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Irish Medical Journal

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Staff turnover in the HSE has decreased for the first time in five years

Staff turnover in the HSE has decreased for the first time in five years

Fri, 21 Mar, 2025

Since December 2019 the increase in staff numbers has been 26,000 WTE or up by 21.8 per cent.

Increase in hospital admissions due to complications from comestic surgeries overseas, medics say

Increase in hospital admissions due to complications from comestic surgeries overseas, medics say

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

The warning follows a case of a 21-year-old woman who suffered a rare splenic fungal abscess after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey.

More than 80% of medical professionals believe early abortion training should be mandatory

More than 80% of medical professionals believe early abortion training should be mandatory

Sun, 24 Mar, 2024

Irish GPs can provide Early Medical Abortion (EMA) in pregnancies less than 10 weeks gestation but currently there is no published data regarding education for community EMA amongst undergraduate medical students and GPs in Ireland.