Uptake of public-only consultant contract lower in Midwest

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Uptake of public-only consultant contract lower in Midwest
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Move to phase out private care from public system has had different take-up in different parts of the country

Ireland East hospital group, which includes the Mater and St Vincent’s, had 263 consultants on the new public-only consultant contract, with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland having 259 and Dublin Midlands having 227. Photograph: Collins Courts

Its implementation intends to enhance senior decision-maker presence on site, out of hours and at weekends. Ireland East hospital group, which includes the Mater hospital and St Vincent’s among others, had 263 consultants on the new contract, with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland having 259 and Dublin Midlands having 227.

Public-only contract ‘will not, in and of itself, solve the chronic problems the health service is facing’, the IMO says He added that the number signing up to the contract was “steadily increasing”, with the number now standing at a third of the hospital’s total consultants.

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