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Caution is still required on GET and ME
Dear Editor, According to your recent article (‘Cognitive behavioural therapy not harmful in chronic fatigue’, Irish Medical Times, March 18, 2011,...
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Medical Council’s records were only used as a security measure
Dear Editor, I refer to the statement made by Caroline Spillane, CEO of the Medical Council, in her recent letter to Irish Medical Times (‘Website did not have access to the Medical Council’s doctor...
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Reconfigured NEDOC is unsafe for both GPs and patients alike
Dear Editor, Dr Illona Duffy’s recent article in Irish Medical Times (‘The stress of out-of-hours work is out of order for GPs’, March 25, 2011,...
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GPs shouldn’t carry the can for somatisation
Dear Editor, May I take issue with your article on somatisation and pain in your recent edition (‘Solving the riddle of somatisation’, Irish Medical Times, April 29, 2011,...
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Thank you for allowing me to retain my ‘Doctor’ title
Dear Editor, Having retired from active practice last year, I find myself unable in the future to fulfil all the criteria of professional competency to enable me to remain on the Medical Register....
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Doctors are not factory workers on conveyor belt
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Dr Ruairi Hanley’s article of June 10, 2011 (‘Time is of the essence’, http://bit.ly/kCU0xo). Apparently, Dr Hanley has already laid down on his master’s lap and...
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Compulsory service would be a mere sticking plaster
Dear Editor, I always read Dr Ruairi Hanley’s articles and usually enjoy them despite — or perhaps because of — the angry, simplistic nature of his arguments (‘Blazing row over EDs’, IMT, June 24,...
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Radio campaign for solicitors hits the wrong note
Open letter to Mr John Costello, President, Law Society of Ireland. Dear Mr Costello, I am an early riser and on many mornings recently I have heard advertisements on the radio, usually before 7...
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Time to shape not just shout about PC scheme
Dear Editor, What an emotional, heartfelt article from Dr Cyril Daly (‘A heinous and intrusive insult to our profession’, Irish Medical Times, July 15, 2011, http://bit.ly/qCvn1G). I can only imagine...
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On the demise of general practice
Dear Editor, Is there any chance you could write an editorial on the demise of general practice in this country? As a senior doctor in general practice for many years, I am shocked at the Minister for...
View ArticleWhere is the long-awaited new GP contract?
Dear Editor, Where is the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) bringing general practice? The recent deal made with Department of Health (DoH) and the Health Service Executive (HSE) is good in some ways....
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