News Update From Rate My Hospital
» Cancer - no answer to 'why?' 20 Oct 2015
By Dr Sarah McAnallen
"Ensure that you're in a quiet, comfortable, private setting.
Check that the patient has a close relative with them.
Establish their understanding of the situation..."
As medical students, we all remember the 'breaking bad news'...
» ME - coming out of the wilderness 26 Aug 2015
By Moira Dillon*
I was a fit, healthy professional enjoying my career, motherhood and active hobbies until the age of 35 when I gradually began to struggle at work - continually fighting various chest infections and suffering a lack of energy.
I became unbelievably exhausted...
» Damning HIQA report on Portlaoise 08 May 2015
The long awaited HIQA report on its investigation into Portlaoise Hospital has highlighted failures over a number of years by the HSE at a national, regional and local level to decisively address numerous clinical governance and management issues.
According to HIQA, this impacted upon...
» 'Incentives needed to attract nurses back' 06 May 2015
The nurses union, the INMO, will be pressing for a gradual restoration of pay cuts, the reintroduction of a 37-hour working week and a major increase in nurse staffing, at its annual delegate meeting, which begins today.
INMO General Secretary Liam Doran, speaking at the outset of the...