Over 14,000 physicians currently practicing in the United States, concentrated in underserved Midwestern+Southern states, are currently working on H-1B visas. This is the high-skill visa program, lifeblood for critical sectors, that the US Administration is sledgehammering. doi.org/10.1007/s116...

Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

Two-thirds of public hospitals have unsafe bed-occupancy levels in first half of 2025 www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

With misinformation nearly everywhere, one professor tested a simple fix of 150 minutes of fact-checking homework – and it worked, boosting the students’ ability to spot misinformation by nearly 20%. tcnv.link/rmHCvyJ

While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!

'The 12 months to April 2025 saw 13,500 people leave Ireland to go to Australia . . .This represented the highest level of emigration from Ireland to Australia since 2013, when an estimated 14,100 made the move'. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Cost of hiring agency staff in hospitals hit €380m last year www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

‘If we leave, it’s not because we don’t love this country. It’s because this country stopped loving us back. If you lose your nurses, your doctors, your care workers — don’t ask ‘why.’ You already know why’ 2irelands2gether.com/2025/08/06/t...

Portiuncula hospital is not safe for women giving birth www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Portiuncula review: How can the same issues occur at the same hospital again? www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

HSE paid one firm €54m over 27 months for services to tackle waiting lists in public hospitals www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

2nd place can feel disastrous, but the sting of “almost” is less a verdict on your potential than an invitation to hone it My new article in @fastcompany.com, written w/ Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, is all about how near misses can teach us more than successes: www.fastcompany.com/91345595/the...

Newly published @bmj.com paper from @suziebailey.bsky.social @chrisham.bsky.social & me, arguing that it’s time to regulate NHS management, but this will not suffice. Significant investment in training, development & support, & wider professionalisation, are needed. #healthpolicy #healthmanagement

So true @rogerkline.bsky.social You can have as many different channels for reporting as you like, but it's what actually happens when someone speaks up that makes the real difference. Or not. The canary in the mine and “the whiff of Mid Staffs” www.linkedin.com/pulse/canary...

CHI review: '45 individuals . . . interviewed, with most describing a culture within their department where change was slow, lacked governance and robust processes, and was influenced by strong and challenging personalities.' www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Second hospital has waitlist initiative funding suspended over ‘potential financial irregularities’ www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Priscilla Lynch: Children’s health crisis will roll on until there is transparency about how public money is spent www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Great to see our research findings covered in @medindonews.bsky.social It's critical that Ireland gets better at #DrRetention to ensure an adequately staffed future medical workforce t.co/dUSXfdl4vs

Report reveals ‘toxic culture’ among consultants at CHI hospital www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

'Almost 500 children who underwent hip operations in two hospitals should be recalled, as close to 70 per cent of surgeries were not necessary, an independent audit has found' www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Really good piece on evidence based policy 'In an era of polarised discourse and policy pressure, the failure of well-funded research to influence decisions leaves space for anecdote, ideology, and misinformation to dominate. It undermines the very promise of evidence-based policymaking'.

Delighted to announce our latest paper @mariecasey.bsky.social @maicbay.bsky.social . It’s about public health doctors in Ireland and their reflections on working through the pandemic and the work-related change that followed #DrRetention www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mother of hip surgery child sent 30 emails to hospital and only received reply after solicitor got involved www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Eddie Molloy describes the State's response to whistleblowers: delay, deny, destroy www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction | Mahmoud Khalil

Why closing the gender gap needs more than pink socks, tacos and rainbows www.irishtimes.com/business/wor...

Adam Loughnane asked for help at a Galway hospital. Three hours later he was dead www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

UK: Exhausted hospital staff putting patients at risk, says watchdog. "Extreme tiredness and exhaustion among NHS staff poses a significant risk to patients, England's NHS safety watchdog warns." Source: archive.md/nHqiK

Spinal surgeries report: At heart is a labyrinthine and confusing system of governance and care

Dr Niamh Humphries, Senior Lecturer and Head of Research, Graduate School of Healthcare Management, @rcsi.bsky.social speaking today at #MedProf25 on The core work needs of hospital doctors in Ireland: findings from the HDRM project.

"Science in the US is entering a phase resembling the Lysenko era in the Soviet Union." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ireland can’t use housing shortfalls as excuse for failing to accommodate single male asylum seekers, ECJ says www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

workforce planning for the new national children’s hospital a “significant issue” www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

GP practice in Dublin 1 facing closure www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

Delighted to contribute to this paper about health and care worker migration. Key messages include: (1) the need for better data and (2) for renewed focus on retention and well-being of the existing workforce alongside increased recruitment and training doi.org/10.1016/j.he...

(comic) Retention Strategy

'As a result of the failings in your daughter’s care, we have engaged in a thorough reform of the services . . . so that we can ensure as best we can that no other child or family will experience the failings in care, grief and trauma that you have suffered' www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

European nations must recognise that the erosion of scientific integrity anywhere threatens evidence based governance everywhere. 27/31

‘The majority of Camhs teams operate with a skeleton staff. Addressing the lack of staffing was prevented by the HSE recruitment embargo in October 2023, and barriers continue at this time with the HSE Pay and Numbers strategy’ www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

HSE asks WRC to intervene in bid to avert healthcare industrial action. The dispute is about staffing levels. www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Interesting piece about GP recruitment and retention in the face of an ageing population (and ageing workforce) #GPRetention www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

Great group of participants in the inaugural Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab training on building more effective engagement between migration research, policies and practices. Find out more about the project: www.migrationresearchtopolicy.eu

Anyone want to see our latest paper on #masks? #healthpolicy 🧪 www.bmj.com/content/388/...

We recently wrote about GP emigration from Ireland bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... and we’re now looking to interview Irish-trained GPs who work abroad. More information at doctorretention.eu

A GP in the NHS about poverty, resourcing and health system failure: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...