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News Update From Rate My Hospital
» 'Quality needed for breast cancer care' 10 May 2008
The doctor who carried out the breast mammogram review at Portlaoise hospital last year has stressed the need for quality assurance in breast cancer care.
Consultant radiologist Dr Anne O' Doherty of St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin said quality assurance is the key to improved survival...
» Medical error - mandatory reporting call 09 May 2008
By Alison Moore
A change in Ireland’s hospital culture is required if medical errors are to be identified and rectified at the earliest opportunity.
This is according to Rebecca O’Malley, the Co.Tipperary woman at the centre of the recent HIQA investigation into her...
» Nurses defer all-out strike move 08 May 2008
By Alison Moore
Nurses have deferred for the time being a decision on an all-out strike in pursuit of their longstanding pay claim.
The issue of a potential all-out strike should the Labour Court not find in favour of the Irish Nurses Organisation’s pay claim on May 22...
» Consultant contract ballot begins 08 May 2008
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has begun balloting its members on a new consultant contract offer and says it is recommending that its members accept the deal.
Donal Duffy, Assistant Secretary General of the IHCA, said balloting on the contract began yesterday and...
