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An Bord Altranais

Type: Organization

Name: An Bord Altranais

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Coaching patients to health

It is up to patients to take action to prevent the majority of health problems and a new coaching question helps family doctors get straight to their concerns as patients, writes Dublin GP Dr Paul Heslin.“What keeps people from doing what they need to ... [Published Irish Medical Times - May 15 2013]

Entities: Patient, Coaching, An Bord Altranais, Dublin

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Catholic nursing guild says it won't co-operate

MEMBERS of the Catholic Nurses Guild of Ireland have said they will not co-operate "with the deliberate killing" of innocent unborn babies if the Government's abortion legislation is passed.The guild, which did not elaborate on how many members they have, ... [Published Irish Independent - May 03 2013]

Entities: Catholic, An Bord Altranais, James Reilly

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Council set to consider Coroner?s statement

The Medical Council has pledged to give detailed consideration to the recommendations of the Coroner and to any other relevant issues that have arisen during the inquest of the late Savita Halappanavar.In returning a verdict of medical misadventure, the ... [Published Irish Medical Times - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: An Bord Altranais, Summing-up, Savita Halappanavar

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

A double misadventure

Medical misadventure. The words sound like a euphemism and seem hardly adequate to describe the sad, unnecessary death of Savita Halappanavar. The limitations of the inquest system, constrained to discern just the "who, where, when and how" of an unexpected ... [Published Irish Times - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: guidelines, An Bord Altranais, Ethical, Inquest, Verdict

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

European Court of Human Rights

Praveen Halappanavar may take Ireland to European Court of Human Rights

Praveen Halappanavar may take Ireland to the European Court of Human Rights, following the completion of the inquest on Friday into his late wife Savita, who died in University Hospital Galway last October.The jury in the Savita Halappanavar inquest returned ... [Published Inside Ireland - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Savita Halappanavar, European Court of Human Rights, Ireland, Peter Saunders

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

What the jury recommends: clear rules and communication

1 That the Medical Council lay out exactly when a doctor can intervene to save the life of the mother in similar circumstances, which will remove doubt and fear from the doctor and also reassure the public.An Bord Altranais (the nursing board) should ... [Published Irish Independent - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Sepsis, An Bord Altranais, Early Warning, Microbiology, Handover

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Abortion inquest recommendations

The inquest jury in Galway accepted nine recommendations put forward by coroner Dr Ciaran MacLoughlinThe jury in the inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar made nine recommendations to be applied nationally in a bid to protect patients from further ... [Published Irish Independent - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Inquest, Abortion, Sepsis, An Bord Altranais

Quotes

"As nurses and midwives we cannot co-operate with the deliberate killing of innocent unborn babies in any circumstances."

Catholic nursing guild says it won't co-operate [Published Irish Independent - May 03 2013]

...of Mr Justice Hugh O'Flaherty in his X case ruling that an abortion should be permitted when there is "substantial" risk to the life of the mother "though this does not have to be imminent as long as it is identifiable???The law does not require the doctor to wait until the mother is in peril of immediate death."

A double misadventure [Published Irish Times - Apr 22 2013]