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07/01/2008
Need, Not Greed On Medical Care
Labour TD Jan O'Sullivan has said the only way to eliminate unfairness in the country's medical care structure is to introduce universal health insurance that would guarantee treatment based on medical need rather than ability to pay.
The Labour Party is accusing the Ahern Government of failing to learn from the controversal Susie Long case and exacerbating the two-tier nature of the Irish health system.
The party also said a new survey by the Irish Council of General Practitioners and the Irish Cancer Society shows that private patients with suspected cancer are getting fast-tracked to treatment in state hospitals while their public counterparts are left to wait.
It says the Government's proposed co-location policy will only make this situation worse.
(BMcC)
The Labour Party is accusing the Ahern Government of failing to learn from the controversal Susie Long case and exacerbating the two-tier nature of the Irish health system.
The party also said a new survey by the Irish Council of General Practitioners and the Irish Cancer Society shows that private patients with suspected cancer are getting fast-tracked to treatment in state hospitals while their public counterparts are left to wait.
It says the Government's proposed co-location policy will only make this situation worse.
(BMcC)
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30 October 2008
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More than 25% of Irish adults do not have a medical card, or private health insurance, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office have revealed. According to the CSO, only 44% of those who responded to the latest Quarterly National Household Survey, said that they had private insurance, while 24% said they had a medical card.
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More than 25% of Irish adults do not have a medical card, or private health insurance, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office have revealed. According to the CSO, only 44% of those who responded to the latest Quarterly National Household Survey, said that they had private insurance, while 24% said they had a medical card.
26 June 2012
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Fine Gael Senator for Cork and Seanad Spokesperson on Health, Colm Burke, has today released the results of a survey he commissioned of medical students across the country, which found that nearly two thirds of final year medical students (65.5%) do not plan on working within the Irish hospital system one year after their graduation.
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24 January 2008
Hospital Consultants Pay Deal At Crucial Stage
Talks are underway to avert the virtually unthinkable scenario of senior medical professionals in Ireland going on strike. However, late night negotiations between hospital consultants and their health service employers on new contracts were said to be making progress this week.
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04 November 2009
North's Swine Flu Reporting Challenged
Just days after the latest tragic death from swine flu in the North, the Stormont Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey has responded to criticism over the revised system of weekly reporting of swine flu. He said that including such deaths in the official weekly bulletin "was the right and appropriate step to take".
North's Swine Flu Reporting Challenged
Just days after the latest tragic death from swine flu in the North, the Stormont Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey has responded to criticism over the revised system of weekly reporting of swine flu. He said that including such deaths in the official weekly bulletin "was the right and appropriate step to take".
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Ireland WeatherToday:Scattered showers of rain, sleet and, over hills, snow in the morning with sunny spells, the best of these in the south. The showers dying out this afternoon with increasing amounts of sunshine. Occasionally fresh westerly or northwesterly winds easing. Maximum temperature 6 °C.Tonight:Clear start with a fairly widespread frost developing. Increasing cloud brings occasionally heavy rain overnight, preceded, especially over western hills, briefly by snow. Occasional southeasterly gales, severe near coasts, developing. Minimum temperature -2 °C.
