THE proposed Medical Practitioners Bill has diluted the definition of professional misconduct to such an extent that activities which currently construe misconduct would not be covered under the new bill.

THE Medical Council gave prior warning about difficulties at Cavan General Hospital which sent tragic schoolgirl Frances Sheridan home with a fatal condition after misdiagnosing her as having a tummy bug.

BEAUMONT Hospital was forced to request a special payment from the Eastern Regional Health Authority in April this year to pay its staff, according to a report in Medicine Weekly.

HOSPITAL managers have warned the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) that cutbacks are on the way in the number of nursing home beds contracted to health boards.

Beaumont hospital is reassuring patients and staff that cost-cutting measures will be targeted at areas that do not impact on services.