Staff capacity constraints with the Air Corps and regulatory requirements on the Irish Coast Guard have meant that Priority 1 transfers have not been available between the hours of 7pm and 7.30am since 6 November 2017. Since 2012, the Air Corps or Irish Coast Guard…
The National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) has called on the Government to unconditionally reverse Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) cuts in general practice. Responding to an announcement made by Minister Simon Harris earlier…
Launching of Movember and prostate cancer awareness month at the beginning of this month, the Irish Cancer Society has given its top tips to help organisations effectively communicate health information to men. Approximately four in every ten men have low health…
New guidelines that are due to be implemented in full across the health service have been developed to help healthcare professionals with identification, staging and treatment of patients with lung cancer. Over 20,000 people are diagnosed with invasive cancer annually…
The National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) has welcomed the recognition that demand on GP services will increase, however they have cautioned that there are not sufficient family doctors to meet this demand. The GP union believes that demand will far…
