‘New crisis’ from NCHD cuts

The IHCA is to meet the HSE at the end of the month to discuss the implications of a planned 900 drop in NCHD posts across the health service this July, which the Association has described as a ‘new and unnecessary crisis in the Irish health system’. The consultants believe the Executive is going to have to explore ‘every possibility’ to recruit doctors at the NCHD grade, who are competent, eligible for the Medical Register as it currently stands, and proficient in the English language, according to Irish Hospital Consultants Association Assistant Secretary General, Donal Duffy. {openx:269} The HSE has…