ICGP in the News
January 2012
Turn the page for a brighter you
Irish Times (Tue, 3 Jan 2012)
Preventing overuse of antibiotics
Irish Times (Tue, 3 Jan 2012)
Family doctors are earning up to €500 an hour by charging struggling families exorbitant fees f
Evening Herald (Thu, 5 Jan 2012)
GPs raking in €500 an hour
Evening Herald (Thu, 5 Jan 2012)
Major disruption in the performance of primary care teams (PCTs) in the North East is expected after
Irish Medical News (Mon, 9 Jan 2012)
Spreading the word on health literacy
Irish Medical Times (Wed, 11 Jan 2012)
Still a lot of promises to keep
Medical Independent (Thu, 12 Jan 2012)
New criteria for diabetes diagnosis
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 13 Jan 2012)
The solution is elementary, my dear Hanley
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 13 Jan 2012)
Antibiotics 'wasted' on colds and flu
The Cork News (Fri, 13 Jan 2012)
Turn on and face the change
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 17 Jan 2012)
outlines the benefits of research conducted in Mallow Primary Healthcare Centre for local patients
Irish Medical News (Mon, 16 Jan 2012)
February events
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 17 Jan 2012)
Priority should be lack of access to treatment
Irish Medical Times (Thu, 19 Jan 2012)
Giving directions to success
Medical Independent (Thu, 26 Jan 2012)
RCGP's travel bursary 2012
Medical Independent (Thu, 26 Jan 2012)
Minister to launch first National Electronic GP Referral System
Health Service Executive (Fri, 27 Jan 2012)
Niamh Cahill
Irish Medical News (Fri, 27 Jan 2012)
GPs use new electronic patient referral system
RTE (Fri, 27 Jan 2012)
Horses for courses
Irish Medical Times (Sat, 28 Jan 2012)
Electronic GP referrals to cut waiting times
Irish Times (Sat, 28 Jan 2012)
Other News In Brief
Build.ie (Fri, 27 Jan 2012)
Reilly hails electronic referral service
Irish Times (Fri, 27 Jan 2012)
December 2011
Helping doctors to help themselves
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 2 Dec 2011)
Kinsale Primary Care Team wins prestigious Irish Healthcare Award
Health Service Executive (Fri, 2 Dec 2011)
Rural GP surgeries could become 'extinct', warns Cllr Crowley
Kilkenny People (Fri, 2 Dec 2011)
Written Answers - Primary Care Strategy
Oireachtas Dail Debates (Wed, 30 Nov 2011)
'Shortfall in training places' highlighted
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 6 Dec 2011)
HSE's change of policy on stroke drug
Irish Times (Tue, 6 Dec 2011)
Doctor of Choice Scheme
Irish Medical Times (Wed, 7 Dec 2011)
Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011: Committee Stage.
Oireachtas Committees and Press Releases (Fri, 9 Dec 2011)
A very wary Christmas
Irish Medical Times (Wed, 14 Dec 2011)
Written Answers - Health Services
Oireachtas Dail Debates (Wed, 14 Dec 2011)
Protecting older people from flu
Irish Health (Mon, 19 Dec 2011)
Pathology, PCTs, and budget woes
Irish Medical News (Mon, 19 Dec 2011)
HSE TAKE QUIT SMOKING CAMPAIGN TO TV
Donegal Daily (Fri, 30 Dec 2011)
HSE QUIT smoking short films to be broadcast on New Year's Day 2012
Health Service Executive (Fri, 30 Dec 2011)
November 2011
There's a quack for that
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 4 Nov 2011)
Sad reality of the '1 in every 2 statistic' illustrated in new HSE QUIT TV advert
Health Service Executive (Mon, 7 Nov 2011)
Opportunities in Australia
Irish Medical Times (Mon, 7 Nov 2011)
Helix and Ayrfield -- ushering in the era of the paperless practice
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 8 Nov 2011)
Empowering sunset GPs
Irish Medical Times (Thu, 10 Nov 2011)
Empowering Practitioners through Training
Community Exchange (Fri, 11 Nov 2011)
An IMO GP branch meeting has unanimously passed a motion calling on the ICGP to "leave talks and negotiations on contractual issues to the IMO alone"
Irish Medical News (Fri, 11 Nov 2011)
Are we sick of medical certificates?
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 11 Nov 2011)
Mental Health Services: Motion
Oireachtas Dail Debates (Tue, 15 Nov 2011)
Assessing the progress of MAUs
Medical Independent (Thu, 17 Nov 2011)
Cutting costs is best medicine
Medical Independent (Thu, 17 Nov 2011)
Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed)
Oireachtas Dail Debates (Thu, 17 Nov 2011)
Ireland joins the war on antibiotic resistance
Health Service Executive (Fri, 18 Nov 2011)
'Don't waste antibiotics on colds and flu'
Irish Health (Fri, 18 Nov 2011)
Call for 'war' on use of antibiotics
Irish Times (Fri, 18 Nov 2011)
Action Required On 'Wasted' Antibiotics
Build.ie (Fri, 18 Nov 2011)
Jobs in Australia
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 22 Nov 2011)
Jobs in Australia
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 22 Nov 2011)
'Primary care plan not working'
Irish Health (Fri, 25 Nov 2011)
Primary colours -- who is now painting the new CME fence?
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 25 Nov 2011)
Minister slams Budget 'kite-flying'
Irish Health (Sun, 27 Nov 2011)
Some teens think drink excuses abuse
Irish Health (Mon, 28 Nov 2011)
Minister slams Budget 'kite-flying'
Rate my Hospital.ie (Mon, 28 Nov 2011)
Are anti-depressants the cure . . .or the problem?
Irish Independent (Tue, 29 Nov 2011)
Health Briefing
Irish Times (Tue, 29 Nov 2011)
Report Announces Measures to Ehnance End-of-Life Care in the Community
Health Service Executive (Wed, 30 Nov 2011)
GPs want more training in care of dying
Irish Health (Wed, 30 Nov 2011)
October 2011
FCP must be implemented
Medical Independent (Wed, 5 Oct 2011)
Lack of direction worrying young GPs
Medical Independent (Wed, 5 Oct 2011)
GPs must know depression guidelines
Irish Times (Mon, 10 Oct 2011)
The HSE-South is seeking to recruit the following: Two GP Trainers
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 11 Oct 2011)
Pandemic vaccinations showed how HSE treats GPs
Irish Medical Times (Thu, 13 Oct 2011)
About 50 per cent of the country's GPs have yet to sign up to the professional competence scheme
Irish Medical News (Fri, 14 Oct 2011)
Patients not revealing alternative meds use
Irish Health (Sun, 23 Oct 2011)
Requirement by insurers is bound to have major impact
Irish Medical Times (Thu, 27 Oct 2011)
Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011: Second Stage
Oireachtas Dail Debates (Wed, 26 Oct 2011)
The coronation of the consumer
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 28 Oct 2011)
September 2011
Self-directed care is an 'occupational hazard' for doctors
Irish Medical Times (Wed, 31 Aug 2011)
Poor language skills in our health service
Irish Medical Times (Thu, 1 Sep 2011)
Prannie to talk at 'Rude Health'
Sligo Champion (Thu, 1 Sep 2011
The dog wagging the tail
Medical Independent (Wed, 7 Sep 2011)
Training the trainers
Medical Independent (Wed, 7 Sep 2011)
Clinical Lead for Mental Health Appointed
Medical Independent (Fri, 9 Sep 2011)
New service aims to get over-50s active
Irish Health (Tue, 13 Sep 2011)
'More and more people are going to their GPs, admitting they have mental or behavioural health o
Irish Medical Times (Wed, 14 Sep 2011)
Cabinet gives approval to legislation to eliminate restrictions on GPs wishing to treat public patients
Department of Health (Thu, 15 Sep 2011)
On the other side of the consultation
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 16 Sep 2011)
ICGP warns further cuts will damage patient care
Medical Independent (Fri, 16 Sep 2011)
ICGP seeks head for AR
Medical Independent (Wed, 21 Sep 2011)
Also in National News
Irish Independent (Thu, 22 Sep 2011)
Burton urged to scrap €30m sick cert fees
Evening Herald (Thu, 22 Sep 2011)
Blowing the whistle on fraud
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 23 Sep 2011)
Just don't rock the sinking boat
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 23 Sep 2011)
Fee for giving flu vaccine set at €15
Irish Times (Sat, 24 Sep 2011)
In our monthly series,
Irish Medical News (Wed, 28 Sep 2011)
August 2011
Almost half of GPs have cut staff numbers
Sunday Business Post (Mon, 1 Aug 2011)
GPs feel the strain
Sunday Business Post (Mon, 1 Aug 2011)
Moving immunisation from GPs to pharmacies is ill-informed
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 5 Aug 2011)
Still waiting for lower GP fees
Irish Times (Sun, 7 Aug 2011)
Concern over online GP
Irish Times (Mon, 8 Aug 2011)
GPs should be consulted in consent discussions
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 9 Aug 2011)
GPs warn of threat to patient safety over cuts
Irish Times (Thu, 18 Aug 2011)
Breathing life into asthma care
Medical Independent (Wed, 24 Aug 2011)
Ditch pills and dish out books, GPs urged
Evening Herald (Fri, 26 Aug 2011)
Monday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Stories - - August 29, 2011
Finfacts.com (Mon, 29 Aug 2011)
Thousands on sick benefit 'fit to work'
Irish Independent (Mon, 29 Aug 2011)
Sweep sickness of sponging away
Irish Independent (Mon, 29 Aug 2011)
Thousands on sick benefit 'fit to work' after medical checks
Irish Independent (Mon, 29 Aug 2011)
Podcasts
Breakfast Show with Ivan Yates: Tuesday 30th August
http://www.newstalk.ie/programmes/all/breakfast/listen-back/ (Part 2)
George Hook Show: Tuesday 30th August
http://www.newstalk.ie/programmes/all/the-right-hook/listen-back/
July 2011
On the front line against obesity
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 5 Jul 2011)
The future focus on obesity
Irish Medical Times (Mon, 4 Jul 2011)
Doctor bids adieu to Coolgreany practice
Gorey Guardian (Tue, 12 Jul 2011)
A heinous and intrusive insult to our profession
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 12 Jul 2011)
Staff want more training in end-of-life care
Irish Health (Wed, 13 Jul 2011)
Several organisations, including the IMO and the ICGP, expressed reservations about the introduction
Irish Medical News (Fri, 15 Jul 2011)
Expanding services for our expanding girths
Irish Times (Mon, 25 Jul 2011)
Almost half of GPs have cut staff numbers
Sunday Business Post (Mon, 1 Aug 2011)
GPs feel the strain
Sunday Business Post (Mon, 1 Aug 2011)
Moving immunisation from GPs to pharmacies is ill-informed
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 5 Aug 2011)
Still waiting for lower GP fees
Irish Times (Sun, 7 Aug 2011)
Concern over online GP
Irish Times (Mon, 8 Aug 2011)
GPs should be consulted in consent discussions
Irish Medical Times (Tue, 9 Aug 2011)
June 2011
In a new monthly series,
Irish Medical News (Wed, 1 Jun 2011)
From page to patient
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 3 Jun 2011)
The great candy-snatch of the 21st century
Irish Times (Tue, 7 Jun 2011)
New structures set up for GPIT project
Irish Medical Times (Mon, 6 Jun 2011)
Home Instead Senior Care highlights World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Home Instead (Wed, 8 Jun 2011)
HSE media campaign tells smokers: 'You can QUIT, and we can help.'
Health Service Executive (Mon, 13 Jun 2011)
You can QUIT, and we can help
Irish Dental Association (Mon, 13 Jun 2011)
Cigs kill one in every two smokers
Irish Health (Mon, 13 Jun 2011)
HSE launches Quit Smoking media campaign
Sligo Today (Tue, 14 Jun 2011)
More urgent approach required on transfer of training says ICGP chief
Medical Independent (Wed, 15 Jun 2011)
Once more into the breach
Medical Independent (Wed, 15 Jun 2011)
Consultant referral system to improve
Irish Health (Wed, 22 Jun 2011)
GPs to get improved access to diagnostic and acute services
Medical Independent (Wed, 22 Jun 2011)
Consultant referral system to improve
Rate my Hospital.ie (Wed, 22 Jun 2011)
Five scenarios for the future of healthcare
Irish Medical News (Wed, 22 Jun 2011)
Out-patient referral wait times criticised
The Irish Examiner (Thu, 23 Jun 2011)
Prof Brendan Drumm's UCD role was kept open for him as a condition of taking the job as CEO of
Irish Medical Times (Fri, 24 Jun 2011)
GPs encouraged to get involved in new Medical Council performance assessment
Medical Independent (Tue, 28 Jun 2011)
'A key policy aim of Government has been to deliver high-quality services that are based on evid
Irish Medical Times (Wed, 29 Jun 2011)
An addiction on prescription
Medical Independent (Wed, 29 Jun 2011)
Stemming the rising tide: a matter of record
Irish Medical Times (Thu, 30 Jun 2011)