Doctors 'at breaking point' due to chronic inability to attract new applicants, IMO says

Dr Denis McCauley, Chair of the GP Committee of the IMO, said that doctors currently working in the system were at breaking point.

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has said doctors currently working in the system are at "breaking" point, not least due to a chronic inability to attract applicants to vacant posts.

“After two years of being on the frontline of the Covid-19 battle, doctors are exhausted yet are unable to get a break due to our inability to recruit staff to the system," said Dr Denis McCauley, Chair of the IMO's GP committee.