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“We note the decision of the management of Children’s Hospital Ireland (CHI) to proceed with the planned opening of the Urgent Care Centre (UCC) at Connolly Hospital on Wednesday. 

21 permanent consultant psychiatrist posts are either empty or only temporarily filled across the region IHCA data confirms damaging impact of consultant retention and recruitment crisis on region’s mental health services Almost half of all the HSE’s permanent consultant psychiatrist posts in the South East Mental Health are either empty or temporarily filled, new data has revealed.

Hospital and community health services must be merged under regional organisations under new HSE plan to ensure best outcomes and greater efficiency Greater alignment between hospital and community services will not ensure integrated, joined up healthcare delivery for patients

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association has said that it is extremely concerned at the continuing deterioration in the number of people on waiting lists for hospital appointments.

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has said that a new survey from the Medical Council confirms that the Government’s policy towards new entrant consultants is driving our highly trained doctors and consultants abroad and undermining acute hospital care for patients.

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) said the findings of the unpublished HSE’s National Doctors Training and Planning (NDTP) unit report, as confirmed in today’s Sunday Business Post, are a damning indictment of the government’s policy which has undermined hospital consultant recruitment. This is of significant importance as it is gravely damaging the delivery of timely care to patients.