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Filling you in: the new Dental Council code

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • October 12 2012

In February 2012, the Dental Council published an updated Code of Practice on Professional Behaviour and Ethical Conduct (the “Code”

Checking up on medical practitioners

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • October 12 2012

Since May 2011, practitioners are obliged to commit to a formal process of professional development, promoting and improving professional competence

Sick Cert expenditure raises alarm

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • October 12 2012

Expenditure on sickness benefit is reported to have risen from 330 million in 2001 to 876 million last year

Will the dental complaints resolution service have any teeth?

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • October 12 2012

The Dental Complaints Resolution Service (the “DCRS”) is a new service intended to assist dental patients and participating dentists resolve complaints

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medicines) Bill 2012

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • August 16 2012

Ireland, in common with many other jurisdictions, has experienced a significant level of debate regarding generic drugs and the use of reference pricing by statesponsored medical services providers and Community Drugs Schemes (CDS

Mental health, taking of blood samples without patient consent

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • February 1 2012

Mr Justice MacMenamin in his judgement dated 26 July 2011, held that the taking of blood samples by doctors treating a woman suffering from severe mental illness was lawful, despite her failure to give consent

Steps towards transparency in medical complaints and negligence actions healthcomplaints.ie

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
  • -
  • February 1 2012

Healthcomplaints.ie is a new one stop shop for complaint information

Removing restriction to the medical card market

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • February 1 2012

The Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011 aims to change the rules governing medical card lists and instead, encourage young General Practitioners (GPs) to remain in Ireland and establish their practices here

Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill, a welcome legal development in Ireland

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • February 1 2012

January 2012 saw the introduction of the Advance Healthcare Decisions Bill 2012 (the “Bill”), a welcome development in an area of legal uncertainty in Ireland

New teeth whitening regulations

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • February 1 2012

The Irish Dental Association (IDA) has previously expressed concern in respect of some teeth whitening products, claiming that many of them range from “useless to dangerous”