News
9th July 2018
IHCA survey confirms health service facing exodus of recently appointed hospital consultants due to blatant discrimination
9 July, 2018: The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) today released the results of a survey of 317 recently appointed Consultant members that confirms acute hospital and mental health services face an escalating and unprecedented consultant recruitment and retention crisis due to ongoing blatant discrimination by the State and health service employers against new hospital Consultants.
26th June 2018
Dr Donal O’Hanlon announced as new President of the IHCA
Dr Donal O’Hanlon announced as new President of the IHCA
15th June 2018
IHCA welcomes today’s settlement of the breach of Consultant Contract cases.
15 June, 2018: The Irish Hospital Consultants Association said that today’s High Court settlement, is an important and essential development in order to ensure the delivery of high quality care to patients in the public health service.
25th May 2018
Irrefutable evidence on the scale and depth of the consultant recruitment and retention crisis
25 May, 2018: An Irish Hospital Consultants Association delegation, led by Dr Tom Ryan, President of the IHCA, recently met with the Public Service Pay Commission to present irrefutable evidence that the prolonged consultant recruitment and retention crisis is deteriorating and undermining the provision of care to patients. The discussions supplemented and reinforced the contents of the Association’s submission to the Commission in November 2017 on the extent of the crisis.
26th April 2018
IHCA supports the Joint Oireachtas Committee’s recommendations on the Future of Mental Health Care
Thursday, 26th April 2018: The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has today strongly welcomed the Joint Committee’s recommendations on the Future of Mental Health Care, as they are essential to provide much improved and more timely care to those who depend on the current under-resourced Mental Health Services.
16th April 2018
IHCA calls on Minister Harris to urgently address the appointment of non-specialist doctors to specialist consultant posts as it is compromising patient safety and care
Sunday, 15th April 2018: The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has called on Minister Harris to urgently address the appointment of non-specialist doctors to specialist consultant posts as it is compromising patient safety and care.
16th April 2018
IHCA calls on Minister Harris to urgently address the appointment of non-specialist doctors to specialist consultant posts as it is compromising patient safety and care
Sunday, 15th April 2018: The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has called on Minister Harris to urgently address the appointment of non-specialist doctors to specialist consultant posts as it is compromising patient safety and care.
Page 24 of 61