Chair sought briefing on Beaumont Private Clinic bit.ly/3Ycaekr @Beaumont_Dublin @IHCA_IE @IMO_IRL #POCC

Research paper on GP training applications amended bit.ly/3Lcce9o @ICGPnews #generalpractice #GPtraining

Minister directs Medical Council to take ‘more proactive’ role bit.ly/48QZYnT @MedCouncilIRL @CarrollJennifer @npsoIRL @PFPS_Ireland #patientsafety

NOHC Chair raised need for ‘more clinical expertise’ bit.ly/44fjDLu @NOHCOrthopaedic @npsoIRL

Our lead feature: Internal records from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service reveal the challenges in managing the national blood supply. Catherine Reilly reports medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @Giveblood_ie @roinnslainte #giveblood #blooddonation

Novelist and Consultant Medical Oncologist Dr Austin Duffy talks to David Lynch about the border, his writing routine, and the feedback he has received from young doctors medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @aduffy74 @GrantaBooks @IrishWritersCtr #writing #medicine

Dr Lucia Gannon on the ebbs and flows of the doctor-patient relationship medicalindependent.ie/commen… @LuciaGannon

Places for interns returning from leave must fall within WTE limit – CPO medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @IMO_IRL @MedCouncilIRL @HSE_HR #interns #internyear

Our main feature: Encapsulating innovation in endoscopy medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @RCPI_news @TUH_Tallaght #capsulendoscopy #CCE #SBCE

HSE to develop national model of care for sickle cell disease medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @IrishPatients @stjamesdublin @CHI_Ireland @CcoHse #sicklecell #haemoglobinopathies #SCD

Consultant status for occupational health physicians will be examined as part of a new taskforce, according to the HSE. medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @RCPI_news @RCPI_Trainee @HSE_HR @IMO_IRL #occupationalmedicine #occupationalhealth #workplacewellbeing

The Government is being urged by Irish healthcare workers to adopt a tougher position on Israel over the bloodshed in Gaza. David Lynch reports medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @IrishhcwforPal @IMO_IRL @IHCA_IE @roinnslainte @HSELive @MSF_ireland #Gaza #Palestine

The introduction of a new tech tool into her practice has been a game changer for Dr Lucia Gannon medicalindependent.ie/commen… @LuciaGannon @ICGPnews #MedicalScribe

Recently, Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon developed the radical notion that most of us could limit ourselves to one or two alcoholic drinks at a time medicalindependent.ie/commen… @SarahFitzWiMIN @Drinkaware_ie #BeDrinkaware #ModerationMatters #DrinkResponsibly #AlcoholAwareness #HealthyChoices #MindfulDrinking #DrinkSmart

Health service’s cyber threat awareness is lacking – CISO medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @HSELive @HSETandT @DkIT_ie #CyberSecurity #HealthIT #CyberAwareness #HealthcareSecurity #InfoSec #DigitalHealth #CISO #CyberThreats #HealthService #MedicalSecurity

New occupational health taskforce will discuss consultant status Consultant status for occupational health physicians (OHPs) will be examined as part of a new taskforce, according to the HSE. However, any progress will require “separate detailed negotiations” between the HSE and IMO, an Executive spokesperson told the Medical Independent. medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @RCPI_news @RCPI_Trainee @HSE_HR @IMO_IRL #occupationalmedicine #occupationalhealth #workplacewellbeing #HealthTaskforce #WorkplaceHealth #EmployeeWellbeing #OHPs

Even in a busy practice, there should always be time to take a breath and reflect, according to Dr Neasa Conneally medicalindependent.ie/commen…

A decade of support for doctors in difficulty medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @PracthealthInfo @IHCA_IE @IMO_IRL @roinnslainte @issphm @NDTP_HSE @ICGPnews @RCPI_news #hse #mentalhealth #burnout #mhealth

Medical Council plans to increase doctors’ fees medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @npsoIRL @MedCouncilIR @IMO_IRL @IHCA_IE

TB: Ensuring patient-centred care amid growing incidence medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @hpscireland @stjamesdublin @SafetynetPC #TB #tuberculosis #VOT #DOT #EndTB #BCGvaccine