Sign up now for ease of access to The Medical Independent, Ireland’s most frequently published medical newspaper, delivering award-winning news and investigative reporting.
Established in 2010, along with its sister publication The Medical Independent, our stated aim is to investigate and analyse the major issues affecting healthcare and the medical profession in Ireland. The Medical Independent has won a number of awards for its investigative journalism, and its stories are frequently picked up by national digital, broadcast and print media. The Medical Independent is published by GreenCross Publishing.
Address: Top Floor, 111 Rathmines Road Lr, Dublin 6
Tel: 353 (01) 441 0024
GreenCross Publishing is owned by Graham Cooke.
The details of the draft Sláintecare contract had an impact on the morale of consultants working for Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), its board was told.
At a board meeting on 25 June, Dr Ciara McDonnell, Acting Chair of the joint medical board (JMB), highlighted “challenges” for CHI consultants due to the cyberattack and resulting impact on accessing patient data and undertaking their work.
“Members were informed that the Sláintecare consultant contract was having an impact on morale,” according to the
minutes seen by the Medical Independent following a Freedom of Information request.
The JMB comprises consultants from CHI at Crumlin, Temple Street, Connolly, and Tallaght, who work in an advisory
capacity to highlight service issues.
At the same CHI board meeting, members were informed that “excellent progress” was being made on recruitment to consultant posts for the opening of the outpatients department and urgent care centre at CHI at Tallaght later this year.
This recruitment process had been one of the main risks to the planned opening of the facility, noted the minutes.
Earlier this year, the IMO and the IHCA raised strong concerns over the details of the draft Sláintecare contract presented to them by the Department of Health in May.
Last month, both organisations entered talks with the Department and the HSE regarding the contract.
HSE expenditure on medical/ dental agency staff in statutory acute and community settings was...
Over eight months since the start of talks on a new consultant contract, doctors’ representative...
The ICGP is examining alternative pathways for entry into general practice training as part of efforts...
In December, the HSE released part of an external review into the case of 'Brandon', a...
The evidence on doctor burnout “should scare us and concern us”, the Director of the RCSI...
A review of public health governance structures and addressing “longstanding” IT infrastructure...
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.