Consultants to disrupt fresh recruitment drive

HOSPITAL consultants will deliberately thwart Government plans to boost their numbers with new recruits if a proposed new working contract is forced upon them.

With just five days to go to the Government deadline for concluding contract talks, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has said “every aspect” of the contract on offer is “unacceptable”.

Furthermore, if the Government presses ahead with a threat to impose the new contract should the talks fail, the IHCA has advised members they “should embark on a campaign of action to thwart these appointments”.