Hospital consultants angered by HSE's 'inappropriate' contract request for new recruits

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) and the Irish Hospital Consultant Association (IHCA) plan to raise the circular on Thursday with the independent chair of the contract negotiations.

Hospital consultants have described a request by the HSE that newly recruited doctors accept the terms of a contract which is still under negotiation as "alarming" and "inappropriate". 

A new contract for hospital consultants, known as the Slaintecare contract, has been under negotiation for some time between health authorities and two representative bodies the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) and the Irish Hospital Consultant Association (IHCA).