In an interview last Sunday the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly suggested more progress had been made in the last five months to deal with the grievances and concerns of public health doctors than had been done in years. The Minister strongly backs reforms of the public health system, including the appointment of new public health consultants, a key demand of the doctors. And it would appear that the public health doctors’ dispute has become enmeshed in this issue. Public patientsAlarm bells started ringing among the public health doctors and their union shortly after The Irish Times story appeared online. The public health doctors were angry that it appeared they were being offered a type of consultant contract that was not yet in existence.

Source: The Irish Times December 01, 2020 16:41 UTC