Irish Medical Organisation

Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe had strong concerns about elements of the Government’s initiative to provide free GP consultations to (...)

Doctors who returned from overseas to help combat Covid-19 in Ireland now feel “betrayed” after being told they are no longer needed, the Irish Medica(...)

Preparations for next winter’s flu season need to begin immediately, and should include the provision of that vaccine to children, according to a form(...)

GPs have said they are continuing to care for patients in nursing homes, but that it is important such consultations are only carried out where necess(...)

Doctors have called for an investment programme “of historic proportions” in the country’s health service on foot of the current Covid-19 crisis. In (...)

Private hospitals have sought clarification from the HSE on whether consultants in public facilities can continue to treat patients privately during t(...)

Private patients with non-Covid-19 illnesses will continue to be treated in public hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic, it has emerged. The Gov(...)

Hundreds of home carers are to be redeployed to nursing and residential care homes to plug staffing gaps caused by outbreaks of coronavirus. Separate(...)

The public has been told to limit its social interactions and stop shaking hands with others as part of enhanced containment measures following the fi(...)

The next government administration will face a series of industrial relations challenges in the weeks ahead, including in the key health and education(...)