More than 1,000 consultants sign up for new public-only Sláintecare contract

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said he was ‘delighted’ with the response to the new contract. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

More than 1,000 consultants have signed the new public-only Sláintecare contract.

It means more than one in every four consultants working across the public health service is on the new contract.