Dr. Jacqueline Driscoll HSE Ireland Doctors have been speaking up for years:
2019
UHL doctors write open letter outlining challenges they face treating patients
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2022
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A weakness of many efforts at healthcare reform is a failure to tackle the tradeoffs of the ‘Iron Triangle’. We have to pay for healthcare with money (tax, insurance, or out of pocket), time (waiting), or outcomes (lower quality).

My latest cartoon for Medical Independent

Simon Harris is the third Taoiseach in a row who made their mark as Minister for Health. Will the DoH be as good for Stephen Donnelly’s political health..?

My latest cartoon for Medical Independent

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We are gathering feedback on our plans to start a MSc of Pain Neurosciences at Oxford University (open to clinicians and basic scientists). If you have 4 minutes spare, please help us with some questions we have to tailor it better! thank you everyone! 🤓
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The upsurge in measles cases in Ireland is very concerning.

My latest cartoon for Medical Independent

What on earth is happening in UK healthcare? Instead of striving to raise standards and improve quality for patients, healthcare leaders seem bent on cutting corners and putting the public at risk from poor quality care.

An oldie but a goodie from Eoin Kelleher for #WorldKidneyDay

While the risk from alternative therapies may seem small, Dr Michael Conroy worries that it will rise along with the growth of misinformation online
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#evidencebasedmedicine

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There is something very wrong with road safety in Ireland.

New open Access: The DREAM-CP trial RCT finds MR melatonin does not improve long-term sleep quality in severe chronic pain patients, although short-term sleep quality benefits noted. #ChronicPain #PainMedicine

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NEWS: A new review has concluded that hospitals that are privatised typically deliver worse quality care after converting from public ownership.

Read more about the review and its findings 👇
medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/new-study…