Consultant contract showdown
See below for Medical Independent column from 17 April 2014 on the ongoing dispute between St Vincent’s Hospital and the HSE over consultants’ work (more…)
The health myths that have outlasted Mary Harney
See her article I wrote for crisisjam posted on politico.ie today
Saving our public health service in midst of the economic crisis – an opportunity or an insurmountable task?
Here is a very long paper I gave to the INMO annual conference yesterday. Also a podcast of it and other speeches is here along with the Minister’s.
South east stand off symptomatic of public private mix
On Thursday’s Morning Ireland programme, there was a very public stand-off between the HSE and Whitfield Cancer Centre (run by UPMC) in a row over radiotherapy services in the south east. UPMC threatened to withdraw radiotherapy services for cancer patients in the South East from 1 May next. This spat was a very public manifestation of the mess that is Ireland’s public and private mix of healthcare. In a statement issued later in the day, both sides said they were back in discussions with the hope of “resolving outstanding contractual issues”. So what was this all about? (more…)
A week is a long time in health politics…
This time one week ago, no one knew about the 57,000 plus unreported x rays in Tallaght hospital, no one had spoken openly about the 3,000 or 30,000 unread GP referral letters. Six days on from the story being broken by RTE’s Fergal Bowers, no one from the hospital has claimed responsibility, and according to themselves, neither the Minister nor the HSE are responsible. So what on earth is going on?? (more…)
leave a comment