Public health doctors to be offered pay rise and consultant status after deal reached

The Public Health Committee of IMO will now ballot members on a proposed agreement to resolve the dispute over recognition for Specialists in Public Health Medicine (SPHMs) with a “recommendation to accept”.

All of the country’s public health doctors are to get a pay rise and consultant status.

This is according to a deal the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has struck as part of the government’s implementation of its new consultant-led "Public Health Model" for Ireland It will be progressed on a phased basis.