# medical-council - Tuesday 22 February, 2022
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
The hearing was adjourned and resumes tomorroow.
# medical-council - Friday 21 January, 2022
# UK
Students who are studying medicine in Northern Ireland or Great Britain cannot apply for internships with the HSE this year due to Brexit. The Department of Health said it is working on changes to the Medical Practitioners Act, and hope it will come into effect later this year.
# medical-council - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
The doctor is suspended from practising in the Republic of Ireland.
# medical-council - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
# Doctor Doctor
# Doctor Doctor
To practice medicine in Ireland you must be registered with the council.
# medical-council - Tuesday 1 October, 2019
# Complaints
# Complaints
The Medical Council said that upcoming legislation will reform the complaints process.
# medical-council - Thursday 19 September, 2019
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
That council has warned that over-prescriptions of the drugs is affecting the safety of Irish patients.
# medical-council - Thursday 5 September, 2019
# Doctors
# Doctors
One in five complaints made to the Medical Council related to communications issues.
# medical-council - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
That’s according to a new report by the Medical Council .
# medical-council - Wednesday 15 August, 2018
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
The Medical Council has published its findings from inspections at nine hospitals in the south, west and north-west.
# medical-council - Monday 6 August, 2018
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
It emerged today that some women who were retested might have to go through the procedure again as their samples are out of date.
# medical-council - Wednesday 27 June, 2018
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
The Medical Council said nearly one in five of the complaints related to communication issues.
# medical-council - Thursday 22 June, 2017
# Brain Drain
# Brain Drain
Africa and Pakistan contribute the highest number of non-Irish doctors here.
# medical-council - Monday 12 December, 2016
# Tipperary
# Tipperary
The decision led to the termination of a potentially viable embryo.
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
Dr Andrea Hermann was also found guilty of professional misconduct.
# medical-council - Monday 14 November, 2016
# Tipperary
# Tipperary
Expert witness Dr Philip Owen told the inquiry the woman likely had a continuing normal pregnancy in her womb.
# medical-council - Monday 3 October, 2016
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
Dr Muthulingam Kasiraj faces allegations of professional misconduct and poor professional performance.
# medical-council - Friday 23 September, 2016
# Prime Time
# Prime Time
Doctor Finbar Magee initially defended his decision to recommend the controversial solution to his patients.
# medical-council - Monday 12 September, 2016
# Fitness To Practice
# Fitness To Practice
The woman in question, 37-year-old Laura Esmonde, was administered drugs to treat the ectopic pregnancy and subsequently miscarried her baby.
# medical-council - Monday 29 August, 2016
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
Dr Saleem Sharif faces allegations of poor professional performance at a fitness to practice inquiry.
# medical-council - Thursday 25 August, 2016
# Drugs And Alcohol
# Drugs And Alcohol
The figures are in the latest Medical Council annual report.
# medical-council - Thursday 4 August, 2016
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
Dr Mohamed Abdelrahman has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
# medical-council - Tuesday 7 June, 2016
# Mayo General Hospital
# Mayo General Hospital
Dr Emmanuel Gbadebo Alabi, originally from Nigeria but with an address in Cork, faces two allegations.
# medical-council - Sunday 31 January, 2016
# Column
# Column
Lorraine Courtney writes that naming doctors in fitness to practice inquiries should be scrapped.
# medical-council - Monday 4 January, 2016
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
Surgical doctor Omar Hassan, who is representing himself, faces multiple allegations of professional misconduct and poor professional performance at the inquiry.
# medical-council - Monday 7 December, 2015
# Tough Environment
# Tough Environment
A new report also found trainees who gained their medical qualification outside Ireland rated learning environments significantly more highly.
# medical-council - Tuesday 29 September, 2015
# Peter Van Geene
# Peter Van Geene
There have been testy exchanges today at surgeon Dr Peter van Geene’s Fitness to Practice inquiry.
# medical-council - Monday 28 September, 2015
# Peter Van Geene
# Peter Van Geene
Dr Peter van Geene has been giving his side of events at a Medical Council Fitness to Practice inquiry.
# medical-council - Wednesday 22 July, 2015
# Peter Van Geene
# Peter Van Geene
Dr Peter van Geene is the subject of a fitness to practise inquiry by the Medical Council concerning a number of hysterectomies he performed between 2009 and 2011.
# medical-council - Monday 13 July, 2015
# Complaints
# Complaints
Women, older doctors and doctors who qualified in Ireland are less likely to face serious disciplinary outcomes, according to a new report.
# medical-council - Monday 29 June, 2015
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
Dr Saqib Ahmed worked as a registrar in oncology from July to November 2012 at University Hospital Limerick.
# medical-council - Thursday 4 June, 2015
# Bad Medicine
# Bad Medicine
The number of complaints against qualified doctors is down in general however.
# medical-council - Monday 23 March, 2015
# Prescription
# Prescription
A fitness to practice committee found 11 allegations against De Mohammed Khan resulted in professional misconduct.
# medical-council - Monday 23 February, 2015
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
Dr Declan Egan, a consultant at Galway University Hospital, said that the actions he carried out were reversible.
# medical-council - Tuesday 20 January, 2015
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
The Medical Council is hearing evidence against a consultant from Galway.
# medical-council - Monday 19 January, 2015
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
The doctor clipped her fallopian tube without consent.
# medical-council - Tuesday 14 October, 2014
# Medical Council
# Medical Council
The Medical Council heard Dr Mihai Anton “had difficulty putting on gowns and gloves.”
# medical-council - Thursday 31 July, 2014
# Getting Out
# Getting Out
There were also four doctors struck off.
# medical-council - Tuesday 20 August, 2013
# Medicine
# Medicine
Over one in every three doctors working here qualified outside of Ireland.
# medical-council - Thursday 30 May, 2013
# Annual Report
# Annual Report
That’s an increase of 12 per cent between 2011 and 2012, according to the council’s annual report.
# medical-council - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
# Coosmetic Surgery
# Coosmetic Surgery
The Medical Council said it has been concerned about private clinics operating unregulated – which is set to change when a draft bill passes.
A couple of afternoon thundershowers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 10 °C
Mostly cloudy, a little rain; breezy
Max: 17 °C
Min: 10 °C
A stray shower; breezy in the afternoon
Max: 16 °C
Min: 12 °C
