# doctors - Monday 8 August, 2022
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Non-consultant hospital doctors regularly move hospitals and must join a new payroll system each time.
# doctors - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
Non-consultant hospital doctors are currently balloting on whether to take industrial action over their working conditions.
# doctors - Tuesday 17 May, 2022
# Elm Park
The plan was approved by Cabinet this morning and described by Minister Stephen Donnelly as 'a milestone'. Members of the Oireachtas Health Committee had asked for a further delay in Cabinet approval, saying more consultation was required. One member, Róisín Shortall of the SocDems, called the last two weeks of debate "a sham and a charade".
# doctors - Monday 16 May, 2022
# The Fix
# The Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# doctors - Wednesday 11 May, 2022
# No Doctors In The House
# No Doctors In The House
“I have seen the ups and downs of general practice. I have seen it when it was sneered at, when it was dismissed”
# doctors - Monday 11 April, 2022
# Doctors
# Doctors
A survey published today shows that 96% of NCHDs have been required to work over 48 hours a week.
# doctors - Monday 31 January, 2022
# Emigration
Young doctors are leaving Ireland for Australia for a better work-life balance, better training opportunities, and a better working environment. There were 391 visa applications granted to Irish doctors last year - an increase of 59 visas, despite pandemic travel restrictions in place. Australia's retention policies for healthcare workers has been praised as something Ireland can learn from.
# doctors - Sunday 30 January, 2022
# Women In Medicine
# Women In Medicine
Women make up a majority of undergraduate medical students, but almost two-thirds of hospital consultants are male.
# doctors - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# Consultants
# Consultants
Previously these healthcare professionals had been considered only after EU doctors were.
# doctors - Sunday 26 September, 2021
# Healthcare System
# Healthcare System
The move has been hailed as “a very important achievement”.
# doctors - Monday 14 June, 2021
# Contract
A Sláintecare public hospital consultant contract was firmed up on 31 May. Doctors have criticised some of the terms in the draft contract. The Irish Hospital Consultants Association is seeking "urgent" negotiations, writes Orla Dwyer.
# doctors - Sunday 14 March, 2021
# Consultants
# Consultants
One quarter had reported that either they or colleagues had experienced “long-Covid” after being infected.
# doctors - Wednesday 20 January, 2021
# Strike Action
# Strike Action
In a ballot in November, 94% of IMO’s public health doctors voted in favour of strike action.
# doctors - Monday 30 November, 2020
# IMO
# IMO
The IMO has expressed disappointment at “no meaningful engagement” from the Department of Health for five months.
# doctors - Saturday 14 November, 2020
# Consultants Shortage
# Consultants Shortage
The Irish Medical Council said that it hoped recent changes in law would prompt more doctors to stay in Ireland to pursue specialist training here.
# doctors - Wednesday 11 November, 2020
# Doctors
# Doctors
The Practitioner Health Matters Programme today released its annual report for 2019.
# doctors - Friday 4 September, 2020
# Kdoc
# Kdoc
KDoc had been continuing to charge people for Covid-19 consultations up until last week.
# doctors - Monday 31 August, 2020
# Doctors
# Doctors
Concerns have been raised by GPs about major difficulties in accessing hospital services.
# doctors - Friday 24 July, 2020
# Domestic Abuse
# Domestic Abuse
Doctors have been urged to “be vigilant in terms of identifying and supporting victims of domestic abuse”.
# doctors - Tuesday 14 July, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Dr Rachel McNamara describes her experience of working on the frontline in the past few months. She says it’s hard not to view the easing of restrictions with anything but trepidation.
# doctors - Friday 10 July, 2020
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
The public health service has come under pressure in recent months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
# doctors - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# FRONTLINE WORKERS
# FRONTLINE WORKERS
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this evening suggested that the figures provided by the INMO were wrong.
# doctors - Tuesday 28 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Consultant geriatrician Rónán Collins understands the reasons for cocooning but says enough is enough.
# doctors - Monday 20 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The National Public Health Emergency team will discuss the plan tomorrow, says the Taoiseach.
# doctors - Sunday 12 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
From pregnancy to isolation, advice to staff has changed significantly since January.
# doctors - Thursday 9 April, 2020
# Cavan
# Cavan
It was reported today that two wards in the hospital were closed following an outbreak of infection.
# doctors - Sunday 29 March, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The IMO said it is important to remember the pandemic does not prevent other diseases from occurring or patients becoming unwell from other infections.
# doctors - Wednesday 18 March, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
There have been a number of reports in recent days of healthcare workers at hospitals having their cars clamped while they were working overtime.
# Doctors
# Doctors
There are now a total of 292 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland.
# doctors - Friday 13 March, 2020
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
The figures come at a time when the coronavirus is putting pressure on the public health system.
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Paschal Donohue said work is underway in relation to the issue following representations from workers unions in the last 24 hours.
# doctors - Monday 9 March, 2020
# Retention Crisis
# Retention Crisis
One doctor described the stress of applying for citizenship and work permits, and the toll it has taken on his personal life.
# doctors - Tuesday 21 January, 2020
# General Practice
# General Practice
Minister Regina Doherty made the claim during a recent interview.
# doctors - Thursday 2 January, 2020
# Voices
# Voices
The deterioration of job quality and extreme working hours are a key driver of emigration for Irish doctors.
# Letters To Harris
# Letters To Harris
More than a dozen women told Harris of the devastating impact the condition has had on their lives.
# doctors - Tuesday 24 December, 2019
# Waiting
# Waiting
The number is down from the more than 400 who were waiting for a bed yesterday morning.
# doctors - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
# Health Service Reform
# Health Service Reform
The new contract for consultant doctors offers increased pay levels of up to €222,460, rising further to €252,150 by July 2022.
# doctors - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# Waiting Lists
# Waiting Lists
The IMO said its key demand is an end to the “unjustifiable pay inequality” faced by consultants.
# doctors - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Free Contraception
# Free Contraception
A recent report recommends that free contraception rollout should target young women first.
# doctors - Sunday 10 November, 2019
# Medical Negligence
# Medical Negligence
Dr Rhona Mahony, former master of the National Maternity Hospital said the system pits doctors against patients.
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