CORU: responsibility and regulation *

Ireland - March 14 2013
With the ever increasing media focus on the responsibilities and duties of health and social care professionals, Rebecca Ryan and Grace Keegan review…

A national consent policy - what is being proposed? *

Ireland - August 1 2012
With no unified consent policy in existence for the health and social care sectors, the National Consent Advisory Group (NCAG) was established to draft a policy framework to cover all aspects of consent

Professional competence – friend or foe *

Ireland - March 6 2012
May 2011 saw the introduction of a statutory requirement for medical practitioners to commit to a formal process of professional development, including the completion of 50 hours of continuing professional development per year.

Consent is no minor issue *

Ireland - January 25 2012
The treatment of minors and the lack of legal clarity surrounding some issues of consent may result in a healthcare professional facing serious ethical and legal predicaments. 

Co-authors: Tom Hayes.