Showing posts with label Paediatrics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paediatrics. Show all posts
Saturday, 1 April 2017
Friday, 3 March 2017
Case Studies - Paediatrics
New Edition of 100 Cases in Paediatrics - 2017 is available:
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Monday, 14 November 2016
Delay with Vaccinations!
GPs have warned that there could be delays to the rollout of two new vaccinations for newborn babies.
The Department of Health and the Health Service Executive had planned to add two new vaccines to be given by GPs, to all babies born after 1st October.
The planned expansion of the current vaccination scheme was due to come into effect from 1 December.
These vaccines protect against conditions such as meningitis, septicaemia and serious cases of diarrhea.
However, GPS in the Irish Medical Organisation have warned of delays to the rollout of the vaccines.
The organisation said it had a meeting with the HSE six weeks ago during which it said extra resources and fees would be required to go towards the additional GP and nurse time required to extend the vaccination scheme.
However, GPs say they have not had any contact from the HSE about the matter since.
In a statement, the HSE said there would be a timely rollout of the programme once the matter of a fee for GPs has been resolved.
Vaccination programme could be delayed
Dr Austin Byrne of the IMO's GP Committee said the vaccines are important and GPs have played a "key role in ensuring that Ireland has one of the most effective immunisation regimes in the world but this experience makes me fearful that this will be lost."
He said the delay is due to a lack of engagement between the HSE and the department and the IMO and the administering of the vaccines will mean that visits to the GP will be twice as long and GPs must be reimbursed for this.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Dr Byrne said: "There are no additional visits but the visits that will take place at two months, four months and six months will be significantly longer and the HSE's own advice on this is that we need to apply an allocation of about twice the amount of time - so twice the amount of nurse time or twice the amount of GP time."
He said that there are 65,000 children who are due to receive these vaccines.
The Department of Health and the Health Service Executive had planned to add two new vaccines to be given by GPs, to all babies born after 1st October.
The planned expansion of the current vaccination scheme was due to come into effect from 1 December.
These vaccines protect against conditions such as meningitis, septicaemia and serious cases of diarrhea.
However, GPS in the Irish Medical Organisation have warned of delays to the rollout of the vaccines.
The organisation said it had a meeting with the HSE six weeks ago during which it said extra resources and fees would be required to go towards the additional GP and nurse time required to extend the vaccination scheme.
However, GPs say they have not had any contact from the HSE about the matter since.
In a statement, the HSE said there would be a timely rollout of the programme once the matter of a fee for GPs has been resolved.
Dr Austin Byrne of the IMO's GP Committee said the vaccines are important and GPs have played a "key role in ensuring that Ireland has one of the most effective immunisation regimes in the world but this experience makes me fearful that this will be lost."
He said the delay is due to a lack of engagement between the HSE and the department and the IMO and the administering of the vaccines will mean that visits to the GP will be twice as long and GPs must be reimbursed for this.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Dr Byrne said: "There are no additional visits but the visits that will take place at two months, four months and six months will be significantly longer and the HSE's own advice on this is that we need to apply an allocation of about twice the amount of time - so twice the amount of nurse time or twice the amount of GP time."
He said that there are 65,000 children who are due to receive these vaccines.
Friday, 29 April 2016
New Paediatrics Facility in the Capital!
The project will bring together the three existing children's hospitals - Temple Street Children's University Hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght.
There has been much controversy of the suitability of the site.
An Bord Pleanála has granted permission, subject to 17 conditions.
No major changes have been sought on the original planning application.
Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar has said receiving the phone call this morning that planning permission had been granted was the best phone call he ever received in politics.
Mr. Varadkar said it "will be the single biggest capital project in the history of Irish healthcare".
He added: "The new Children's Hospital will support regional hospitals across Ireland to ensure that services are provided as close to home as possible. Permission has also been granted for the research centre."
Chief executive Eilísh Hardiman of the Children's Hospital Group said: "This truly is a watershed day for children, young people and their families."
Thursday, 28 April 2016
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Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Project to build a new Paediatric Outpatient Unit for Patients with Cystic Fibrosis underway at Galway University Hospitals
Work on a new Outpatient unit for children with cystic fibrosis at Galway University Hospitals commenced today when the first sod was turned on the new build.
The new unit will cost approximately €590k with €250k being funded by the Cystic Fibrosis Association and the balance by the hospital and the HSE. The new unit will include four examination rooms, a treatment room for procedures and a gym for assessment and physiotherapy and it will be located behind the existing Paediatric Outpatient Department on the grounds of University Hospital Galway.
Bill Maher, CEO, West /North West Hospitals Group said “Cystic Fibrosis is Ireland’s most common genetically inherited fatal disease. In Ireland approx 1 in 19 carry the CF gene, compared with 1 in 25 in UK. We currently have 32 paediatric patients with CF under the care of the hospital (and 37 adults). The new unit will be a dedicated specialist facility for day care and outpatient services and will allow us to treat children in an optimal physical environment to reduce the risk of infection which can have a serious impact for patients with CF.”
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics - Lissauer
The 4th edition of Lissauer's Paediatrics along with the regular hardcopy version,
is also available Online:
Thursday, 10 October 2013
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