Tadhg Daly TDaly@nhi.ie
18:18 (13 hours ago)
to me, williamtormey, Jackie.McCorma., Emma
Dear Dr Tormey,
Tadhg Daly here from Nursing Homes Ireland, the representative
organisation for the private and voluntary nursing home sector
I understand that you raised the issue of an exercise programme for
nursing homes at a recent HSE, DNE Regional Health Forum.
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Is the HSE NorthEast concerned by threatened mass withdrawal by GPs
in the region from local primary care teams (PCTs)? Is there a
contingency plan to address the deficit or are there any actions being
undertaken to address the GP’s concerns?
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Thousands of misdiagnoses feared in cancer scandal
Bristol pathology scandal: We were lied to, say victims Catherine
Calland in Bristol
By Laura Donnelly and Patrick Sawer
9:00PM GMT 18 Feb 2012
A review of biopsies carried out at the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI)
indicates that almost 7,000 serious errors could have been made over
the course of a decade.
rishtimes.com – Last Updated: Friday, February 17, 2012, 15:51
Socialist Party TD Clare Daly is to table legislation to provide for
limited access to abortion.
KITTY HOLLAND
Legislation to provide for limited access to abortion will be
introduced in the Dáil next week.
How 1-Minute Intervals Can Improve Your Health
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Can brief bursts of exercise improve your health?John P. Kelly/Getty
ImagesCan brief bursts of exercise improve your health?
While many of us wonder just how much exercise we really need in order
to gain health and fitness, a group of scientists in Canada are
turning that issue on its head and asking, how little exercise do we
need?
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Professor Des O’Neill, Consultant Physician in Geriatric and Stroke
Medicine at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital Dublin and Trinity College
Dublin, has been appointed National Programme Director of the new
Office forTraffic Medicine.
In this new role, Professor O’Neill will lead the development and
implementation of a national framework on standards in traffic
medicine in Ireland.
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HSE Response to Queries re. Lisdarn Unit, Cavan
1.Can you confirm that the Lisdarn Unit will not be downgraded or
closed and will be used as a stepdown facility for Cavan General? Yes
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From week commencing Monday, February 13th, 2012 all lab services for
Louth County Hospital (LCH) will be amalgamated with services for Our
Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda (OLOL) and will be processed in the
lab in OLOL .
Samples will continue to be accepted in LCH and will be sent to OLOL
for processing. Test results will issue directly from the lab in
OLOL.
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Emergency Department Registrars at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan
As of 6th February 2012 there were 62 posts in all specialties –
including Emergency Medicine – in HSE hospitals and agencies which
remain unfilled. These posts constitute 2.6% of the all HSE NCHD posts
and 1.3% of all NCHD posts nationally.
A very significant number of these posts are currently being filled by
locum / agency staff – meaning that a doctor is in post to provide the
service. The HSE is working to address the dependence on agency
staff.
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Roman Catholic leaders have furiously criticised President Barack
Obama for approving new regulations that compel religious
organisations to include morning-after pills and other contraceptives
in employee health insurance coverage.
New rules, introduced under Mr Obama’s overhaul of the US healthcare
system, mean that religious charities, universities and other groups
must now provide contraception in staff insurance packages.
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