Tagged With "HSE"
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A miracle cure for a patched-up society? Ireland April 2018
A miracle cure for a patched-up society? By Contributor 19th April 2018 The recent lidocaine (Versatis) patch controversy seems to be a wider debate about health resources — one which could be resolved by just sticking a plaster on it (pun intended), GP Dr William Ralph supposes The recent lidocaine (Versatis) patch debate seemed, on the surface, to be just another healthcare resource allocation decided by the media in the face of Health Service Executive (HSE) intransigence, and a disregard...
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Do we, in Ireland, have our very own Dr Nadine in Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh ? HEALTH PROGRAMME FOR THE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED IS REAPING BENEFITS
Irish Health Innovator 1 : Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh. (7 May 2019) Dr Cliona Ní Cheallaigh, consultant in general medicine and infectious diseases at Dublin St James Hospital, pioneers a unique programme of inclusion health. This is a dedicated service to tackle health and social inequities among our most vulnerable and socially excluded populations: the homeless, people with substance use disorders, sex workers, and prisoners. A year-long pilot study of Ní Cheallaigh’s programme showed...
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Re: A miracle cure for a patched-up society? Ireland April 2018
Powerful article which sums up pretty well the state of the nation.