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Friday 23 October 2020
KDoc had been continuing to charge people for Covid-19 consultations up until last week.
Concerns have been raised by GPs about major difficulties in accessing hospital services.
Doctors have been urged to “be vigilant in terms of identifying and supporting victims of domestic abuse”.
Dr Rachel McNamara describes her experience of working on the frontline in the past few months. She says it’s hard not to view the easing of restrictions with anything but trepidation.
The public health service has come under pressure in recent months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this evening suggested that the figures provided by the INMO were wrong.
Advocates and survivors of mother and baby homes have been outraged at the government’s handling of legislation passed in the Dáil last night.
Consultant geriatrician Rónán Collins understands the reasons for cocooning but says enough is enough.
The National Public Health Emergency team will discuss the plan tomorrow, says the Taoiseach.
From pregnancy to isolation, advice to staff has changed significantly since January.
It was reported today that two wards in the hospital were closed following an outbreak of infection.
The IMO said it is important to remember the pandemic does not prevent other diseases from occurring or patients becoming unwell from other infections.
There have been a number of reports in recent days of healthcare workers at hospitals having their cars clamped while they were working overtime.
There are now a total of 292 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland.
The figures come at a time when the coronavirus is putting pressure on the public health system.
Paschal Donohue said work is underway in relation to the issue following representations from workers unions in the last 24 hours.
One doctor described the stress of applying for citizenship and work permits, and the toll it has taken on his personal life.
Minister Regina Doherty made the claim during a recent interview.
The deterioration of job quality and extreme working hours are a key driver of emigration for Irish doctors.
More than a dozen women told Harris of the devastating impact the condition has had on their lives.
The number is down from the more than 400 who were waiting for a bed yesterday morning.
The new contract for consultant doctors offers increased pay levels of up to €222,460, rising further to €252,150 by July 2022.
The IMO said its key demand is an end to the “unjustifiable pay inequality” faced by consultants.
A recent report recommends that free contraception rollout should target young women first.
Dr Rhona Mahony, former master of the National Maternity Hospital said the system pits doctors against patients.
RTÉ’s restructuring plan, the boil water notice and the Trump impeachment probe made the headlines today.
The IMO has warned that many GP clinics are already at capacity and cannot take on new patients.
The vote was unanimously passed by the council of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association.
About one million patients in Ireland are on waiting lists to see a consultant.
Several teenagers have been placed in medically induced comas.
One in five complaints made to the Medical Council related to communications issues.
Consultants have said staffing and resource issues are impacting their mental health and compromising patient care.
A new report says all new consultants should move to a contract that will end private clinics in public hospitals.
Benzodiazepine medicine use in women over 65 years is 40% higher than in men, finds a new report.
That’s according to a new report by the Medical Council.
The man’s parents have repeatedly launched court action to keep him alive — in defiance of his wife and five siblings who are in favour of his right to die.
The letter was signed off by five doctors and addressed to ‘the people of the Mid West’.
Sipo investigated the doctors after they missed a deadline by which they had to reply.
Strikes planned for this week were suspended after Labour Court intervention yesterday evening.
The NAGP says 700 GPs are set to retire over the next five years.
Doctors, nurses, midwives and others will be working across the country today and throughout the week.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
If you did, we want to know: Who won last night’s US election debate?
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