Rita Doyle

Doctors are being abused and bullied, and are shown a lack of respect, the head of the Medical Council has said. President of the council Dr Rita Doy(...)

The reliance of Ireland’s health system on overseas doctors has risen to record levels, new figures show. Doctors trained outside Ireland account for(...)

The recent statement by the Medical Council warning of the potential dangers of prescribing benzodiazepines and related drugs is a surprise. Normally (...)

A warning from the Medical Council about the overprescribing of anxiety and sleeping medicines, has been welcomed by GPs. Dr Tom O’Dowd, former profe(...)

The Medical Council has warned doctors to reduce prescribing of benzodiazepines, Z-drugs and Pregabalin or face potential disciplinary investigation. (...)

The length of time patients are spending on waiting lists is “morally wrong” and “not ethical”, the president of the Medical Council has said. Dr Rit(...)

The Medical Council has issued revised ethical guidance for doctors following the introduction of abortion legislation earlier this year. A new versi(...)

The president of the Medical Council has publicly rebuked Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health Simon Harris over the difficulties doctors ex(...)

There is an unaddressed bullying problem within the Irish health service with trainee doctors bearing the brunt of a failure to address the issue, the(...)

Could the tide be slowly turning for our beleaguered public health system? Recent developments offer some hope, albeit no certainty, for the future. (...)