Medical entry system failing patients and graduates

A leading consultant in emergency medicine has hit out at Ireland’s inability to keep medical graduates in the country, blaming a “fatuous” entry system.

Chris Luke, an A&E specialist based in Cork, described this problem as “the greatest threat” to the quality of care in emergency departments.

If more students were given the chance to study medicine, said Dr Luke, more of them would stay in the country after graduation, thus alleviating staffing problems at emergency departments.