Majority of public health doctors back 'landmark' pay deal

The HSE will create 84 consultant posts in public health for the first time ever after the deal was accepted. Stock Image.

An overwhelming majority of the country’s public health doctors have voted to accept a government offer to give them a pay rise and consultant status.

The ballot on the deal the Irish Medical Organisation struck as part of the government’s implementation of its new consultant-led "Public Health Model" for Ireland closed at 5pm.