Consultants and NCHD members of the IMO have voted to accept revised proposals on pay and career structures for hospital consultants.

Dr Keith Swanwick, Secretary of the NAGP, called on the HSE to upgrade the role of district hospitals to provide a sustainable and low cost solution to the current crisis of ED overcrowding and cancelled operations.

Cutting delayed discharges by a third to 500 and extending the range of services in primary care are among the Department of Health’s priorities for 2015.

Dr Keith Swanwick, Secretary of the NAGP, called on the HSE to upgrade the role of district hospitals to provide a sustainable and low cost solution to the current crisis of ED overcrowding and cancelled operations.

Cutting delayed discharges by a third to 500 and extending the range of services in primary care are among the Department of Health’s priorities for 2015.

The IHCA has warned the “exponential” increase in clinical indemnity costs is forcing consultants out of the private sector to look for work elsewhere.

The IHCA has warned the “exponential” increase in clinical indemnity costs is forcing consultants out of the private sector to look for work elsewhere.

Michael Knowles was today appointed General Manager at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise.

Michael Knowles was today appointed General Manager at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise.

The IHCA today said the new entrant hospital consultant contract proposals are “are doomed to fail” and do not address the consultant recruitment crisis.

Calls to Console’s free suicide helpline rose by almost a third over the recent Christmas period, the suicide prevention and bereavement charity have stated.

The IHCA today said the new entrant hospital consultant contract proposals are “are doomed to fail” and do not address the consultant recruitment crisis.