Tag Archives: emigration

The outward migration of healthcare professionals from Ireland presents “serious health, social and economic implications”, the RCSI has warned.

The latest ‘coercive strategy’ proposed by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) to retain Irish medical graduates has been described as “morally objectionable” by NCHD representatives, who said they could not see such a return-of-service scheme ever being a success.

The President of the IMO has warned that public hospitals are facing another year of a shortage of doctors across all the specialties as the trend of emigration continues.

Some 52 per cent of medical trainees who expressed an intent to leave medical practice in Ireland said poor quality training was an influence — with this feeling reportedly highest among interns and Basic Specialist Training (BST) trainees, according to the latest Irish Medical Council (IMC) annual national trainee experience survey, Your Training Counts (YTC) 2015.

The newly appointed Director of the ICGP’s NEGs Committee has taken up her post at a challenging time for young GPs, with more than 10 per cent saying they definitely plan to emigrate on completion of their specialist training.

In advance of any potential agreement on a new overall GP contract, removing direct GP responsibility for funding midnight to 8am care was “a priority issue”, Mayo GP Dr Ken Egan told the IMO AGM.

For experienced NCHDs the training provided by employers is no longer adequate, according to motions proposed for debate ahead of the IMO AGM in Sligo.

Dr John Duddy, IMO Vice President and NCHD Committee Chair, is disappointed that more progress has not been made on measures to counter the exodus of Irish doctors abroad and to make the HSE an ‘employer of choice’.

With low levels of work satisfaction and enjoyment often cited as reasons for doctors emigrating, Dr Muiris Houston proffers some simple advice for staving off that ‘burning’ feeling.

It is relatively easy for doctors who have trained in Ireland to move to Canada, according to Dr Jack Burak, Deputy Registrar at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC), with national certification exams needed.