Almost half of consultants now signed up to public-only contracts
More than 1,900 Irish consultant doctors, representing 45% of the consultant workforce, have signed a new public-only Sláintecare contract. This includes 380 new consultants and 1,543 who switched from previous contracts. The top specialties adopting the contract are general medicine, anaesthetics, and surgery. The contract prohibits private practice in public hospitals, aiming to improve access…