Irish doctors ‘not paid over the odds’

By Lloyd Mudiwa. The IMO has taken issue with a finding of the European Observatory Rapid Response Report for Ireland that Irish GPs and consultants are at the high end of the pay spectrum among select OECD countries and that there is room for further cuts. It was difficult to make like-with-like comparisons between the different countries owing to a number of factors, the union argued. IMO Assistant Director, Policy and International Affairs, Vanessa Hetherington, said: “It’s very hard to compare GP salaries across countries. We have tried and found it’s actually difficult to make direct comparisons because GP practices…