Latest: Locum doctors 'blackmailing' hospitals with strike over pay cuts, says consultant

Latest: Freelance doctors are "blackmailing" hospitals by holding a wildcat strike, according to a surgeon in one of the affected hospitals.

Latest: Locum doctors 'blackmailing' hospitals with strike over pay cuts, says consultant

Update - 10.40am: Freelance doctors are "blackmailing" hospitals by holding a wildcat strike, according to a surgeon in one of the affected hospitals.

Some locum doctors have decided not to show up for work after the HSE reduced the hourly rate they are paid from €40 to €34.

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