Patrick O'Dwyer (@dwcork) profile picture

Patrick O'Dwyer

@dwcork

Rural GP of 30+ years - sideline view of imploding health service. Views expressed entirely my own. Retweets not an endorsement

Joined November 2016
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Another original thinker at the helm in DOH.
Ciarán Halpin (@cihalpin) profile pictureCiarán Halpin@cihalpin20 Feb 2025
Good idea Minister. Let’s accuse doctors of not working hard enough, & blame them for the problems in our health service. That will improve morale, retention of doctors & outcomes for patients. thejournal.ie/just-10-of-hos…
Just 10% of hospital consultants were working over recent bank holiday weekend, says Health Minister

Just 10% of hospital consultants were working over recent bank holiday weekend, says Health Minister

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill remarked that the ‘very high level of hospital congestion’ on Tuesday, 4 February hasn’t been seen since January 2023.

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Confirming our position that there is no role for Physician Associates in general practice – our Chair @KamilaRCGP submits letter to the Leng Review. rcgp.org.uk/getmedia/273f7ab… #LengReview
Professor Kamila Hawthorne.

ALT Professor Kamila Hawthorne.

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Independent candidate and former government minister Katherine Zappone has been eliminated in the ninth count in the Seanad Dublin University/Trinity College election. Ms Zappone was eliminated after receiving 1,039 votes, including 950 first preferences.
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Inaccurate reporting alert 🚨... Important to understand differences between GPs and hospital docs here i.e. We do all our own clinical follow up... 1/7 independent.ie/irish-news/on…
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I agree with Sarah - and in addition if we could cease this narrative of patients ‘ fighting a battle with cancer’.
Medical Independent (@med_indonews) profile pictureMedical Independent
@med_indonews16 Jan 2025
Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon dismantles the fallacies of the illness blame-game @SarahFitzWiMIN @deepend_ireland #socialdeterminantsofhealth medicalindependent.ie/commen…
Dismantling the fallacies of the illness blame-game - Medical Independent

Dismantling the fallacies of the illness blame-game - Medical Independent

illness blame-game. The medical profession can find itself subconsciously supporting the idea that some people have only themselves to...

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The puritanical Gaelgoirs will have to swallow hard and calm themselves - their absolutism has failed.
Margaret Leahy (@gardenngather) profile pictureMargaret Leahy@gardenngather31 Dec 2024
Replying to @rowntree_carr
It's all about trying
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UL Research@UL_Research11 Dec 2024
👏Congratulations to @AilishHannigan on winning a Research Output Award in the @EHSFacultyAtUL at @UL President's Research Excellence and Impact Awards. Check out Ailish's research: pure.ul.ie/en/persons/ailish… #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #ResearchAtUL
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Hopefully a permanent cessation.
Ailbe O Raghallaigh (@ailbeoreilly) profile pictureAilbe O Raghallaigh@ailbeoreilly8 Dec 2024
Is the current series of The Meaning of Life finished on RTE? I thought Sonia O Sullivan was supposed to be on.
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Irrefutable logic.
Neena Jha (@DrNeenaJha) profile pictureNeena Jha@DrNeenaJha23 Nov 2024
It’d be ABSURD to question whether a dentistry degree is necessary to work as a dentist Or whether a pharmacy degree is necessary to to work as a pharmacist So why on Earth is it in question whether it’s necessary to have a medical degree to practice medicine like a doctor?!
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Simon Coveney.
Dr. Opinionated (@_Dr_Anon) profile pictureDr. Opinionated@_Dr_Anon21 Nov 2024
Replying to @dwcork
Name one FG TD more competent... I can't
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Was the most competent. Latest budget negated that accolade.
Dr. Opinionated (@_Dr_Anon) profile pictureDr. Opinionated@_Dr_Anon21 Nov 2024
Replying to @WillMcC06903346
Absolutely zero chance of Donohoe losing his seat. He's the most competent FG TD in the Dail.
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Nothing careful about recent budget. Just trying to buy the election from the electorate with their own money.
Paschal Donohoe (@Paschald) profile picturePaschal Donohoe@Paschald11 Nov 2024
I’ll be on @rtenews 6.01 to discuss cost of living issues, how @FineGael in Govt has been working to address the issue and to provide for society as prices remain high. A strong economy delivered through careful management of our finances allows us to help in time of real need
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It wasn’t a mistake. It was a lack of knowledge, training and experience. If being a GP was easy everyone and anyone could be one - but there is nothing easy about it.
Valerie (Val) Humphreys (@valhumphreys51) profile pictureValerie (Val) Humphreys@valhumphreys5112 Nov 2024
Replying to @DoctorX__
Yes, several people on here have told me that it’s a pretty classic case. Im sure it was an honest mistake - tho she’s never had eczema (she’s 89 years old) so I was surprised they thought she’d get it now - maybe it’s normal, I don’t know.
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Paschal failed to ensure that recent budget addressed the important issues facing the country.
Hugh O'Connell (@oconnellhugh) profile pictureHugh O'Connell@oconnellhugh12 Nov 2024
🚨Paschal Donohoe has launched a major attack on Fianna Fáil's manifesto questioning the credibility of certain tax raising measures #GE24
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Pearse Doherty won that row.
Mick Caul (@caulmick) profile pictureMick Caul
@caulmick12 Nov 2024
The absolute state of this ... Jack Chambers & Hildegarde Naughten shouting over each other like they haven't been in government together for years. #TonightVMTV #Ge24
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I don’t know - presumably a ‘policy / protocol’ drafted by national ambulance service. However it is entirely illogical. An acutely ill patient who wishes to be admitted to a private hospital should in my view be entitled to transfer by ambulance if required.
richard walsh (@WalshmrG) profile picturerichard walsh@WalshmrG23 Oct 2024
Replying to @dwcork
any idea as to the reason?
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Public ambulances only transferring patients to ( overcrowded) public hospitals is illogical &ridiculous. An acutely ill patient going to a private hospital is one patient less to public hospital. In present circumstances this can is a plus for those attending public hospitals
richard walsh (@WalshmrG) profile picturerichard walsh@WalshmrG23 Oct 2024
Replying to @gavreilly
My sister fell very very ill on Sunday in Dungarvan She had been attending the Bons in Cork & the nearest ambulance to bring her there had to come from Dublin because it's a private hospital Public ambulances can only bring a person to a Public Hospital
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Dreadful but to be expected.
Dr Jatinder Hayre (@JatinderHayre_) profile pictureDr Jatinder Hayre@JatinderHayre_7 Oct 2024
Replying to @JatinderHayre_
Patient 3: 👉🏽No recognition of decompensated HF 👉🏽Florid pulmonary oedema 👉🏽No regular medication prescribed 👉🏽Missed Antibiotic Rx 👉🏽Now in ITU This was a snapshot of 2 days. I dread to think the scale of this danger. It’s not radical to expect universal expertise! 4/4
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Cath McCarthy@CathMcCarthy45 Oct 2024
Replying to @SimonHarrisTD
You have failed the people of Middleton one year on from the last flooding shame on you for not doing enough for corkonions corkonions will give ye a kicking after the next election my fellow corkonions will not forget the treatment
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ferris@richardferris7317 Sep 2024
Replying to @RTE_PrimeTime @Alan__Shatter @paulmurphy_TD @MiriamOCal @rtenews
Where was Alan when the pension levy was brought in? The government dipped into peoples hard earned pensions
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