailing the sector, Dr Muiris Houston believes it may take years to rebuild the public’s and profession’s confidence in...
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Exposing the elephant in the room
While so many lobby groups have been making claims for extra resources from the Health Budget, GPs included, Dr Ruairi Hanley believes we need to first tackle the grossly inefficient management...
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