The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has released the results of a survey of 317 recently appointed Consultant members that, it has claimed, confirms acute hospital and mental health services face an escalating and unprecedented consultant recruitment and retention crisis due to “ongoing blatant discrimination by the State and health service employers” against new hospital Consultants.
Almost all respondents (99%) agree that lower salary terms are having an adverse impact on the delivery of patient care due to the large number of consultant posts that are unfilled or filled on a temporary basis.
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