@eoinmauricedaly It doesn’t seem unreasonable that a person whose job it is to diagnose and treat would have a perspective on how diagnosis is applied and its effects. Further good perspective here: https://t.co/fokuyyITO8
HSE Sexual Health Programme today launch two new reports, published by the ESRI on sexual health and young adults in Ireland. Sexual health, literacy, behaviours, initiation are all explored. Knowledge of the best method for STI prevention is high, knowledge of fertility is much lower. Little evidence of an association between sexual health literacy and condom and contraception use. Peer culture is a key predictor of earlier sexual initiation in this research, which is available to download through this link https://t.co/NJ0rCD5JT7
#HSE_ESRI_SexualHealth
The NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office website has been taken down.
LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately subjected to violence, discrimination & stigma, affecting their health outcomes.
Ignoring these facts endangers us all.
BREAKING: Simeon Burke makes statement outside The Bar of Ireland in Dublin
An award-winning barrister, Simeon Burke is now faced with the possibility of being blocked from practising in the courts
He appeals to Justice Minister Helen McEntee to intervene as deadline looms
@mccarthymt7 I went to hospital on a Saturday night in January. I spent three nights on a trolley in A&E and two in a ward. Consultant, reg and junior docs saw me every day, including Sunday. Access to bed and ultrasound diagnostics were cause of long delays throughout
1 Thread on #mpox which is in the news again since a returning traveller was diagnosed in Sweden with a new more dangerous strain which reached Europe for the first time.
In the 2022-23 global outbreak I was clinical advisor to @WHOEurope
Here’s what I think you need to know.
The most important and difficult question that UK mental health services face. In the absence of additional money/staff/beds, what do we have to withdraw from in order to provide safe and sustainable care for those who are most vulnerable and in need of services?