MacCraith to tackle long-term contracts

By Gary Culliton. The issue of two- and three-year contracts for NCHDs is being considered by Prof Brian MacCraith’s group on medical graduate retention, the Minister for Health has confirmed.   The HSE said it did not anticipate that the number of NCHDs holding six-month contracts would reduce in the short term, due to the rotation requirements between HSE and HSE-funded agencies or between different HSE areas.   However, the Minister,  Dr James Reilly, said he would be concerned if the number of NCHDs holding six-month contracts did not reduce in the short term. “If one is obliged to change…