The Irish Dental Association has reminded patients of the importance of regular check-ups and the need to deal with any dental problems as soon as they arise.

The PSI (Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland), the pharmacy regulator, has published draft guidelines for public consultation on the sourcing, storage and disposal of medicinal products within retail pharmacy businesses (pharmaci ...

The Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney TD has launched an innovative Boots pharmacy service allowing pharmacists to provide medicines and administer vaccines.

The Department of Health & Children has recently published the Health (Amendment) No. 2 Bill 2010. The Bill provides the legislative basis for charges to be made in respect of prescription items dispensed to medical card holders.

President of IPU says pharmacists prevented by government from offering patients cheaper generic medicines

Almost a year after a bitter dispute between pharmacists and the HSE, new research indicates that the HSE cut 25% more [€33 million more] than they planned to from pharmacists' payments. The Irish Pharmacy Union, the represent ...

The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD, recently published the report of the joint Department of Health and Children/Health Service Executive working group on reference pricing and generic substitution. The report ...

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety today published the findings of a research study to estimate the cost to society of alcohol misuse to Northern Ireland in 2008/09.

Dentists have called on the Minister for Health and Children to introduce 'public health warning' labels for carbonated soft drinks.

The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) has said that it is strongly opposed to the Government's plan to introduce a 50 cent prescription levy for medicines. The issue will be one of the matters debated at the AGM where it is antici ...

From 01 November 2010, all pharmacies must provide a designated patient consultation area, where patients can discuss in private with a pharmacist about their medicines, and receive counselling and advice from the pharmacist. T ...

Parents of children with asthma often recognise signs that their child is about to have an asthma attack but delay treatment at home until the attack occurs, according to an American study.

The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU), the representative body for 1,800 pharmacists across the country, welcomes the report on Primary Medical Care in the Community, published today by the Joint Committee for Health and Children. In ...

Over 400 dentists from across the country met at a special meeting in Dublin today called to discuss the growing crisis for dental health care. The meeting was called following Government cuts in payment supports for dental tr ...

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), and the national pharmacy organisations representing community pharmacy in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, have called upon the Department of Health (DoH) to remove ...

Judge McMahon rules against pharmacist in the high court. The case concerned the use of emergency powers last July by the Minister for Health and Children to cut payments to pharmacists.

The Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU), the representative body for 1,800 pharmacists, has warned that the introduction of prescription charges for medical card holders could lead to certain patients no longer taking essential medicine ...

Dr Ambrose McLoughlin, Registrar and CEO of the PSI, urged pharmacists to get the vaccine immediately. "As essential healthcare workers, it is important pharmacists and pharmacy staff avail of the vaccine. Clearly, as health p ...

ARmark Authentication Technologies, LLC, and Colorcon, Inc. has announced an alliance in the development and introduction of ®mark® On-Dose ID(tm), an authentication technology that incorporates microscopic covert micro-tags i ...

The HSE encourages all pregnant women (from 14 weeks to six weeks after giving birth)to get the Swine Flu vaccine from their GP or from the HSE clinics nationwide. The HSE is encouraging pregnant women to avail of the vaccine t ...

A major new survey has found that over the past 12 months, 76% of Irish dentists in private practice [more than 3 out of 4] have had to treat patients for problems linked to the dental treatment they received abroad.

The Irish Dental Association [IDA] has launched a poster campaign in 1,000 dentist's surgeries to protest at the proposal made in the recent An Bord Snip report [McCarthy Report] to abolish the Dental Treatment Benefit Scheme [ ...

The Executive of the Irish Pharmacy Union is urging pharmacists to resume normal services immediately in the interests of patient safety, in order to prevent a recurrence of the chaotic scenes of yesterday and last week, and in ...

The President of the Irish Pharmacy Union has made an initial response to the statement on the pharmacy dispute issued by the Minister for Health & Children, Mary Harney TD.