By Lloyd Mudiwa. The European Commission is to seek a meeting with the Government regarding Ireland’s failure to comply with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) for NCHDs, Irish Medical Times has established.
Executive receives almost 3,500 NCHD applications
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The HSE National Recruitment Service has received 3,492 applications as part of the centralised recruitment exercise of NCHDs, of which 489 were from applicants currently registered with the Medical Council, Irish Medical Times reports.
Ireland to implement the EWTD in three years
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Ireland has submitted a plan outlining a three-year time-frame for achieving compliance with the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) for NCHDs.
NCHDs to help shape postgraduate training
January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The new Dean of Postgraduate Specialist Training at the RCPI is set to prioritise a new model of training, as well as engagement with NCHDs on training issues.
NCHD situation now ‘even worse’ — IAEM
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Gary Culliton. The shortfall in regard to middle-grade NCHDs is “potentially worse” than it was last July, according to the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM).
NCHD shortage is now an established reality
January 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. It is now certain there will be a shortage of NCHDs in Irish public hospitals in the New Year, after there were a number of no-shows in the just-ended qualification examinations for registration in the new Supervised Division, partially owing to the mishandling of the recruitment of doctors from India and Pakistan [...]
CUH NCHDs favour industrial action
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Ninety-eight per cent of NCHDs in Cork University Hospital (CUH) have voted in favour of industrial action over the non-payment of unrostered overtime they worked, according to the IMO.
IMO ballots NCHDs in CUH on payments
December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The IMO has reluctantly balloted NCHDs working in Cork University Hospital (CUH) for industrial action over the non-payment by hospital management for unrostered overtime worked.
Lessons to be learned from the NCHD drive to Pakistan
December 8, 2011 By 4 Comments
Dear Editor, There has been much discussion, debate and concern expressed over the recent recruitment drive for NCHDs from Pakistan and India, in terms of the quality of the candidates, but a lot of this concern has been misplaced.
NCHD vacancies persist
December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Unanticipated delays in the registration of many of the NCHDs recruited from India and Pakistan have meant that agency doctors are still required to fill 128 posts, the HSE has said.
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