New figures reveal HSE struggles to recruit consultants 

Not a single doctor replied to 7% of the hospital consultant posts that were advertised over the past 20 months. File picture

Not a single doctor replied to 7% of the hospital consultant posts that were advertised over the past 20 months by the Public Appointments Service.

In another 17% of the advertised competitions, there was just a single applicant — while efforts to fill multiple vacancies did not attract any applications in several cases.