# Medical Council
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Last week
14th April 2024 - 20th April 2024
THE MORNING LEAD
Irish GPs have come under pressure to prescribe hormones, gender service consultant claims
A landmark report in the UK raised concerns over private gender care, which Paul Moran said is also an issue here.
People in need of gender care are turning to private providers due to long waiting lists.
The National Gender Service has advised GPs not to enter shared care arrangements with private clinics.
Dr Paul Moran called on pharmacists to stop dispensing foreign gender healthcare hormone prescriptions.
Valerie Flynn
20 Apr
10.8k
Last year
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Medical Council
Cork GP advertised herself as gynaecologist without any authorisation, inquiry hears
22 Feb 2022
57.6k
UK
Brexit 'anomaly' is stopping medical students in Northern Ireland from doing internships in Ireland
21 Jan 2022
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Medical Council
Doctor who falsified records to blame midwife for stillbirth charged with professional misconduct
3 Dec 2020
45.4k
doctor doctor
A record 1,450 doctors voluntarily withdrew from the Medical Council of Ireland last year
2 Oct 2019
49.4k
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Complaints
Ciara Kelly calls for Medical Council reform after 'vexatious' complaints over HPV vaccine support
1 Oct 2019
43.3k
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Medical Council
Irish doctors urged to stop over-prescribing benzodiazepines and similar drugs
19 Sep 2019
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Doctors
Poor working conditions 'having a negative effect on doctors' ability to communicate with patients'
5 Sep 2019
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Medical Council
Over 40% of trainee and intern doctors say they have been bullied or harassed in the workplace
3 Jul 2019
10.7k
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Medical Council
Hospital inspections: Trainee doctors left unsupervised and male interns getting preferential treatment
15 Aug 2018
17.7k
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Medical Council
'Unacceptable' that some patients may have to get repeat cervical smears due to backlog
6 Aug 2018
10.2k
18
Medical Council
Doctor not returning calls to patient waiting on test results among 356 complaints received last year
27 Jun 2018
11.5k
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Brain Drain
As doctors continue to emigrate, Ireland is becoming more reliant on foreign-trained staff
22 Jun 2017
29.0k
58
Tipperary
Doctor accused of misdiagnosing ectopic pregnancy acquitted of poor professional performance
12 Dec 2016
13.8k
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Medical Council
Doctor who made 'abnormal' wound on woman during caesarean found guilty of poor performance
12 Dec 2016
15.3k
Tipperary
Woman's pregnancy terminated after ectopic pregnancy was misdiagnosed, inquiry hears
14 Nov 2016
21.8k
Medical Council
Medical doctor 'didn't know a malignant melanoma was a skin condition'
3 Oct 2016
26.5k
Prime Time
Doctor no longer fit to practice after advising bleach solution to Dublin mother as a 'cure for autism'
23 Sep 2016
47.9k
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Fitness To Practice
"I was so angry - if he had hurt my baby I wanted to kill him" - Inquiry hears doctor misdiagnosed ectopic pregnancy
12 Sep 2016
21.1k
Medical Council
"I felt absolutely dreadful; I couldn't talk" - Doctor misdiagnosed serious womb infection in 45-year-old mother of twins
29 Aug 2016
40.8k
Medical Council
"A doctor who falsified his application" - inquiry hears Donegal-based doctor lied about ability to speak English
4 Aug 2016
28.7k
Mayo General Hospital
Doctor accused of not passing on x-ray of woman who later "suffered greatly" and died
7 Jun 2016
27.0k
Voices
'No profession has a public trial for making a mistake at work, other than doctors'
Lorraine Courtney
31 Jan 2016
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Medical Council
A doctor has been accused of mistaking an elbow for an ankle at a fitness to practice inquiry
4 Jan 2016
34.3k
tough environment
Trainee doctors say nurses and doctors bully them as they're shown the ropes
7 Dec 2015
15.7k
15
peter van geene
Doctor accused of 'inappropriate' womb removals breaks down during testimony
29 Sep 2015
21.2k
peter van geene
Kilkenny surgeon accused of removing women's wombs 'inappropriately' says he made the 'right decisions'
28 Sep 2015
25.5k
peter van geene
Patient describes being "traumatised" by her treatment at hands of hysterectomy surgeon
22 Jul 2015
18.0k
Complaints
Patients complain of rude doctors, lack of compassion and misdiagnosis
13 Jul 2015
16.0k
52
Medical Council
Doctor accused of putting cancer patients' health at risk and showing 'lack of empathy'
29 Jun 2015
23.7k
bad medicine
Complaints of 'failing to treat patients with dignity' against doctors have doubled
4 Jun 2015
9.5k
24
prescription
'Disgraceful and dishonourable' doctor found to have over-prescribed sleeping tablets to addict
23 Mar 2015
20.5k