GP to pay €125,000 over death of woman after Pill led to blood clot

THE parents of a young woman who died from a blood clot caused by using a contraceptive pill said last night that she had been destined for "great things".

Ray and Angela Hennessy settled a High Court action yesterday against their daughter's GP for €125,000. Dr Hassan al Bayyari was Julie Hennessy's doctor before her death on March 22, 2007.

Last night, Mr Hennessy said the family would never get over their youngest daughter's death. To read full article please click here 

Draconian Health Charges that will cost Lives

Media Release

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The announcement this morning about the proposed new charges for;
medical cards, prescription charges and nursing home bed closures are
shocking for the 1.4 million citizens who cannot afford to pay for
private care.

This is a matter of patient safety of the highest priority. The
government is ultimately accountable for the safety of the patients
that will be affected by these proposed charges if they are
implemented, and Minister Howlin  must immediately publish the
“Patient Impact Statements”  for these budgetary proposals.

In the IMF briefing paper on Health Care last Sep 2010 among their
suggestions were 1) Increased patient cost sharing and 2)  Reduce the
generosity of publically funded benefits packages. Such suggestions if
taken up should be in a measured way that has minimum impact on
patients lives, and the spaciousness of their health.

The current economic crises has added some 200000 additional medical
cards in the 18 months to May of this year, costing approx. for a full
year  €64m based on 2009 costs the proposed charges for medical cards
would  raise €74m in a full year.

These charges and additional taxes on medical cards, prescription
charges and access to private nursing home beds will cost lives and
create a strain on the public acute hospital system that may indeed
grind it to a halt with more chronically sick patients.

Ireland must protect its  values of social solidarity for the most
vulnerable in our society

see GPs earning report and Primary Care profile recently published by
Irish Patients Association

http://www.irishpatients.ie/know-your-rights/gp-earnings-reports/

Stephen MCMAHON
C.E.O.
            087-6594183      
            01-2722555      

Part 2 - GPs Earnings 2009 for Medical Cards and GP Visit - No GP's by Salary Band example Nos > €500k

To read the report please click here and follow the link to Part 2 top earning profile 2009.PDF

Part 1 Family Doctors Fees and Expenses for 2009 and Implications

For report please click here and follow the link to PDF

New Health complaints website

New health complaints website please follow link www.healthcomplaints.ie