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Filling you in: the new Dental Council code
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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- 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
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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
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- Ireland
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- 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”
