Dr Tony Foley, author of the ICGP Quick Reference Guide (QRG) to Dementia talks about the importance of early diagnosis, support for carers and available services. The QRG can be found at: https://bit.ly/30RFMxC

For further information go to:

www.alzheimer.ie; www.understandtogether.ie; www.hospicefoundation.ie

In this episode, ICGP Medical Director Tony Cox talks to Dr Sumi Dunne, a GP in Portarlington Co. Laois, Clinical Lecturer in the Department of General Practice in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Clinical Expert on RTE's "Operation Transformation". Dr Sumi Dunne talks about working as a GP in Ireland, how to maintain a healthy balanced lifestyle, her work on "Operation Transformation" and the importance of free contraception and abortion healthcare in Ireland.

In this episode of GPWorks, ICGP Medical Director Tony Cox hosts an insightful discussion about the experiences and challenges faced by general practitioners in dealing with the issue of prescribing benzodiazepines. The discussion follows a session at the ICGP Winter Meeting in Athlone based on recent Medical Council recommendations concerning the prescribing of benzodiazepines: 'Benzodiazepines "But I really need that tablet doctor!"

Featured on this episode of the podcast is the panel of experts that attended the session:

Dr Ide Delargy, Director of the Addiction Management in Primary Care Programme,

Dr Edel McGinnity, Deepend GP,

Dr Tom O'Dowd, GP in Tallaght and former Primary Care Professor in TCD,

Dr Colin Bradley, Professor of General Practice in UCC,

Dr Des Crowley, Assistant Director Addiction Management in the ICGP.

The podcast also includes insights from Katie Mulroy, Solicitor and Legal Advisor from the Medical Council Ireland.

In this episode of GPWorks, ICGP Quality and Policy Manager Dr Helen McVeigh talks to Dr Deirdre Johnston from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences in John Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore. Deirdre talks about the experience she gained during her career; from training in medicine in Galway to moving to Alberta Canada specialising in psychiatry for the elderly.

In this episode of GPWorks Dr Helen McVeigh, Quality and Policy Manager in the ICGP talks to Dr. Johnny Sweeney, GP in Stranorlar Co. Donegal and GP IT Project Manager in the ICGP. Dr. Sweeney discusses working as a GP in rural Donegal, being the GP IT Project Manager, using technology in General Practice and his passion for flying.

In this episode of GPWorks Dr. Mary Short talks to Dr. Rukshan Goonewardena, a GP in Ballyjamesduff Co. Cavan and Director of the Network of Establishing General Practicioners (NEGS)in the ICGP. Dr. Rukshan encourages young GP graduates to take positions and set up practices, discusses his transition from hospital medicine to working as a GP and stresses the importance of maintaining a work-life balance.

In this podcast, Dr Mark O'Kelly talks to Dr Paul Gregan, a GP principal in Deansgrange Co. Dublin. Dr Paul Gregan is also the Specialist Consultant in Palliative Care Medicine in Blackrock Hospice and in St Michael's Dun Laoghaire. He discusses how he balances a dual role as a half-time GP and a half-time Palliative Care Consultant, and also discusses the benefits to a palliative approach to breathless patients.

In this illuminating episode, Dr Joe Gallagher talks to Dr Peter Harrington about the ICGP Global Health Programme, which helps develop GP-led primary care services in one of the poorest countries in the world, Malawi in Africa.

To find out more go to www.icgp.ie/courses/global-health

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In this podcast Dr Joe Gallagher speaks to Dr Tom Brett from Co. Mayo, who is a Professor of General Practice at the University of Notre Dame in Western Australia. Tom discusses his career as a GP both in Ireland and Australia and his career as a Professor. He also talks about his current work and extensive research on the condition Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

Dr Mary Favier is the new president of the ICGP for 2019. In this podcast she discusses her plans and ideas for the presidency, such as improving communication and making the college more relevant for its members. She also discusses the challenges of working in general practice in areas of high deprivation, and gives her advice to new members of the ICGP.