Former President of @MedCouncilIRL , General Practitioner, mother of five. All views here are my own. (Retweets ≠ endorsements)
Bray Co. Wicklow
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We can’t keep presuming on goodwill. Time for real action on payments, home care & respite.
#CarersWeek #StateOfCaring2026
Got a pleasant call today from Care Company who last week confirmed they would not be supporting my husband over Christmas-asking me could they help in any way over Christmas- They have agreed to come in the mornings as usual- I thanked them /am mighty relieved There is a God
I did not ask how come the change of attitude? The HSE have obviously changed their approach- i just could not have managed him myself- so I am relieved and also glad to see the HSE can reverse stupid decisions @HSELive @BernardGloster @TomClonan
HSE refuses to fund carers to support regular patients on Christmas Day and St Stephen’s day!! Presuming on the goodwill of relatives- - please explain @BernardGloster @HSELive just cruel and unkind
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husband has a serious progressive neurodegenerative disease-requires care 24/7. We have carers funded by HSE -phone call from one company to tell me that there would be NO carers on Christmas Day or Stephen’s day as HSE would not fund it!! What is the thinking?needs care 24/7
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Needs2 carers in a.m to get him washed and dressed- What am I to do?- leave him dirty- I am disgusted at this frugality @HSELive @TomClonan @itsthatgirlsuzi @drbosheaGP
husband has a serious progressive neurodegenerative disease-requires care 24/7. We have carers funded by HSE -phone call from one company to tell me that there would be NO carers on Christmas Day or Stephen’s day as HSE would not fund it!! What is the thinking?needs care 24/7
Needs2 carers in a.m to get him washed and dressed- What am I to do?- leave him dirty- I am disgusted at this frugality @HSELive @TomClonan @itsthatgirlsuzi @drbosheaGP
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doi:10.1001/jama.2025.15405
In this RCT of 131 276 adults aged 60 years or older, the incidence of all-cause cardiorespiratory hospitalization was significantly lower in the RSV vaccine group compared with the control group (26.3 vs 29.2 events per 1000 participant-years).
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The worst thing about this as a GP is that you get slowly blind to it…what a dreadful system for poor people 😔
@IMT_latest @Independent_ie @EddieHobbs @CormacLucey
@juneshannon @TomClonan @todowd @ritakj
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My letter todays @IrishTimes When will GP fees & affordable #HSE Primary Care be a reality?RT by medics + patients please @CarrollJennifer @MichealMartinTD @SimonHarrisTD @davidcullinane @CiaraKellyDoc @gavreilly @FergalBowers @ICGPnews @todowd #Ireland #GPfees #Sláintecare
This appeared on Irish Times on Friday-I wonder what medical colleaguesl think and what patients think- reasonable or not
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Our son has never been given a chance for best outcome.
Left down again - no referral, no assessment-despite clear pathways abroad & my repeated asks.
April 3rd: told no date. Yet US surgeons were in CHI days before, seeing patients.
@BernardGloster
independent.ie/irish-news/my…
I have discovered that there is zero support from HSE re night time care for patients with advanced neurological disease/ dementia - How can a family manage ? How can we keep him at home where he wants to be - How can change this attitude?
I am overwhelmed by the numbers who are stressed by this scenario- 24 hours in every day- the HSE seem to believe there are only 12- some carers would prefer a night time carer to daytime- If they get sleep they can cope better with the daytime