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IMO to ballot members after deal struck on public health model
The Public Health Committee of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) is to ballot members on a proposed agreement to solve a 20-year dispute.
Maeve Lee
The Public Health Committee of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has agreed to ballot members on a proposed agreement to resolve a 20-year dispute over consultant grade posts in Public Health.
The Minister for Health announced that an agreement was reached with the IMO on a reformed public health model in Ireland which will be progressed on a phased basis and will include the establishment of the grade Consultant in Public Health Medicine to provide the strategic leadership for the reformed Public Health Model.
Farmers Warned of UV Sunlight Cancer Risks
Irish farmers have a three times higher cancer mortality than blue/white collar workers with UV sunlight skin cancer being a significant cause of this heightened death rate.
According to Dr Triona McCarthy, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, farmers appear to have a number of misunderstandings of the dangers of UV sunlight risks and protective measures. Farmers are particularly vulnerable to this cancer risk due to the length of time they work outdoors and their self-employed work status where controls and social supports are less readily applicable, she stated.
To improve farmers’ knowledge related to occupational skin cancer, Teagasc will hold a public Webinar on this this topic on Wednesday 21
Minister for Health announces implementation of fundamentally reformed Consultant-led Public Health Model in Ireland
The Minister for Health is today announcing that agreement has been reached with the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) on a reformed public health model in Ireland. It is understood that the IMO will recommend the Agreement to their members who will ballot on it in the coming weeks.
Minister Donnelly said: The government has recognised that major reform of the Public Health function is necessary and through the COVID-19 Path Ahead Plan we have committed to investing in, and resourcing of public health and the delivery of a strengthened and reformed consultant-delivered public health model. The past year has highlighted the critical national importance of a public health workforce with the capability to provide a robust and resilient health protection response. I welcome that an agreement has been reached with the Irish Medical Organisation that w