Global Health · Editorial & clinical governance
How we write and review medical content
Every clinical article we publish for Ireland is drafted from primary sources, checked against them, and signed off by a named physician registered with Irish Medical Council before it reaches you — and reviewed again when the underlying rules change.
- Named reviewersClinical sign-off by a named, registered doctor
- Sourced to the regulatorRules link to the body that sets them
- Kept currentRe-reviewed at least once a year
Who writes our content
Articles begin as a draft built from verified primary sources — government guidance, national health authority publications, and the social security or insurance body documentation that applies in the country the article is written for. Drafting may involve editorial tools, but no article is published on the strength of a tool alone.
Articles carry one editorial byline — the Global Health Medical Team — because drafting, sourcing and editing are a team effort rather than one person's work. Clinical accountability is not anonymous, though: a physician registered with Irish Medical Council signs the article off, and it is their name and registration number that appear on it.
Who reviews it, and what they check
Before publication, the article is reviewed in full by a registered physician. This is not a formality: the reviewer is expected to check claims against the source material rather than simply approve the draft. That physician is named on the article, with the registration number that lets you check them yourself.
Author
The Global Health Medical Team
Every article is drafted, sourced and edited by our clinical editorial team, so it carries one consistent byline rather than rotating individual names.
Reviewer
Named clinical sign-off
A registered physician checks the article before publication, and again whenever it is materially updated. Their name and registration are published on the article.
The article names the physician who signed it off, with a registration you can check yourself. A published byline reads like this:
Global Health Medical TeamClinically reviewed byDr Abdelrahman MustafaIMC | 431361, General Practitioner
The reviewer name and registration number on our articles belong to a doctor on the public register for this market — never a placeholder.
Editorial standards we hold ourselves to
Figures and thresholds are never hard-coded. Amounts, waiting periods and eligibility rules set by government or insurance bodies change over time. Where an article would otherwise state one, it links to the issuing body's own page instead, so you always see the current figure.
Every regulatory claim links to its source. Statements about entitlements, certification rules or legal processes link directly to the government department, health authority or regulator that defines them — not to a summary of a summary.
Country-specific rules are written for that country. An article about sick leave in Ireland is written and reviewed for Ireland, separately from the same topic in another market, because the rules genuinely differ.
Nothing here replaces an individual assessment. Articles explain how a process generally works. They do not diagnose, and they do not guarantee a specific outcome in your case — that requires an actual consultation.
Emergency guidance is never generic. Where an article mentions warning signs that warrant urgent care, it gives the emergency number that applies in this market — 112 / 999.
Keeping articles current
Regulatory content is reviewed at least once a year, or sooner if we become aware that a rule, form or process it describes has changed. Where an article has been clinically reviewed, the date of that review is shown on the article, so you can judge how current it is at a glance.
If a review results in a material change to the guidance, the reviewing physician's name and the review date are updated with it.
Found something that looks wrong?
Tell us. Every report is checked by a member of our clinical team, and corrections are made publicly and promptly.
This policy describes the editorial process for the general health information published on this site. It does not apply to personalised medical advice given during a consultation, which follows separate clinical governance standards. Read our medical disclaimer.
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