Irish Medical Organisation

Intent: Invest in health service capacity Increase the number of new inpatient beds to 5,000 under the Acute Hospital Bed Capacity Expansion Plan. Develop an adjacent plan to increase the number of inpatient psychiatric beds. Assess diagnostics, radiology and laboratory service requirements across acute and community care. Increase the number of rehabilitative care beds, long-term nursing home beds and the financing of home care packages.::Introduce targeted supports and grants to aid newly qualified GPs in establishing as GP partners/principals; Support established GPs with options to take on young GPs with a view to partnership; Provide tax incentives to GPs in to develop their practices in line with the recommendations of the Indecon Report 2015. Provide a full economic impact assessment of the Health Information Bill. Publish and resource an investment plan to fully digitalise the health service over the next 5 years. ::Develop and fund a comprehensive medical workforce plan to increase th

Methods: Submission

Intent: The IMO recognises the dire circumstances of the healthcare system, medical teams and civilian population in Gaza and calls on the Irish Government, the European Commission and the European Parliament to use all diplomatic and financial avenues available to support all relevant agencies on the ground in the provision of healthcare, including the reinstatement and augmentation of funding to UNWRA.::That the IMO supports recognises and supports the position of the United Nations and the International Court of Justice on the war in Gaza and calls for an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages. The IMO also condemn the ongoing attacks by the Israeli Government on civilians, healthcare settings and on those seeking to provide care and aid to the people of Gaza. ::We call on the Irish Government, to review their procurement chains and associations so as to ensure they are in line with the UN and ICJ Rulings and Directives and that any procurement does not support military action.

Methods: Letter

Intent: for the Government to implement effective sustainability and adaptation actions and to improve their Climate Action Plans.for all Govt Departments to carry out and publish comprehensive and meaningful Health Impact Assessments, as recommended by the WHO when developing policies or major projects so as to improve and protect the health of our citizens. HIAs should be meaningfully considered in the context of air pollution, environmental hazards and the social determinants of health.::Considering the wider determinants of health, which are outside of doctors’ control, are responsible for most illness, those who make decisions that may adversely affect the health and well-being of people should be expected to have similar high standards in terms of ethical training, and accountability as expected from doctors. The IMO calls on Government to reflect these standards in their decision making.

Methods: Letter

Intent: Recognising the detrimental impact on physical and mental health arising from homelessness and inappropriate housing, the IMO calls on the Government to ensure that all efforts are made to provide safe and secure housing for the most vulnerable in our society and in particular the homeless and those seeking international protection.

Methods: Email

Intent: In the interest of the health and wellbeing of our citizens, to ban gambling advertising from television, radio, cinemas, magazines, social media, websites, newspapers and in public spaces.Given the devastating impacts of gambling, and the growth in online gambling, impose mandatory deposit limits on personal gambling accounts , which can only be increased after robust customer safety checks.

Methods: Letter

Intent: • To develop Rapid pathways for those who require an acute psychiatric bed in NFMHSH• Increased staffing of psychiatrists and mental health professionals in prisons• Provision of comprehensive addiction services within prisons• Increased support for those to access care on release

Methods: Letter

Intent: engagement with in regard to establishing a clear and definitive role for the grade of Physician Assistant/Associate appropriate to their level of training, governance and reporting relationships, regulation, registration and accreditation with a body other than the Medical Council. Assurances that Physician Assistants/Associates cannot cover doctor's shifts and rotas and that NCHD training in not affected and that no NCHD post is suppressed to facilitate their development.

Methods: Letter

Intent: To ensure that graduate entry medical (GEM) students and undergraduate medical students fees are the same, and to allow access to SUSI funding for GEM studentsTo look at more effective ways of broadening access to medical school places than through the HPATto establish a cross departmental group to plan for and fund the appropriate number of undergraduate medical training places so as to ensure that our future medical workforce needs are met.

Methods: Letter

Intent: to provide an economic evaluation of the Health Information Bill and to allocate sufficient resources for the roll out of digitalised health service.to ensure that all new eHealth initiatives including ePrescribing, Summary Care Record and Shared Care Record is agreed within the context of the 2019 Agreement and has at its core objective of reducing the administrative workload of General Practice and ensure that valuable patient facing time is not compromised.

Methods: Letter

Intent: to institute a ban on Smartphone use by pupils within all primary schools in Ireland.to urgently develop a well-funded public health strategy modelled on successful “tobacco free” policies to combat social media addiction, use and harm.in light of the case taken by 42 US Attorneys General against Meta for their product’s detrimental effect upon youth mental health to urgently investigate the allegations and publish opinion on whether a similar case should be taken in Ireland.

Methods: Letter, Submission