Welcome to this week's issue of The Week in Medicine – a round-up of all the happenings in the world of Irish medicine ...

System prioritises speed over quality and should be replace by client choice model, says group representing home care providers ...

Designed by Oonagh Young of Design HQ, the stamps and a specially designed First Day Cover envelope are available in the new ‘E’ rate for postage to the UK and Europe and ‘N’ rate, for postage within ...

In response, Minister Carroll MacNeill pointed to an expansion in GP training places in recent years. Between 2019 and 2024 annual intake into the GP training scheme run by the Irish College of GPs ...

Levels of virus recorded in last year of February was over twice the median number of cases seen in the same week over the last four years ...

Ireland will have to reduce its consumption of antibiotics and other antimicrobials by 24 per cent in the next five years if ...

The annual 10km Run & Walk event is designed to engage participants of all fitness levels in a meaningful fundraising effort ...

Adolescents deserve protection, not addiction,’ say researchers as study highlights risk of nicotine products on hypertension ...

Paul Reid joins board of Irish Medicines Verification Organisation while Medical Council announces election of three new ...

Schools-based initiative to provide age-appropriate, fact-based, and culturally-sensitive resources to help young people navigate their menstrual health ...

All too often, women’s lives have been eclipsed by the men who lived at the same time, writes Dr Catherine Conlon ...

Maternity hospital set to submit a new planning application for redevelopment after rejection of initial plans ...