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GPs warn of surge in cases in Dublin presenting with Covid symptoms
Increase in numbers nationally reflected in numbers visiting doctors’ surgeries
Call for preparations for next winter’s flu season to begin immediately
Former IMO president says measures should include the provision of flu vaccine to children
An Irish solution to the coronavirus problem
Committees are sitting, hospital rooms are ready, but ‘self-isolation’ is central to the plan
Cannabis legalisation: ‘It’s a bit like the anti-vaxx debate’
A group of doctors say we are ‘sleepwalking’ into legalising cannabis. Is it time to wake up?
Medicinal cannabis campaigner devastated by doctors’ comments
Letter in The Irish Times claims decriminalistion campaigns are Trojan horses
Ireland ‘sleepwalking’ into liberal cannabis regime, warn doctors
Campaigners say medicinal cannabis being used as ‘Trojan horse’ towards legalisation
Potential of new rapid sepsis test will take time to fully measure, medics say
Illness can be difficult to detect and publicity claims it could save thousands of lives
Do doctors make better parents, or parents make better doctors?
Shift work as a hospital doctor can help you for the sleep deprivation of early parenthood
Healthcare professionals may be compelled to have flu vaccine
Minister indicates uptake rate so low that ‘it deserves very serious consideration by me’
Leading GP questions HSE assertions that flu levels may peak in coming days
Numbers of patients on hospital trolleys eases back to 473, say nurses
Free GP care for all by 2022 unrealistic, says IMO president
IMO annual conference hears plan to operate on patients within 12 weeks ‘impractical’
Age definition of child sought by doctors at conference
Irish Medical Organisation forum seeks to end age difference between different services
Doctor’s smartphone solution to child sport injuries
Paediatric hospital backs new guide to ‘doing the right thing’ on the sidelines
State is ‘woefully unprepared’ for an emergency, conference told
Outgoing IMO president warns Irish health service could roll ‘from crisis to crisis’
Doctors want mandatory reporting for sports injuries at school
Motion will be debated at IMO’s annual conference in Sligo
Doctors warn of looming health service funding crisis
IMO says health budget this year is insufficient and faces overrun of up to €500m
Will this be the year of telemedicine?
Connecting with your doctor is now easier than ever . . . or is it?
GPs leaving Ireland at rate of one per day, says IMO
Doctors call for increased funding to tackle ‘unprecedent crisis’ in health service
Parents back free under-six scheme but doctors doubtful
Increase in surgery visits has knock-on effects elsewhere, claim some GPs
Mater to spend €320,000 on overflow ‘private capacity’
Money earmarked for outsourcing emergencies when demand exceeds capacity
Use of private-sector health managers ‘could hit salaries’
Union warns move could lead to reduced terms and conditions
Brendan Howlin ‘confident’ Siptu will accept new pay deal
Doctors and teachers unions have already come out against proposed agreement
Doctors divided over plan to provide free GP care for under-sixes
National Association of General Practitioners rejects proposal while the IMO supports it
GP union rejects under six deal at emergency meeting
IMO says GP under six deal represents ‘good first step’
Universal health insurance just another tax, says IMO
Irish Medical Organisation president says doctors favour ‘universal healthcare’
Media excluded from GP meeting on under-6s contract
IMO members discuss deal in Kilkenny, Leo Varadkar to make presentation
Doctors ‘denied presumption of innocence’ at hearings
Irish Medical Organisation conference hears doctors ‘guilty unless proven otherwise’
Free GP care scheme for children under age 6 to come into effect in July
‘Major step’ in improving access, quality and affordability of care, says Varadkar
Analysis: Free GP care plan faces many hurdles
Work needed before Coalition’s plan for free GP care for everyone can be implemented
Varadkar denies plan to require patients to have insurance to access certain GP procedures
Minister rejects warning by Irish Medical Organisation
Ireland facing ‘silent epidemic’ of superbugs, doctors told
Antibiotic use in Irish nursing homes is twice as high as any other country in Europe
Talks on revised GP contracts to start next month
IMO and Government to look at scope, content and fee structure to apply
Medical bodies criticise official doubts over alleged exodus of GPs
IMO says Department of Health data is misleading
IMO to permit GP contract facilitating free healthcare for under-sixes
Irish Medical Organisation and Department of Health strike agreement on practices
Talks between Government and IMO on free GP care plan to take place today
Coalition seeks to introduce free doctor service to under-sixes from summer
GPs call for review of prescription charge
Family doctors say fee is causing undue hardship to sections of the population
White tells IMO that GP fees unlikely to be cut further
Minister defends free GP care plan, says visit to doctor should not pose financial dilemma
Fears of brain drain as places on GP training scheme unfilled
Irish Medical Organisation plans to highlight its campaign for greater resourcing of primary care
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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