Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

Don't let your head get ahead of your heart

By: Terence Cosgrave

The frightened parent does not need to be defeated, they need to be understood, reassured and guided towards the decision that protects their child, writes Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

Health economics sounds heartless even when its purpose is humane

By: Terence Cosgrave

What cannot work is a system in which the loudest campaign automatically gets the money, writes Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

The great mistake is to ask whether AI will replace the doctor

By: Terence Cosgrave

The better question is how many of the things currently done by doctors will still require doctors, writes Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

The Great HSE Paper Chase

By: Terence Cosgrave

The HSE must conduct a comprehensive audit of paper-storage facilities, develop proper systems to track records, securely destroy material that should no longer be retained and identify buildings that are unsuitable for storage, writes Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

Before legislating against an imagined danger, establish that the danger actually exists

By: Terence Cosgrave

An idiot saying something idiotic is democracy's background noise; an intelligent politician repeating it is depressing, writes Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

There are obligations on both sides in work-to-rule dispute

By: Terence Cosgrave

The best settlement would make industrial action unnecessary without making workers powerless, writes Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

First annual report from Research Ireland gives some reason for optimism

By: Terence Cosgrave

Ireland could become an important centre for new drugs, diagnostics, devices, digital health and advanced therapies, writes Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

The money may leave. The patients will remain.

By: Terence Cosgrave

The test of this Budget is whether Ireland uses temporary abundance to build a health service capable of surviving its disappearance, writes Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

Strike! But do not hit yourself

By: Terence Cosgrave

But the right to strike does not settle whether any one particular strike is necessary, proportionate, or likely to achieve something worth its cost, writes Terence Cosgrave

Irish Medical Times

Empathy is a core value of a good society

By: Terence Cosgrave

It becomes positively insulting when offered as compensation for failures that somebody has the authority to address, writes Terence Cosgrave