Annual Awards Recognise Excellence, Innovation & Collaboration in General Practice GPBuddy.ie, the online resource for GPs in Ireland, has announced details of the shortlisted nominees for this year’s GPBuddy National GP Awards, in association with Affidea, Ireland’s leading independent provider of diagnostic imaging services including MRI, CT, Ultrasound, DXA and X-ray. Now in its second year, the annual GPBuddy Awards Ceremony recognises excellence, innovation and collaboration among GPs all over Ireland. This year’s judging panel…

Healthcare firm to open new outlets in Galway and Limerick Patients will have more choice of minor injury clinics with a new chain opening up. Affidea, the privately owned chain of European healthcare clinics, is to start treating minor injuries and offering additional services at its outlets. The move will put it in direct competition with the VHI’s Swiftcare business. VHI announced during the summer that it is going to block access to its Swiftcare…

Tom Finn, a medical veteran of the real ER, is relishing leading rapid expansion of the healthcare scan giant in the fast-moving private sector, writes John Mulligan in The Irish Independent Business Newsletter. When he worked at the HSE, Tom Finn was quickly given a new moniker by unions and others: The Minister for Outsourcing. In 2007, as the assistant national director of the HSE’s hospitals office, Finn arranged for tens of thousands of smear…

#AffideaFamily welcome elite US Olympic and Diamond league athletes to @AffideaIreland Waterford. Pro coach Gary Evens "best I've ever seen" pic.twitter.com/z4h1HxMGeS — Tom Finn (@TomFinnAffidea) July 18, 2017 Fantastic that our local staff could accommodate them & they enjoyed the experience! https://t.co/vwHhwc7kpO #Waterford #AffideaHealth https://t.co/u7y6PT3W3k — Affidea Ireland (@AffideaIreland) July 18, 2017

The partnership between Affidea, Ireland’s leading independent diagnostic imaging provider, and Donegal GAA has been going strong for the past year, since Affidea Letterkenny successfully launched at Scally Place last July. The deal with Donegal GAA allows players to avail of state-of-the-art diagnostic access to MRI, Ultrasound and X-ray facilities. Appointments, made by referral, are generally seen to within days. Donegal Team Doctor Kevin Moran commented; “I am extremely impressed with the service available and…

Quick access and affordable MRI, Ultrasound and X-ray scans have never been as convenient for the people of the North West, thanks to Affidea, Ireland’s leading independent diagnostic imaging provider.   Formerly known as Euromedic, Affidea opened its new medical scanning facility in Letterkenny last July, investing €2m as part of an overall €15m investment in the Irish healthcare sector. Previously, patients in Donegal and the surrounding areas faced a two-hour drive to Sligo to…