By Lloyd Mudiwa. Less than half of the candidates who last month sat clinical examinations for registration under the Supervised Division passed, Irish Medical Times has established. This compares to an 88 per cent pass rate in the previous sitting in August.
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 [...]
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.
By Gary Culliton. The Employment Control Framework for the health sector requires a net reduction in employment of approximately 1,500 staff a year for the next three years, the Minister of Health has said.
By Gary Culliton. Great difficulties have arisen in hospitals in recruiting doctors at registrar and even at consultant level, an Oireachtas Committee has been told by the IHCA.
Our ’clueless’ and ‘dysfunctional’ health service has again come under the Oireachtas spotlight, reports Gary Culliton.
By Gary Culliton. It has not been possible, to date, to increase the number of radiography staff at University College Hospital Galway (UCHG) “despite repeated efforts”, the HSE has said.
By Lloyd Mudiwa. The Department of Health is recruiting for an Assistant Secretary General to replace Jim Breslin, who was promoted in July to Secretary General in the Department of Children.
By Gary Culliton. Ever thought you could run the health service better than the powers that be? The Department of Health will shortly be inviting expressions of interest on its website in relation to future appointments to all State boards under the Minister’s control, including the HSE.
By Lloyd Mudiwa & Gary Culliton. The HSE has started paying intern salaries to NCHDs recruited from India and Pakistan to plug health service manpower gaps, following instructions from the Minister for Health.
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