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Great letter: "These problems – poverty, poor education, inadequate housing, limited services, stigma – constitute a form of structural violence that amplifies the impact of mental illness, deepens social exclusion & violates rights." irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

Reminder: Immunisation against RSV is available free of charge for newborn babies. Thanks to staff across our maternity units for delivering this important programme that will help reduce illness this winter. www2.hse.ie/conditions/rsv…

“The past is the present, isn’t it? It’s the future, too.” Fintan O'Toole: Ireland fixates on the ghosts of the past, and is blind to the abuses still happening irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0…

Good article "PAs should serve the system & the system should serve them. It seems to me that if we could get NCHDs, senior doctors, & PAs together ... we could design a HCW role that would be supremely useful. We should use the UK’s failure as our opportunity to begin again."

Here's an article I wrote about Irishness. 'Some voices loudly claim that Irishness is about place & blood & that it is under attack. They are lying. The way to protect our Irishness is by staying true to those values we wish to define us as a society.' thejournal.ie/readme/ireland…

This is true. This is clearly an invasion of a country by another country. The language is so bizarre. It's weirdly deconstructed & sanitised, like a preschool storybook or something 'Israel's. soldiers. were. beside. Lebanon. Now. they. are. in. Lebanon. Look. at. their. guns."

This letter from a lady with cancer about our health system is brave & eloquent. Meanwhile, the Budget showed us that we have so much money as a country that we literally don't know how to spend it all. It is a disgrace. michaeltmccarthy Doctors for Universal Healthcare irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

Today, on National Traveller Mental Health Day, we remember those we've lost and acknowledge the profound struggles that still weigh heavily. Too many families know the pain of losing loved ones to suicide. It’s time to recognise this crisis for what it is. 1/2

Universal healthcare is based on a conception of healthcare not as an economic good or item of charity but a basic & equal right of all people. Achieving it must be a central aim of all who wish to bring about a decent & truly modern society. (From 2022) irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/1…

“A touching posthumous ceremony, as Paddington had succumbed in August to the Legionnaires’ disease he contracted while held aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge as his asylum claim was processed.”

"MacCabe Durney Barnes, acting for the Charlemont & Dartmouth Community Group..." If I had to come up with a name for a consultancy firm opposing a public transport plan on behalf of an affluent residents' association, it would be MacCabe Durney Barnes irishtimes.com/transport/2024…

Are you a registered medical professional and interested in #UniversalHeathcare #UHC? Please come to our online meeting this Wednesday (13th November) at 6pm. See details below!

Doctors For UHC are hosting an online meeting this Wednesday, from 6-7pm. If you're a doctor & believe we should use our voice to advocate for a better, fairer system for everybody, come along! For the Zoom link, message me, reply to this tweet, or email [email protected]

Fair play Gary Gannon TD, who walks the walk

I enjoy writing articles & essays - most of which live happily ever after on my laptop, to be read by zero people. A friend suggested that a better approach might be to make a Substack - so I did! 'It is time to enshrine a right to healthcare in Ireland' open.substack.com/pub/domhnallmc…

Here's an article I wrote about the health system

Our lack of universal GP care is the subject of this Lancet editorial. "Health spending is ultimately a political choice. It is time that Ireland moves from being an outlier in Europe to providing universal access to primary healthcare." Doctors for Universal Healthcare thelancet.com/journals/lanep…

Hello! Here's an article I wrote for TheJournal.ie. Most people in Ireland pay the full price of seeing a GP (as well as taxes, and private health insurance). In this regard, we are an outlier in Europe. 'Universal GP care for Ireland is long overdue' jrnl.ie/6646057

Here is a letter I wrote in the Lancet this month, on how the imprint of Ireland's history can be seen in our health services, particularly primary care. Primary care in Ireland: history explains the system we see today Doctors for Universal Healthcare The Lancet Reg Health-Europe thelancet.com/journals/lanep…

Here's an article I wrote about health insurance and why premiums are going up. thejournal.ie/readme/health-…