Consultants accept ‘relatively attractive’ contract

AS THE Irish Hospital Consultants Association voted to accept the terms of their working contract with the Department of Health, their president has described the deal as “relatively attractive”.

Up to 80% of those who voted chose to accept the contract — which comes after four years of stop-start negotiations with health service employers.

IHCA president, David O’Keefe said that the contract should not disadvantage junior doctors who are about to become hospital consultants.