Organisation: General Medical Services Payments Board

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Suspicions of fraud went back 18 years

THE Department of Health suspected as long as 18 years ago that pharmacists were defrauding the General Medical Services Payments Board of almost €14 million a year in claims for discounted medicine prices, it was reported in a High Court judgment yesterday.

Fri, 12 Sep, 2008

HRT poses womb cancer fears, says study

FEARS were raised yesterday over the safety of a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) pill that is licensed in Ireland.

Fri, 29 Apr, 2005

HRT increases stroke risk by a third, says study

HORMONE replacement therapy increases the risk of stroke by almost a third, a review of clinical trials revealed yesterday.

Fri, 07 Jan, 2005

'Bad deal to blame for huge medical card earnings'

OPPOSITION parties yesterday blamed a badly negotiated Government contract for doctors' massive earnings under the medical card scheme.

Mon, 19 Jul, 2004

Eastern region doctors paid for treating 12,419 ‘ghost patients’

DOCTORS in the eastern region were paid for treating 12,419 dead patients because health boards failed to remove names of the deceased from medical card holder lists.

Tue, 04 Nov, 2003